Published : 06-01-2017
Residents of the Deraa Camp for Palestinian refugees in southern Syria have launched a cry for help over the chronic water blackout rocking the shelter for 1,000 days running.
Deraa residents have been forced to rely on contaminated artesian wells to secure water supplies. Refugees often walk for long distances to fetch water, risking a journey fraught with danger to irrigate their children’s thirst.
The blockaded residents of Deraa called on the concerned human rights bodies, namely the UNRWA and the International Red Cross, to urgently work out the crisis and help civilians secure unpolluted water supplies.
Some 265 displaced families are taking refuge in Deraa Camp, which used to shelter over 40,000 residents prior to the Syrian warfare, 25,000 among whom identified as displaced Syrian nations and 17,000 others as Palestinian refugees.
Nearly 70% of civilian homes in the Deraa Camp have become uninhabitable due to the unabated shelling and onslaughts that had hit the shelter over the past few months. Several displaced Syrians and Palestinians fled to nearby shelters, seeking a safer refuge.
Residents of the Deraa Camp for Palestinian refugees in southern Syria have launched a cry for help over the chronic water blackout rocking the shelter for 1,000 days running.
Deraa residents have been forced to rely on contaminated artesian wells to secure water supplies. Refugees often walk for long distances to fetch water, risking a journey fraught with danger to irrigate their children’s thirst.
The blockaded residents of Deraa called on the concerned human rights bodies, namely the UNRWA and the International Red Cross, to urgently work out the crisis and help civilians secure unpolluted water supplies.
Some 265 displaced families are taking refuge in Deraa Camp, which used to shelter over 40,000 residents prior to the Syrian warfare, 25,000 among whom identified as displaced Syrian nations and 17,000 others as Palestinian refugees.
Nearly 70% of civilian homes in the Deraa Camp have become uninhabitable due to the unabated shelling and onslaughts that had hit the shelter over the past few months. Several displaced Syrians and Palestinians fled to nearby shelters, seeking a safer refuge.
