Chris Clarke is the CEO of World Vision in New Zealand. He has worked in Europe with the World Health Organisation, and was CEO of the Hawke's Bay District Health Board from 2003 to 2009.
He recently visited Iraqi Kurdistan and Lebanon, in advance of the launch of World Vision’s Syrian refugee appeal on 7 March.
Chris Clarke talks to Kim Hill about his time working with the overwhelming numbers of Syrian refugees now subsisting in neighbouring countries, what they've left behind, and what hope there can be for their futures.