Published : 12-09-2016
The AGPS correspondent in Damascus suburb reported that a large number of young Palestinians in Khan Al Shieh camp in the western suburb of Damascus are unemployed and always waiting for aid for the fact that the majority of population are living in semi-besieged zone.
He added that most youth of the camp are not working and have no source of livelihood except for some aid provided by UNRWA and a number of relief organizations.
Institutions offering aid to a limited number of families, which is not enough except for UNRWA aid, which come every two or three months.
Our correspondent pointed out that bread, vegetables, fuel, gas, oil, and gasoline are available on the black market, and entered the camp from the neighboring town of Zakya, but the price is too high. Basic materials are affected negatively by the closure of Zakya the only artery that feeds 2,000 families in the camp.
It is noteworthy that the regular army checkpoints continue to close all connecting roads between the camp and the center of the capital, Damascus, forcing people to go through Zakya-Khan Al Shieh sub and dangerous road in order to get to Damascus. The road is repeatedly targeted with shells and heavy machine guns, while the AGPS documented (183) victims, most of them died by shelling.
The AGPS correspondent in Damascus suburb reported that a large number of young Palestinians in Khan Al Shieh camp in the western suburb of Damascus are unemployed and always waiting for aid for the fact that the majority of population are living in semi-besieged zone.
He added that most youth of the camp are not working and have no source of livelihood except for some aid provided by UNRWA and a number of relief organizations.
Institutions offering aid to a limited number of families, which is not enough except for UNRWA aid, which come every two or three months.
Our correspondent pointed out that bread, vegetables, fuel, gas, oil, and gasoline are available on the black market, and entered the camp from the neighboring town of Zakya, but the price is too high. Basic materials are affected negatively by the closure of Zakya the only artery that feeds 2,000 families in the camp.
It is noteworthy that the regular army checkpoints continue to close all connecting roads between the camp and the center of the capital, Damascus, forcing people to go through Zakya-Khan Al Shieh sub and dangerous road in order to get to Damascus. The road is repeatedly targeted with shells and heavy machine guns, while the AGPS documented (183) victims, most of them died by shelling.
