LEBANON / REFUGEES SNOW

The first snowfall in Lebanon is compounding challenges for Syrian refugees living in informal settlements in Bekaa Valley, already dealing with cold, damp and mud. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:01
• Production Date: 13 January 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: REFUGEE CAMPS
• Geographic Subject: LEBANON
• MAMS Id: 1813740
• Parent Id: 1813740
• Alternate Title: unifeed170113f

Description

STORY: LEBANON / REFUGEES SNOW
TRT: 2:01
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR
LANGUAGE: ARABIC /NATS

DATELINE: 09 JANUARY 2017, BEKAA VALLEY

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, boy removing snow from tent’s roof
2. Various shots, Bassel standing outside as snow falls
3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Bassel Asaad, Syrian refugee:
‘’I wasn’t aware of the storm. I went to buy breakfast and I was surprised by the snowfall. When the storm hits and the snow starts to fall, we stay inside the tent next to the stove to keep warm.’’
4. Wide shot, small boy among tents covered with snow
5. Close up, mud and rain drops
6. Med shot, little girl walking in the mud
7. Med shot, snowing over tent
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Hussein Al Hatem, Syrian refugee:
‘’When it rains we all gather in the corner to avoid the leaking water and we stay there until the rain stops.’’
9. Med shot, leaking water dropping in bucket
10. Med shot, leaking tent roof
11. Various shots, Hussein’s family crossing muddy water
12. Close up, meltwater
13. Various shots,camp covered with snow
14. Pan right, woman walking under the rain
15. Wide shot, woman and boy putting snow in buckets
16. Tilt down, boy carrying buckets with snow

Storyline

The first snowfall in Lebanon is compounding challenges for Syrian refugees living in informal settlements in Bekaa Valley, already dealing with cold, damp and mud.

Of the over one million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, one in two live in substandard shelters like tents, garages, warehouses, unfinished buildings, and animal sheds.

They require continuous support to maintain their shelters, especially during winter, which can be bitter and long in Lebanon.

As temperatures fall across the Middle East, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), is assisting some 4.6 million refugees, internally displaced people and vulnerable host communities across the region.

In Lebanon, UNHCR’s winter programme is providing aid to some 850,000 people in need.

It includes cash assistance from November to March - to enable families in need to buy fuel and other winter essentials, in addition to the distribution of blankets, stoves and materials to weatherproof their fragile shelters.