Sultan al-Jassim “Abu Mohammed” from the town of Souran, in the northern countryside of Hama, was a local teacher in the village elementary school for 20 years. Due to the war, Sultan was forced to move and live in IDPs camps in the area of Ma’arat al-Nu’man in Idlib, under very harsh conditions. IhsanRD’s team met Sultan during the water services activities of WASH program, as the members of the team were impressed by Sultan’s determination despite his difficult circumstances and age, dreaming in a better future. He graduated from high school with his son and daughter at the same time. He managed to succeed and booked seats at the University of Idlib to study Arabic and his daughter in the Faculty of Education and his son in the Faculty of Architecture. Sultan goes to university every day with his two children and returns to their tent, which does not protect them from hot in summer or cold in winter, believing that man can change his reality with determination and will.
In cooperation with our partners, #IhsanRD is meeting the needs of displaced families in northern Syria through the provision of water and sanitation services, and the distribution of hygiene and dignity kits to as many people as possible.
Your support will help us deliver assistance to the most vulnerable people in Syria, especially among displaced communities.
The activities of the project, initiated by IhsanRD in early March, will continue in cooperation with the United Nations International Emergency Fund for Children (UNICEF) to support the resilience of Syrian people in the North of Syria through various projects in trucking water, installation of water tanks, and restoration of a number of water stations, which help to secure clean water for about 150,000 residents of the area hosting large numbers of displaced people from various parts of Syria.
In addition to supporting the population with drinking water, the IhsanRD-UNICEF joint project aims to increase hygiene in the camps and shelters by The installation of toilets with standard specifications in accordance with the basic standards of “Sphere”, as well as the establishment of facilities for the management of solid waste and the collection and disposal of waste from the camps and deportation.
The project also includes support for displaced families through the provision of hygiene kits, blankets, dignity kits, winter clothing kits and water bottles with tablets for sterilization of drinking water.
As the continued displacement waves from the eastern Ghouta and neighborhood of Al-Kadam in Damascus is still arriving to the northern Syria, the emergency response teams continue to work to receive these waves of displacement. Where the number exceeded 29 thousand displaced in March alone.
IhsanRD, in collaboration with a number of “Syrian NGO Alliance” members, is coordinating the response to the new IDPs within Idlib governorate. During March, the waves of displacement have been received one after the other at the reception point – Point 0- then transporting the displaced families to temporary shelters before heading to their new residence in the north of Syria.
IhsanRD’s and other humanitarian organizations’ teams are working on the ground to provide the basic needs to the displaced people such as drinking water, hygiene kits, dignity kits, blankets and children’s clothing, within “0 Point” and in temporary shelters. IhsanRD’s emergency response team also, builds toilets and maintains cleanliness at the reception point, as well as providing continuous water.
“Waseem” the Coordinator of Emergency Response at IhsanRD, spoke of the efforts being made by saying:
“The emergency response teams in the field continues the night by day to provide basic services to new IDPs who have been still flowing continuously and in large numbers.” IhsanRD and a large number of humanitarian organizations are doing their best to alleviate the suffering of our displaced people, and there is great cooperation and coordination at the highest levels among the Syrian organizations, but there are too many needs to provide and we must act quickly, especially as Ramadan approaches “.
IhsanRD’s response comes with the support of the United Nations International Emergency Fund for Children (UNICEF), where a joint project to support new displaced persons in northern Syria was signed a recently through many projects like trucking water to the camps and rehabilitate a number of water plants in the north of Syria. The project also includes the distribution of 48.000 hygiene kits, 18.000 blankets, 10.000 clothes basket, 25.000 water plastic bottles, 9.000 plastic cover and 4000 dignity kits. In addition to the construction and rehabilitation of water courses in reception centers for displaced persons and in camps.
Suriye de devam eden savaş nedeniyle kampda yaşayan insanlar su sıkıntısı yaşamaktadırlar buda günlük hayatlarını etkilemektedir, bizim için her ne kadar bazı konular önem arz etmese de Mülteciler için son derece önemli, bazı kamplarda Su sıkıntısını gidermek ve hayata kalmanın tek yolu tankerler ile gelen Suya ulaşmaktır, özelikle bombardıman sonucu çoğu Su pompalama istasyonların devre dışı kalması ve Kuraklık ve İçme suyun azalması İdlib ilinde kamplar içinde yaşayan mültecilerin hayatlarını son derece sıkıntı hale gelmemiştir bu durum hem insanları hem de Tarım ve hayvancılık sektörünü etkilemesi sonucu Gıda güvenliğini tehlikeye sokmuş ve çocukların gıda yetersizliğine yol açmıştır.
İhsan Derneği BM su programı ve UNICIF çocuk acil programı aracılığıyla, İdlib’in kamplarına sığınan mültecilerin su ihtiyacını karşılamak için her gün su tankerleri ile 10 bin aileye 1250 metreküp içme su dağıtımı gerçekleştirmektedir, bunun yanısıra Sarakib ve Binin Su pompala istasyonunun tamirini ve yakıt ihtiyacını tedarik etmiştir.
Evli ve üç çocuk babası olan Ebu Yahya yaşadıkları sıkıntıyı şu ifade ile anlattı “Su tankerleri bize su taşıdıkça sabır edebiliriz, Tankerler bir hafta su dağıtmasın buradaki insanlar bölgeyi terk etmek zorunda kalırlar, gördüğünüz gibi Göç etme sadece güvenlik sorunlarıyla bağlantılı değil yaşam koşulları da göçü etkiliyor.”
İhsan Derneğinin Su Proje Sorumlusu mühendis Muhammed konu ile ilgili şunları konuştu” Zor şartlar altında hayata kalmayan çalışan sığınmacılar için Su son derece önemli, sadece içmek için değil göç esnasında hijyen ve kişisel temizlik için önemlidir, bu kapsamda derneğimiz UNICEF ile birlikte kapsamlı olarak Su ve Hijyen sıkıntısı gerdirdi ve muhtaç ailelere kışlık malzeme yardımında bulundu.”
Su temin etmenin yanısıra proje sığınmacı ailelerin kamp içinde hijyen ve temizlik ihtiyaçlarını da karşılanmaktadır, bu kapsamda Çöp konteynerleri, kanalizasyon, sıhhi tesisat ve tuvalet yapımı gerçekleştirmektedir, ayrıca kamyonlar aracığıyla çöpler toplanarak her gün kamp dışına taşınmaktadır.
Bunların yanısıra Derneğimize ait ekipler ailelere Su sterilizasyon granülleri dağıttı. İlerde yine aynı kapsamda İdlib ve Şam kırsalında Su depoları, Hijyen sepetleri ve Geyim ve Batanıya dağıtımı gerçekleştirilecektir.