Keeping children in Roj camp warm
UNICEF's distribution of winter clothing kits
Roj camp, northeast Syria, now home to over 2,500 people, over half of home are children, was first established back in 2014 to welcome families fleeing Iraq. As violence escalated in areas across Syria, the camp started receiving Syrian families displaced by conflict.
Years of conflict, displacement and depletion of financial resources have left families unable to provide their children’s most basic needs, including for winter clothes.
To help children face the harsh winter, and thanks to generous contributions from Canada, the European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO), Switzerland, Luxembourg, the Syria Humanitarian Fund (SHF), Japan and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), UNICEF distributed winter clothing kits to more than 81,800 children, aged 0 to 14 years, in northeast Syria, Idlib and rural Damascus, including over 43,900 children in Deir-ez-Zor and Al-Hasakeh governorates of northeast Syria alone.
Each clothing kit contains a winter jacket, a woolen sweater, a thermal outfit including a pajama, warm winter trousers, a woolen hat, a scarf, socks, gloves, and winter boots
Children are happy to receive their new winter clothing kits distributed by UNICEF in Roj camp, northeastern Syria.
Children and families carry their newly received winter clothing kits, distributed by UNICEF in Roj camp, northeastern Syria.
UNICEF staff members talks to families after receiving their new winter clothing kits distributed by UNICEF in Roj camp, northeastern Syria.
Children and families receive new clothing kits distributed by UNICEF in Roj camp, northeastern Syria.
UNICEF staff members talks to families after receiving their new winter clothing kits distributed by UNICEF in Roj camp, northeastern Syria.
