12 Irish families have been chosen to home up to 20 children from Syria who need immediate care.
The families are working with International Orphan Aid, and have all been approved in line with the Hague Convention.
It is estimated that around one million children have lost one or both of their parents through the Syrian conflict.
Kathy Monaghan is a director with International Orphan Aid - and is hoping to care for one of these children.
She says these children have already been through so much and should not end up in Direct Provision.
"An awful lot of them are going to be traumatised and of course we have language difficulties as well" she said.
"But members of the Syrian community here have already offered support in Ireland for translating and for counseling".
"We just think that the emotional needs and psychological needs of the children will be provided for in families, not in Direct Provision because they've been through so much already" she added.
