SYRIA / AID EASTERN ALEPPO

Following an agreement with the Syrian Government and the opposition, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and SARC (Syrian Arab Red Crescent) this week carried out a rare and risky operation to deliver humanitarian assistance to the besieged neighborhood of Boustan al Qaser in Eastern Aleppo. UNHCR

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:41
• Production Date: 11 April 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
• Geographic Subject: SYRIA
• MAMS Id: U140411d

Description

STORY: SYRIA / AID EASTERN ALEPPO
TRT: 1.41
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 8 APRIL 2014, BOUSTAN, AL-QASER, EASTERN ALEPPO, SYRIA

Shotlist

1. Various shots, SARC staff in a line unloading and moving boxes
2. Various shots, UNHCR and SARC staff waving flags in a line and moving boxes onto pull-carts
3. Various shots, UNHCR and SARC staff waving flags and walking around destroyed bulidings
4. Wide shot, UNHCR and SARC staff walking with pull-carts in a line covered by flags
5. Wide shot, UNHCR truck with flag and staff carrying boxes inside a warehouse
6. Wide shot, SARC staff pushing carts with aid boxes inside a warehouse
7. Wide shot, SARC staff walking past barricade with pull-carts
8. Various shots, UNHCR and SARC staff waving flags and walking through destroyed buildings

Storyline

Following agreement with the Syrian Government and the opposition, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and SARC (Syrian Arab Red Crescent) carried out this week a rare and risky operation to deliver humanitarian assistance to the besieged neighborhood of Boustan al Qaser in Eastern Aleppo.

Two trucks packed with blankets, plastic sheeting, hygiene kits and kitchen sets and food were offloaded at the last checkpoint at the outskirts of the city.

The goods were then transported into the community using 54 pull-carts and 75 workers, back and forth one and a half kilometers each way and in 270 trips, for later distribution to a SARC warehouse and then soon to the needy population.

A ceasefire, agreed for the duration of the operation, was fully respected by all parties.

UNHCR staff observed a dire humanitarian situation inside Eastern Aleppo, noting an acute shortage of food, water, medicine and basic supplies. UNHCR last accessed the area in June, 2013 and no humanitarian aid has reached the population there since then.