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STORY: SYRIA / RAQQA DISPLACED
TRT: 01:26
SOURCE: UNICEF
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNICEF FOOTAGE ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: NATS
DATELINE: 03 JUNE 2017, AIN ISSA, SYRIA
1. Wide shot, Tents in Ain Issa camp for displaced
2. Wide shot, displaced family sitting by belongings
3. Wide shot, pickup trucks carrying newly displaced with belongings
4. Wide shot, mother lighting a fire
5. Med shot, mother lighting a fire to cook
6. Wide shot, mother and daughter unloading belongings from pickup truck
7. Med shot, girl holding water bottle
8. Various shots, families sitting under shade of tent
9. Med shot, girl
10. Med shot, boys sitting on ground sharing water bottle
11. Wide shot, girls standing by tent
12. Wide shot, mother and daughter bathing child outside tent
13. Med shot, girl carrying water jug
14. Med shot, child sitting on ground
With fighting intensifying in and around Raqqa, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said it is responding to the needs of vulnerable families, trucking 975,000 liters of water daily to 120,000 internally displaced people.
UNICEF said since November 2016, unrelenting violence in the north eastern governorate of Raqqa has displaced 107,000 people. Intensified attacks and shelling have destroyed infrastructure and shattered civilian lives and families are seeking safety in poorly-equipped temporary shelters and camps in the area with little access to basic services.
UNICEF said it has installed latrines, showers and water storage tanks in the camps and is distributing family hygiene kits to combat waterborne diseases in displacement camps Raqqa and Hassakeh, including Mabrouka, Al-Hol and Ain Issa. Mobile health clinics have been set up which are providing vaccinations for children and their mothers, and nutritional supplements are being distributed on a regular basis.
UNICEF has also set up child-friendly spaces for learning and playing, and is providing psychological support to help children cope with the traumas they have faced.
UNICEF said more than 6,000 people live in harsh conditions in the makeshift camp at Ain Issa, 50 kilometers north of the Raqqa and numbers continue to rise as violence escalates in the area.
