IRAQ / HUMANITARIAN AID SYRIA

A plane carrying 100 tonnes of UNICEF emergency supplies to assist Syrian refugee children and families arrived last Sunday to Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq as part of UNICEF's efforts to assist Syrian refugee children and families in Iraq. (UNICEF)

 

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:00:50
• Production Date: 5 September 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND - UNICEF
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: IRAQ; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: U130905f

Description

STORY: IRAQ / HUMANITARIAN AID SYRIA
SOURCE: UNICEF
TRT: 0.50
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 1-4 SEPTEMBER KAWARGOSK REFUGEE CAMP OUTSIDE ERBIL, IRAQ

Shotlist

1 SEPTEMBER 2013, ERBIL AIRPORT, IRAQ

1. Various shots, airplane carrying UNICEF humanitarian aid on tarmac
2. Various shots, humanitarian aid being unloaded from plane

4 SEPTEMBER KAWARGOSK REFUGEE CAMP OUTSIDE ERBIL, IRAQ

1. Pan right, Kawargosk refugee camp
2. Various shots, Kawargosk refugee camp scenes
3. Wide shot, young girl in the plastic tub smiling by a tent
4. Med shot, mother bathing child
5. Various shots, Kawargosk refugee camp

Storyline

A plane carrying 100 tonnes of UNICEF emergency supplies airlifted from UNICEF’s global supply warehouse in Copenhagen, Denmark to assist Syrian refugee children and families arrived on Sunday (1 September) in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

The Kawargosk refugee camp for Syrian refugees just outside Erbil was established just two and a half weeks ago in response to the influx of almost 50,000 Syrian refugees who had crossed into the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

UNICEF provided critical water and sanitation support for the camp and currently is also trucking in many truckloads of water every day to provide access to safe drinking water for children and their families.

The airlifted supplies included water tanks, latrine equipment, water purification tablets and testing kits; among other items came in addition to 12 trucks of supplies, carrying primarily hygiene kits for over 50,000 people, that arrived earlier this week from UNICEF’s warehouse hub in Mersin, Turkey, as well as an additional four trucks of emergency materials that arrived from Baghdad, Iraq.

The majority of supplies were made possible by a $5.8 million contribution from the Government of Kuwait as well as an in-kind contribution from UPS, a long-standing partner of UNICEF, which provided support toward the airlift cost from Copenhagen.

UNICEF is working closely with the Kurdistan Regional Government, UNHCR, other UN agencies, and international and national NGOs to deliver vital essential services – particularly in the water and sanitation, education, health and nutrition, and child protection sectors - to Syrian refugee children and their families in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.