Published : 13-06-2022
Representatives of the Palestinian Red Crescent paid a visit to elderly people sheltered in the ravaged Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus.
The Red Crescent team provided free medical check-ups and medicines to people with chronic diseases, including diabetes and hypertension.
The visit saw the day following joint efforts by the Palestinian Red Crescent, the Danish Red Cross, and the Zaytouna Clinics.
After more than a decade of bloody conflict, families who have returned to Yarmouk Camp have been grappling with a dire humanitarian situation. The absence of vital facilities, most notably healthcare services and access to education, along with the poor infrastructure, have made the situation unbearable in the camp.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees were forced out of Yarmouk Camp after the Syrian fighter jets struck the area in late 2012. Dozens were killed and hundreds wounded in the onslaught. The situation went downhill after ISIS militias grabbed hold of the camp in April 2015 and closed off vital thoroughfares to the area. Scores of other stranded families fled the camp following the 33-day military operation launched by the government forces on April 19.
Before the crisis started in 2011, Yarmouk was a bustling home to almost 30 percent of the Palestine refugee population in Syria. Today, the weight of displacement, hardship and the loss of loved ones add to the difficult living conditions in Yarmouk.
Representatives of the Palestinian Red Crescent paid a visit to elderly people sheltered in the ravaged Yarmouk Camp for Palestinian refugees, south of Damascus.
The Red Crescent team provided free medical check-ups and medicines to people with chronic diseases, including diabetes and hypertension.
The visit saw the day following joint efforts by the Palestinian Red Crescent, the Danish Red Cross, and the Zaytouna Clinics.
After more than a decade of bloody conflict, families who have returned to Yarmouk Camp have been grappling with a dire humanitarian situation. The absence of vital facilities, most notably healthcare services and access to education, along with the poor infrastructure, have made the situation unbearable in the camp.
Thousands of Palestinian refugees were forced out of Yarmouk Camp after the Syrian fighter jets struck the area in late 2012. Dozens were killed and hundreds wounded in the onslaught. The situation went downhill after ISIS militias grabbed hold of the camp in April 2015 and closed off vital thoroughfares to the area. Scores of other stranded families fled the camp following the 33-day military operation launched by the government forces on April 19.
Before the crisis started in 2011, Yarmouk was a bustling home to almost 30 percent of the Palestine refugee population in Syria. Today, the weight of displacement, hardship and the loss of loved ones add to the difficult living conditions in Yarmouk.
