UNICEF distributes winter clothes to children in camps in Raqqa, Syria
5,000 clothing kits distributed to children with thanks to Canada and the Department for International Development (DFID) for their generous contributions.
As temperatures drop, displaced children and families seeking shelter in tented camps in the governorate of Raqqa are facing a harsh winter. Forced to flee their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs, families are living in tented camps in the middle of the desert, with nothing to fend off the cold or the strong wind. It is not uncommon for heavy rain to flood tents, worsening living conditions. One such camp is Mahmoudli makeshift camp in Raqqa, northeastern Syria.
Thanks to a generous contribution from Canada and the Department for International Development (DFID), UNICEF distributed 5,000 clothing kits to children to help ease the financial burden on families who are increasingly unable to provide their children’s basic needs, including for warm winter clothes. Each clothing kit contains a thermal outfit, a winter jacket, woolen hat, scarf and gloves, as well as winter shoes.