Refugees face new challenge as summer has come

SALWA ABDULLRAHMAN/MANBIJ

Refugees who are residing in the eastern camp of Manbij in Rasam al-Akdar village face a new challenge as summer season has come, and the tents were not sufficient to protect them from the burning and low temperature and most concerned organizations neglect them on all medical or relief levels, where their assistance is limited to some food baskets that are not enough for the smallest family in the camp for several days.

Abdel al-Basset Mohammed from Maskana town whose family consists of seven people residing in al-Sharqiya camp "We are suffering from the heat of the atmosphere; we do not have any cooling device, because we are fasting, we resorted to wetting  towels and putting them on our heads.”

Mohammed added that most children suffer from leishmaniasis in this extreme heat. Abdul Basit Mohammed has five children, most of whom have leishmaniasis.

Mohammed complained that the tent was not sufficient to protect them from summer’s heat or winter’s cold. "We appeal to humanitarian and human rights organizations to help us and provide us with, the least, medicine for children, because they have leishmaniasis, especially the anti-fever medicine, where the children warm up a lot in the hot atmosphere.

In addition to the difficulty of the weather and the high temperatures, the refugees who are living in this camp have other problems. Khawla Mohammed, from Maskana town, says that they have been living in this camp for a whole year and have many difficulties. Her son has twin girls, and does not have milk to feed them.

At the end of her speech, Khawla added her voice to the residents of the camp, stressing that they miss a lot of assistance and appeal to the organizations to provide humanitarian support to them even if they have the most basic daily needs of infant formula and detergents.

Although Manbij administration provides some of the basic needs of the camp's residents, the lack of resources under the attacks and blockade prevents the residents from fully securing their needs.

Fatima al-Hussein from al-Mahdom town located, southwest of Manbij city, lives in the camp and complains of rising temperatures. She says her newborn child has been suffering from heat and illness many a time due to the heat.

Fatima says that flies and insects have spread in the camp, bringing diseases to children, where there is no medical monitoring in the camp by any health organization."

(T/S)

ANHA