Published : 25-11-2017
In south Damascus, the Palestinian families, along with the people of the southern region of the capital, are suffering greatly to secure firewood for heating, especially with the approach of winter and the freezing weather. One of the activists described the people’s need for firewood as no less than their need to the food cartons, which hundreds of refugees live on.
However, the suffering is growing on the shoulders of the refugees amid the increase of the prices of resources and the control of prices by traders, especially after the closure of the crossing that links between the capital Damascus and its south.
The price of one kilo of firewood in the towns of Yelda, Babilla and Beit Sahm, which are home to thousands of displaced Palestinian refugees from Yarmouk camp, is 125 Syrian pounds. Every family requires at least 20 kilograms on a daily basis, which will cost them approximately 75 thousand Syrian pounds per month for heating only.
In the besieged Yarmouk camp, the prices are multiplying, especially after the closure of the only port for the camp’s residents, which links the camp to Yelda, noting that the wood that exists is from the homes of the displaced people from the camp.
The activists and residents in Yarmouk camp and the southern area, called for the opening of the crossings and road, to allow the entry of fuel and cooking gas, to use for heating and cooking, in order to alleviate their suffering, especially with the lack of financial resources and the spread of unemployment among them. Most of them are living on the assistance provided by institutions.
In south Damascus, the Palestinian families, along with the people of the southern region of the capital, are suffering greatly to secure firewood for heating, especially with the approach of winter and the freezing weather. One of the activists described the people’s need for firewood as no less than their need to the food cartons, which hundreds of refugees live on.
However, the suffering is growing on the shoulders of the refugees amid the increase of the prices of resources and the control of prices by traders, especially after the closure of the crossing that links between the capital Damascus and its south.
The price of one kilo of firewood in the towns of Yelda, Babilla and Beit Sahm, which are home to thousands of displaced Palestinian refugees from Yarmouk camp, is 125 Syrian pounds. Every family requires at least 20 kilograms on a daily basis, which will cost them approximately 75 thousand Syrian pounds per month for heating only.
In the besieged Yarmouk camp, the prices are multiplying, especially after the closure of the only port for the camp’s residents, which links the camp to Yelda, noting that the wood that exists is from the homes of the displaced people from the camp.
The activists and residents in Yarmouk camp and the southern area, called for the opening of the crossings and road, to allow the entry of fuel and cooking gas, to use for heating and cooking, in order to alleviate their suffering, especially with the lack of financial resources and the spread of unemployment among them. Most of them are living on the assistance provided by institutions.
