Red Cross appeal for hygiene kits for Syrians

Australians are being urged to contribute to a campaign to send essential items like toothpaste, toilet paper and sanitary pads to families displaced by the Syrian conflict.

The Red Cross is mobilising funds to send family hygiene kits, containing a month's worth of bathroom products, to reach millions of Syrians in need.

220,000 people have died in nearly five years of fighting with 7.2 million internally displaced alone.

Millions more have fled to neighbouring countries.

The head of international programs at Australian Red Cross, Peter Walton, told Biwa Kwan the hygiene kits are a crucial part of helping Syrians survive the devastation of war.

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