With the rise of displacement waves amid protracted conflicts in different Syrian cities, winter brings more suffering and hardship for IDPs living in camps, which became a dreamed destination for thousands of homeless households, despite harsh living conditions.

According to OCHA ‘Syria Response Plan’ 2016, provision of shelter and NFIs are top humanitarian priorities to the afflicted population.

The announced figures reflect the extent of the humanitarian crisis in displacement zones. The number of Syrians forced out of their homes nears 2.3 million, while 5.3 million need NFIs assistance. Whether displaced or host households, the homeless and inhabitant of partially-damaged or unfinished buildings are more prone to threats relating to inability to secure livelihood, heating, and winter supplies.

Meanwhile, ‘Beyaz Eller’ has accumulated a growing experience in provision of NFIs assistance, through continuous work to deliver heating supplies to refugee and displaced communities, under its winter project “A Warm Winter”- that enters its fourth year.

This year, ‘Beyaz Eller’ has launched its new campaign “Warm Hand”,  and mobilized its field teams inside Syria and in refugee camps to deliver assistance to the afflicted households in the Syrian inside – Homs, Aleppo, Dar’a, Damascus countryside, the Coast, Idlib, Hama- in addition to refugee families in Antakya- Turkey.

‘Warm Hand’ consisted of a variety of assistance materials, including provision of 9,300 blankets, 3,000 winter jackets, 623 tons of firewood, 832 mattresses, 5,447 heaters, 142,486 liters of heating oil, 882 clothing sets, and 682 floor mats. The total number of beneficiaries reached 96,259 in Syria and Turkey