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SYRIA / EARTHQUAKE INTERAGENCY MISSION
STORY: SYRIA / EARTHQUAKE INTERAGENCY MISSION
TRT: 02:20
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 18 FEBRUARY 2023, JANDAIRIS, AFRIN DISTRICT / AZAZ, NORTH-WEST SYRIA
18 FEBRUARY 2023, JANDAIRIS, AFRIN DISTRICT, NORTH-WEST SYRIA
1. Travelling shot, post-earthquakes destruction seen from UN vehicle
2. Various shots, UN delegation speaking with aid workers from SRD
3. Med shot, patient rushed inside Emergency Response clinic
4. SOUNDBITES (Arabic) Dr Ahmad Jumaa, Health worker / Operations Technician, Al-Refah Hospital:
“Since the beginning of the earthquake, we tried to receive all the injured people. It is the only functioning hospital in Jandairis. We tried to help everyone with our simple capabilities and until now, we are trying to help all the incoming injured with bandages and wound stitching.”
5. Various shots, distribution of trauma emergency and surgery kit and medicines, provided by WHO, to hospital supported by SRD
6. Med shot, WHO representative speaking to aid workers from the NGO Bahar
7. Various shots, distribution of trauma emergency and surgery kit and medicines, provided by WHO, to the Bahar Primary Health Center
8. Wide shot, ambulance in traffic
9. Various shots, rubble removal on the streets
10. Wide shot, children in a neighborhood
11. SOUNDBITES (Arabic) Mohammed, Local Resident:
“My children were sleeping on the second floor. I felt the shaking and smell of dust. I was sure that the upper floor would collapse on us and then I saw my kids running thankfully. The building in front of us collapsed. We went out and it was raining and thundering. It was cold. The electricity went out.”
18 FEBRUARY 2023, AZAZ, NORTH-WEST SYRIA
12. Various shots, hospital doctors providing tour of the hospital and its facilities to UN delegation
A United Nations interagency mission visited a hospital and clinics supported by the Syria Relief and Development (SRD) NGO in earthquake affected North-West Syria.
The visit - to assess needs and distribute aid - included representatives from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Department for Safety and Security (UNDSS), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
SOUNDBITES (Arabic) Dr Ahmad Jumaa, Health worker / Operations Technician, Al-Refah Hospital:
“Since the beginning of the earthquake, we tried to receive all the injured people. It is the only functioning hospital in Jandairis. We tried to help everyone with our simple capabilities and until now, we are trying to help all the incoming injured with bandages and wound stitching.”
The UN humanitarian agencies visited a SRD-supported hospital and clinics as well as the Bahar Primary Health Center in Jandairis.
Distribution of cross-aid was provided by the WHO and included trauma emergency and surgery kits and medicines.
SOUNDBITES (Arabic) Mohammed, Local Resident:
“My children were sleeping on the second floor. I felt the shaking and smell of dust. I was sure that the upper floor would collapse on us and then I saw my kids running thankfully. The building in front of us collapsed. We went out and it was raining and thundering. It was cold. The electricity went out.”
The delegation also visited the Muhammad Wassim Maaz Hospital in Azaz
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