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OCHA / IDLIB DISPLACED
STORY: OCHA / IDLIB DISPLACED
TRT: 2:23
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 01 APRIL 2020, BARISHA IDP CAMP, IDLIB GOVERNORATE, SYRIA
01 APRIL 2020, BARISHA IDP CAMP, IDLIB GOVERNORATE, SYRIA
1. Aerial shot, tents in close proximity
2. Med shot, Qusai washing dishes
3. Med shot, Qusai dressing child
4. Wide shot, Qusai drinking coffee with kids seated on floor
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusai Al-Khatib, displaced mother:
“I live a single room with my children, and my daughter has two kids. We are nine people in one room. We are facing a lot of hardship in this place.”
6. Med shot, children outside makeshift shelter
7. Wide shot, people walking by tents
8. Med shot, Qusai hanging laundry
9. Wide shot, Qusaid walking by tent
10. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusai Al-Khatib, displaced mother:
“The coronavirus spread all over the world and we are really worried about it. We are scared because there is a large number of people here in the camp and we are always in contact with each other. Our water is together. Our food is together. Our bread is together. The tents are close to each other. We are very scared the pandemic could spread here.”
11. Wide shot, children carrying buckets
12. Med shot, children filling water containers
13. Wide shot, elderly woman walking by tent
14. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusai Al-Khatib, displaced mother:
“Here in the camp we have a medical point but there is no doctor. It’s only available for colds, headaches, very minor things like that. We are worried that if someone gets infected with this disease that there are no labs, no doctors to detect the illness quickly so we can take precautions. We are very worried about this problem. We don’t have a doctor. Only a basic medical point.”
15. Med shot, Qusai carrying bucket walking through camp
16. Zoom out, people gathered and filling water from truck
17. Med shot, child filling container with water
18. Med shot, child carrying two jugs of water
19. Wide shot, children carrying water
20. Wide shot, woman carrying water buckets walking by people
21. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusai Al-Khatib, displaced mother:
“I don’t know where this life is taking us. Where will we ned up? Where are we going to go? Will we one day return to our homes, or will we stay like this?”
22. Wide shot, people walking through mud in camp
23. Aerial shot, children running zoom out to tents
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to encompass the globe, some of Syria’s most vulnerable families fear the worst as they continue to live in crowded conditions with limited access to healthcare.
Qusai Al-Khatib is a widow who was displaced from Kfar Nabl in Idlib Governorate as bombardment and shelling intensified in the town. Along with her seven children and two grandchildren, she has been living the Barisha IDP camp for over ten months.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusai Al-Khatib, displaced mother:
“I live a single room with my children, and my daughter has two kids. We are nine people in one room. We are facing a lot of hardship in this place.”
The Barisha IDP camp was established in 2019 for people with special needs and widows who were displaced from Kafr Nabl. There are 410 families living in the camp.
Qusai said she is worried over the consequences if the COVID-19 pandemic were to reach the camp.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusai Al-Khatib, displaced mother:
“The coronavirus spread all over the world and we are really worried about it. We are scared because there is a large number of people here in the camp and we are always in contact with each other. Our water is shared. Our food is shared. Our bread is shared. The tents are close to each other. We are very scared the pandemic could spread here.”
Qusai said she was doing everything she could to keep the virus away. She said she worries every time the children play outside and washes them with soap and water when they come back to the tent but stressed that water supplies were limited and inconsistent in the camp.
She said personal protective equipment such as masks were not available and camp residents do not have the means to buy them. She added that a group of volunteers came to the camp and sanitized in and around tents but noted that sanitizing supplies were not available.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusai Al-Khatib, displaced mother:
“Here in the camp we have a medical point but there is no doctor. It’s only available for colds, headaches, very minor things like that. We are worried that if someone gets infected with this disease that there are no labs, no doctors to detect the illness quickly so we can take precautions. We are very worried about this problem. We don’t have a doctor. Only a basic medical point.”
The UN humanitarian office (OCHA) said it was working with its partners around the clock to mitigate the risks of COVID-19, but more resources are urgently needed.
Qusai said she is worried about her family’s future.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Qusai Al-Khatib, displaced mother:
“I don’t know where this life is taking us. Where will we end up? Where are we going to go? Will we one day return to our homes, or will we stay like this?”
The UN said it remains concerned about the safety and protection of over four million civilians in north-west Syria, over half of whom are internally displaced. Approximately 940,000 people have been displaced since 1 December 2019 in north-west Syria. Most of the displaced - over 80 per cent - are women and children.
The UN said humanitarian needs in northwest Syria remain incredibly high as it continued to scale up its cross-border response from Turkey to meet the needs of 2.8 million people.
In March, over 1,480 trucks crossed into Syria from Turkey, providing much needed life-saving assistance. This is the largest number of trucks sent in a single month since the cross-border operation began in 2014.
The UN said it continues to call for a full cessation of hostilities and urges all parties, and those with influence over them, to ensure the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, in line with their obligations under international humanitarian law.
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