This video was created by Kieran McConville of Concern Worldwide U.S. 

The crisis in Syria has lasted for five years. Since the beginning of the conflict in 2011, an estimated quarter of a million lives have been lost, 4.8 million people have fled the coutnry, and another 6.6 million people within Syria have been forced to flee their homes. While the numbers are staggering, it is impossible to calculate the full scope of the losses felt by the Syrian people.

Last winter, we met a group of eight Syrian refugee kids living in Northern Lebanon. They have an impassioned message for the world about their country and their lives have changed since the conflict began. Watch their rap in the video above and learn more about Concern Worldwide and our work with Syrian refugees in Lebanon.

In 2014, Lebanon became the country with the highest concentration of refugees in the world.

A COUNTRY OF FOUR MILLION PEOPLE, LEBANON HAS SEEN ITS POPULATION INCREASE BY MORE THAN 25 PERCENT SINCE THE INFLUX OF SYRIAN REFUGEES INTO ITS BORDERS BEGAN IN 2011.

This surge has strained housing, health care, education, and public works such as water and electricity. Because formal refugee camps are not allowed in Lebanon, a higher demand for housing has driven up rental prices, putting a strain on both Syrian refugees and Lebanese host communities.

Since 2011, unemployment in Lebanon has doubled and the number of Lebanese living below the poverty line has increased by two-thirds. For Syrians, higher rental prices, limited work opportunities, depleted savings, and rising debt levels are pushing refugee families — many of whom were middle-class before the war — into poverty.

Concern is working in Akkar, the poorest and northernmost district in Lebanon, to address the shelter needs of more than 14,500 Syrian refugees. This includes creating new multi-family shelter options known as collective centers, improving conditions in informal tented settlements, and preparing families for winter weather. We are also improving the water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions for more than 56,000 Syrian refugees as well as Lebanese host communities.

With more than 340,000 Syrian, Lebanese, and Palestinian children out of school, we are giving hundreds of children access to quality education. We also provide psycho-social support to women and children living in collective centers.We work to reduce gender-based violence by engaging groups of men to encourage more equal gender roles in homes and by establishing equal management committees that deal with protection issues in communities. In all, it is a comprehensive effort meant to help these refugees improve their lives.

Learn more about Concern Worldwide and our work with Syrian refugees in Lebanon here.

This article was contributed in support of Concern Worldwide. The views expressed here are not necessarily those of each of the partners of Global Citizen.