Syria - Humanitarian response - 1 August 2024
Description
STORY: OCHA / SYRIA HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE
TRT: 02:41
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / ARABIC / NATS
DATELINE: 23 JULY 2024, NORTHERN ALEPPO, NORTH-WEST SYRIA
Storyline
A UN interagency delegation led by OCHA crossed into northern Aleppo to visit a camp that was supported with dignified shelters but is now cut off from sanitation support. They also visited a maternal hospital that serves nearly 50,000 people in the area but is at risk of suspending operations.
Without increased funding, nearly 200 camps will be cut off from water and sanitation services by this September.
Shotlist
23 JULY 2024, ABRAZ CAMP, AFRIN SUB-DISTRICT, NORTHERN ALEPPO, NORTH-WEST SYRIA
1. Wide shot, UN vehicles entering northern Aleppo via Bab Al-Salam
2. Aerial shot, Abraz camp, which has 430 dignified shelters constructed by IOM, ATAA and the Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund (SCHF)
3. Various shots, UN delegation and partners from ATAA organization walking in the camp
4. Wide shot, dignified shelter
5. Various shots, UN officials speaking with a family who was moved from a tent into a dignified shelter
6. Various shots, fan and household items inside the shelter
7. Wide shot, solar panels that power the camp’s water network
8. Wide shot, UN vehicles leaving the Abraz camp
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Ridley, Head, United Nations OCHA office in Türkiye:
“First and foremost, what people need here and what we just heard is that they want peace. They want to be able to go back to their homes, back to their lands. But until there’s peace, we need to increase the level of humanitarian assistance and focus, especially on livelihoods.”
10. Various shots, Nashaat with his children inside their home
11. Pan right, Nashaat walking with his children in the camp
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nashaat, Resident, Abraz Camp:
“The situation is evident. No one is handling garbage removal and garbage has piled up. This has attracted flies and mosquitoes, leading to diseases and foul odors. We also lack a medical point. The nearest medical point is 20 kilometers away.”
23 JULY 2024, RAJU MATERNAL HOSPITAL IN RAJU SUB-DISTRICT, NORTHERN ALEPPO, NORTH-WEST SYRIA
13. Various shots, UN officials entering the hospital supported by the Syrian American Medical Society and WHO
14. Various shots, meeting between doctors and UN officials
15. Wide shot of UN officials and health workers walking along the hospital’s corridor
16. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Rankin Nashaat Alou, Obstetrician and Gynecologist:
“If the hospital were not here, many emergency cases wouldn't be treated in time as they can't wait to reach Afrin. Even now, emergency cases arrive almost too late for us to save them. So, what will happen if the situation worsens?”
17. Various shots of UN officials speaking with health workers at the neonatal intensive care unit
SOUNDBITE (English) Ian Ridley, Head, United Nations OCHA office in Türkiye:
“First and foremost, what people need here and what we just heard is that they want peace. They want to be able to go back to their homes, back to their lands. But until there’s peace, we need to increase the level of humanitarian assistance and focus, especially on livelihoods.”
Nashaat and his family are residents at Abraz Camp in the Afrin sub-district of Northern Aleppo.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Nashaat, Resident, Abraz Camp:
“The situation is evident. No one is handling garbage removal and garbage has piled up. This has attracted flies and mosquitoes, leading to diseases and foul odors. We also lack a medical point. The nearest medical point is 20 kilometers away.”
The team also visited Raju Maternal Hospital in the Raju sub-district.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dr. Rankin Nashaat Alou, Obstetrician and Gynecologist:
“If the hospital were not here, many emergency cases wouldn't be treated in time as they can't wait to reach Afrin. Even now, emergency cases arrive almost too late for us to save them. So, what will happen if the situation worsens?”
The humanitarian response to Syria is facing a significant funding gap, having received only 22 percent of the funding needed for 2024, as of 31 July. In north-west Syria, over 110 health facilities have already suspended operations.