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Volunteers repair clothes for displaced children in Idlib's camps

by DAILY SABAH WITH AA

ISTANBUL May 10, 2021 - 12:12 pm GMT+3
Volunteers distribute clothes to children in a camp in northwestern's Syria's Idlib, May 10, 2021. (AA Photo)
Volunteers distribute clothes to children in a camp in northwestern's Syria's Idlib, May 10, 2021. (AA Photo)
by DAILY SABAH WITH AA May 10, 2021 12:12 pm

A group of Syrian women who work as volunteer tailors in northwestern Syria's opposition-held Idlib is repairing secondhand clothes and distributing them to the displaced children living in tents and camps in the region to give them a glimmer of hope ahead of the upcoming holiday Ramadan Bayram, also known as Eid al-Fitr.

Under a campaign called "Your clothes make them happy," the six women are working to provide clothing for children who were forced to flee their hometowns due to the Bashar Assad regime's attacks before Ramadan Bayram.

The campaign collects secondhand clothing donations and volunteer tailors transform them into renewed wearable clothes.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency (AA), Meryem Ceblevi, one of the volunteer tailors, said: "We have collected used clothes through the campaign we launched. We cut them in the workshop, stitch them and distribute them to poor families."

The aim of the ongoing campaign is to provide a little happiness to families who were displaced due to the regime attacks and live in harsh conditions in camps, she said and added: "We do this job voluntarily. We make children happy."

Another volunteer, Riham Um Mohammad, said that they are preparing clothes for children between the ages of 3 and 12 to give them a little joy.

Dua Halaf, an 11-year-old displaced child who is living in camps, told AA that a few women came to the tents and distributed clothes to the children.

Sehid Ali, a 12-year-old, also said that they have been living in a tent for years. "Volunteers came and distributed clothes for the bayram," he said.

The lives of Syrian people dealing with numerous difficulties in rural Idlib's tent camps have become much harder due to the ongoing pandemic. As the humanitarian catastrophe in the region has reached new heights, people try to survive by taking shelter under trees or shaky tents built on mud and puddles. Many Turkish nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and state agencies keep providing vital humanitarian aid and conducting humanitarian efforts in the region hosting nearly 4 million people.

Back in June 2020, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pledged to fund the construction of 50 briquette homes for civilians in Idlib, saying Turkey planned to fulfill the target during the summer so the shelters would be ready for the refugees before winter sets in. First lady Emine Erdoğan also donated funds to subsidize 57 briquette homes. Since then, multiple humanitarian agencies from Turkey have participated in the construction of briquette houses, among other aid services. Although Turkish officials and charities continue their efforts to provide humanitarian aid, there are still thousands more who need urgent assistance from the international community.

For 10 years, the Bashar Assad regime has ignored the needs and safety of the Syrian people, only eyeing further territory gains and crushing the opposition. With this aim, the regime continues to bomb vital facilities such as schools, hospitals and residential areas, causing the displacement of almost half of the country’s population while adopting policies to ensure their lives are more difficult.

Since December 2019, almost 1 million people have fled the Assad regime’s offensive on Idlib, considered the last opposition bastion, with many seeking refuge in overcrowded tent camps near the Turkish border. A fragile truce was brokered between Moscow and Ankara in March 2020 in response to the months of fighting by Russia-backed forces, but the regime still frequently carries out attacks on civilians, hindering most from returning to their homes and forcing them to seek safety at makeshift camps.

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