Published : 08-10-2017
The Palestinian families living adjacent to the southern area of Damascus’s residents are facing great suffering, anxiety and renewed fear with the approach of winter, due to the inability of many households to secure their heating costs because of high unemployment rates and no financial resources.
An activist said that the families’ need for firewood is no less than their need for food cartons, which hundreds of refugees live on today. However, the weight of suffering is increasing on the shoulders of the refugees, due to the rise of prices in general and especially the prices of their necessities. The price of one kilo of firewood in the towns of Yelda, Babilla and Beit Sahm, inhibited by thousands of displaced Palestinian refugees from Yarmouk camp, has reached 100 Syrian pounds. Each family requires a minimum of 20 kilos on a daily basis, thus almost 60 thousand pounds per month for heating only, which is equivalent to 120 thousand dollars.
For their role, the activists and residents of Yarmouk camp and the southern area called for the introduction of fuel from oil and gas for heating and cooking, to relieve their suffering in winter.
The Syrian regime forces and its affiliated factions continue to besiege Yarmouk camp, preventing gas and aid from entering and banning families from returning to their homes. ISIS is still under control of large areas in the camp, imposing its agendas on the besieged people.
The Palestinian families living adjacent to the southern area of Damascus’s residents are facing great suffering, anxiety and renewed fear with the approach of winter, due to the inability of many households to secure their heating costs because of high unemployment rates and no financial resources.
An activist said that the families’ need for firewood is no less than their need for food cartons, which hundreds of refugees live on today. However, the weight of suffering is increasing on the shoulders of the refugees, due to the rise of prices in general and especially the prices of their necessities. The price of one kilo of firewood in the towns of Yelda, Babilla and Beit Sahm, inhibited by thousands of displaced Palestinian refugees from Yarmouk camp, has reached 100 Syrian pounds. Each family requires a minimum of 20 kilos on a daily basis, thus almost 60 thousand pounds per month for heating only, which is equivalent to 120 thousand dollars.
For their role, the activists and residents of Yarmouk camp and the southern area called for the introduction of fuel from oil and gas for heating and cooking, to relieve their suffering in winter.
The Syrian regime forces and its affiliated factions continue to besiege Yarmouk camp, preventing gas and aid from entering and banning families from returning to their homes. ISIS is still under control of large areas in the camp, imposing its agendas on the besieged people.
