If children do not receive proper nutrion in the first few years of life they can suffer from cognitive and physical impairments that can last their entire lives.
Groups like UNICEF and the World Food Program a stand at the ready to provide life saving assistance to Syrians caught in conflict, but they do not have enough money to fully fund their humanitarian response.
The crisis in Syria is a children's crisis. Yet, for all our talk about helping suffering children the international humanitarian response has been truly pathetic.