Tal al-Baya camp, each tent has a story to tell

In each of the tents of refugee, there are thousands of stories, in Tal al-Baya camp many a story exists awaiting light to tell the suffering of its inhabitants, where the displaced escape the blows of the regime and IS terrorism, to taste the atrocity of displacement and the bitterness of living in tents that do not protect them from summer's scorching heat or winter's harsh cold.

SOCIETY - LIFE

15 October, 2018 06:33

AMINA ALI/ALRAQQA

The winter came, carrying the pain to the displaced, and no one helps them to be deprived of work and learning, hoping that the organizations will help them.

The people of Tal al-Baya camp, displaced from the Homs desert, chose al-Raqqa city, which is controlled by SDF because it is safer for them, but the bitterness of the displacement has killed everything inside them and under each tent of Tal al-Baya camp there is a different story.

Hala Hussein, one of the displaced women from the desert of Homs, tells the story of her displacement, pain and bitterness. Her heart is sadness-stricken on her husband, who was killed by IS mercenaries. She is now living under a tent of burlap bags that she has made with her hand, which do not protect her from winter's cold or summer's heat.

Hala is the mother of six children who fled from the desert of Homs. About a year ago, her husband was killed by IS as they did not abide by the laws of mercenaries. After the incident, Hala fled with her children to Tal al-Baya refugee camp in al-Raqqa, one of the safe areas controlled by Syrian Democratic Forces(SDF).

Hala works in cotton picking. On holidays, Hala collects empty cans (Pepsi and other cans) to sell them secure her life.

Hala spoke about her life in the camp," I live under this tent with my six children and I has no breadwinner, my eldest son is 13-year-old, he cannot work because of his broken foot. I could not have him undergo an operation only after the camp residents offered some aid .".

I cannot go back because of the Syrian regime's practices and the arrests it is carrying out against the civilians. My house is destroyed because of the bombing raids by Russian and Syrian planes. I live here safely thanks to SDF.

Hala said, "The organizations gave us only rice and lentils, but we live in the camp without jobs and my children all want to go to school, but I cannot afford their education or buy their school supplies."

At the end of her speech, Hala Hussein appealed to humanitarian organizations to help them and open a tent to teach children, and provide tents to protect them from the cold winter.

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