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LEBANON / REFUGEES WINTER
STORY: LEBANON / REFUGEES WINTER
TRT: 2:23
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: ARABIC /NATS
DATELINE: 13 NOVEMBER 2020, BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON
1.Wide shot, Huda lighting the heating stove in her tent
2.Tilt down, Huda lighting the heating stove in her tent
3.Close up, fire in stove
4.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Huda, Syrian refugee:
“If I don’t install a heater, the children will get sick and I will use the money on medicine, I will have to borrow money again.”
5.Wide shot, single mother Siham putting clothes out to dry outside her tent
6.Wide shot, Siham folding clothes and handing them to her daughter
7.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Siham al-Jassim, Syrian refugee:
“My children ask me to get them clothes but I cannot afford to buy them. Things are expensive. Winter is here and I have to first make sure we have fuel for heating.”
8.Med shot, Siham’s daughters
9.Wide shot, boy sitting in the flooded tented settlement
10.Wide shot, refugees walking in a flooded alleyway between tents
11.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalal Harb, UNHCR Spokesperson:
“Don’t let the sun fool you. Winter has arrived. Winter for the most vulnerable and for those who were already suffering from the economic downturn, from COVID-19 and the blast in Beirut, they face more suffering in the next four months as harsh winter weather sets in. Winter doesn’t overlook anyone, Lebanese or refugees.”
12.Wide shot, refugees standing outside their tent, distribution truck nearby
13. Wide shot, people queuing at truck for winter clothes distribution
14.Various shots, Huda sitting with her children inside their tent
15.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Huda, Syrian refugee:
“Winter assistance is a blessing for me. Really a blessing”
16.Various shots, Huda talking to her children inside the tent
17.Various shots, Siham folding the new clothes she received for her children
18.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Siham al-Jassim, Syrian refugee:
“The children were very happy with these clothes. They are happy to get something new.”
19.Various shots, refugees receiving clothes in clothes distribution
Many refugees in Lebanon are dreading the arrival of winter, while the ongoing economic crisis in the country and high inflation of 174 percent increase since October 2019 mean their money and the aid they get from UNHCR will not go as far.
Like other refugees, Huda dreads winter. The little money she has, was already spent on a heater for her home.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Huda, Syrian refugee:
“If I don’t install a heater, the children will get sick and I will use the money on medicine, I will have to borrow money again.”
Single mother Siham has a different challenge this winter
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Siham al-Jassim, Syrian refugee:
“My children ask me to get them clothes, but I cannot afford to buy them. Things are expensive. Winter is here and I have to first make sure we have fuel for heating.”
UNHCR is helping families with cash, clothes, food parcels and heating fuel.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dalal Harb, UNHCR Spokesperson:
“Don’t let the sun fool you. Winter has arrived. Winter for the most vulnerable and for those who were already suffering from the economic downturn, from COVID-19 and the blast in Beirut, they face more suffering in the next four months as harsh winter weather sets in. Winter doesn’t overlook anyone, Lebanese or refugees.”
Cash assistance will help Huda and her family stay warm this winter.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Huda, Syrian refugee:
“Winter assistance is a blessing for me.”
Siham received new clothes for her children.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Siham al-Jassim, Syrian refugee:
“The children were very happy with these clothes. They are happy to get something new.”
Hundreds of thousands of refugees and Lebanese will receive help in coming months, providing some respite in the tough winter season.
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