Today in northern Syria (Rural of Aleppo and Idleb), hundreds of thousands of Syrian families face the chill of winter and its storms with poverty and want, where the temperatures have reached 8 degrees below zero.

Status and numbers of people displaced in Rural of Aleppo and Idleb:

Today, many of the displaced families live in tents and unfinished or abandoned buildings, and they are unable to provide the minimum means of warming.

After the recent wave of displacement, hundreds of thousands of civilians witness the winter for the first time with their families away from their homes, after they were forced to flee the destructive war machine that ruined every stone, trees, or even human beings!

The number of displaced has increased since the beginning of the military operations in December 2019 until now, and has reached nearly one million persons, 75% of them are children, women and people of special needs.

The current camps are overcrowded with the internally displaced people where it is fairly impossible to find shelters or homes for them. The same case is in the schools and mosques that are all crowded with the displaced families.

the number of camps in the northwestern regions of Syria continues to increase. The number of camps is about to 1,259 camps inhabited by 1,022,216 people, including 348 random camps inhabited by 181,656 people.

The Displaced and Immigrants Basic Needs.

The large majority of the displaced are women and children. They are in urgent need for the basic assistances and protection. One of the most important at the moment is the need for shelter, which is exacerbating by the bad weather and the chill of winter this year.

The reason for the urgent need for shelter is the fact that many people had to flee several times, and the lack of habitable houses, if any, are high-paying, and the overcrowded camps that are already set up with displaced people from other Syrian governorates, such as Eastern Ghouta, Daraa and the countryside of Homs. Moreover, the need of the displaced includes food, shelter materials, water, sanitation, hygiene, and access to education.

The role of the Byaz Eller Association during the current wave of displacement:

Beyaz Eller Association responded rapidly, and in partnership with many international institutions and organizations to intervene and secure what the displaced people need in Aleppo and Idlib, which can be summarized as bellow:

• Food security and livelihoods: 130,130 humanitarian services.
• Shelter and non-food items: 21,780 humanitarian services.
• Water and sanitation: 16,195 humanitarian services.