Скачать или смотреть Rain and cold bring misery to displaced Syrians living in tent camps

(31 Jan 2024)

SYRIA WEATHER

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

LENGTH: 3:05

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Idlib countryside, Syria - 30 January 2024
1. Aerial of camp ++MUTE++
2. Wide of tents, man walking on mud
3. Various of man making way for water near tent
4. Child walking, drainage ditch
5. Makeshift chimney from tent
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Yasine al-Ahmed, camp manager from Kurd Mountain:
"We are 540 families in this camp, and we are really struggling with the winter, the extreme cold, and the flooding of our tents. We don't have insulation or warmth in these tents. Most of the people are burning nylon because fuel is so expensive here. There is little wood, and it is too expensive for poor people to buy. The water is leaking in from the top and bottom of the tents."

7. Aerial of camp ++MUTE++
8. Top shot of tents in camp
9. Mud, tents in background
10. Various of displaced woman, Yasmine al-Ali fixing tent as boy digs drainage ditch
11. Various of al-Ali making a drainage ditch
12. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Yasmine al-Ali, displaced woman from Kurd Mountain:
"The conditions in this camp are very difficult. What can I say? We are trying our best to live. Life is very, very difficult -- especially since the tents are completely falling apart. Every now and then, we try to tie it up, put it back together, and try to insulate it so that we don’t get the rain inside. But as you can see, there is no heating, no wood. What can I say? We are struggling. The conditions in the camp are so difficult."

13. Al-Ali removing carpet inside tent and showing water under it, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Look at the water under here. Look, there is dirt and water."
14. Al-Ali tapping on carpet, UPSOUND (Arabic): "As you can see, this is rainwater that entered (the tent). We need to replace these tents."
STORYLINE:
A brutal cold front and rains have made life even more miserable for thousands of displaced Syrians living in tent camps in the country's northwestern region.

In Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, where many of the 3 million residents are displaced, camps are getting flooded as the rain continues to pour.

There are 540 families living in the Salah ad-Din camp in Idlib's countryside, where continuous rain has flooded their fragile shelters.

Yasine al-Ahmed, the camp's manager, says with an average temperature of 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) and a lack of fuel, many are struggling with the cold.

"Most of the people are burning nylon because fuel is so expensive here. There is little wood, and it is too expensive for poor people to buy," al-Ahmed says.

Thousands of Syrians displaced by Syria’s 13-year war are sheltering in poorly heated tents, relying mostly on layers of blankets to keep warm.

More than half of Syria's population has now become displaced as a result of the war.

At the Salah ad-Din camp, Yasmine al-Ali was fortifying her tent with extra tarps and digging drainage ditches to prevent flooding by rainwater.

"Life is very, very difficult -- especially since the tents are completely falling apart," she says.

"Every now and then, we try to tie it up, put it back together, and try to insulate it so that we don’t get the rain inside. But as you can see, there is no heating, no wood. What can I say? We are struggling," she adds.

AP video shot by Ghaith Al Sayed

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