Blog post by Shaheen Chughtai Head of Campaigns, Policy & Communications, Oxfam Syria Crisis Response Seven years after the Syria crisis began, families are struggling to access necessities, like water, food, and medicine.
Through your support, we’re delivering clean water to Hani and his family, and thousands more who fled the violence in East Ghouta.
Hani,* 16, and his family are among them.
They had no choice but to set up a tent in this community of 30,000—nearly half of whom come from elsewhere in Syria.
Five years later, they are still living in a tent, but Hani is grateful for what shelter he has.
Oxfam is there Recognizing that Herjalleh’s water supply couldn’t meet the needs of the growing population, Oxfam began trucking water to shelters in the community.
Between December 2017 and February 2018, we provided 66,043 gallons of clean, safe drinking water to over 2,000 families.
Now Hani and his siblings are no longer putting themselves at risk when they collect water.
“My little children used to walk every day, back and forth to fetch water, but now we have been filling water directly from Oxfam water trucks,” says Hani’s mother.
That includes providing safe drinking water, sanitation, and vital food aid, as well as helping refugees make a living.