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UNICEF provides children with safe water in Mahmoudly camp in northeastern Syria

Over 8,500 people is benefitting by receives an average of 50 liters of water daily

UNICEF
25 October 2020

UNICEF installed a water-pumping station at Mahmoudly camp for internally displaced families in Raqqa, northeastern Syria, benefitting over 8,500 people with improved access to safe water. Thanks to this intervention, every person at the camp receives an average of 50 liters of water daily. UNICEF also set-up water tanks, latrines and showers to improve the overall hygiene and sanitation situation at the camp.

water-pumping station
UNICEF/Syria/2020/Muhammad Wasil
UNICEF installed a water-pumping station at Mahmoudly camp for internally displaced families in Raqqa, northeastern Syria, benefitting over 8,500 people with improved access to safe water. Thanks to this intervention, every person at the camp receives an average of 50 liters of water daily.
Fivechildren waiting in row in front of water tank
UNICEF/Syria/2020/Muhammad Wasil
Children stand in line to fetch water for their families from a tank installed by UNICEF at Mahmoudly camp, northeastern Syria. UNICEF installed a water-pumping station at the camp benefitting over 8,500 people with improved access to safe water. Thanks to this intervention, every person at the camp receives an average of 50 liters of water daily
girl and boy filling water from tank
UNICEF/Syria/2020/Muhammad Wasil
Nuran, 8, fetches drinking water for her family from a tank installed by UNICEF at Mahmoudly camp, northeastern Syria. “After the water-pumping station was installed, we now have access to water every day,” explains Nuran. “We need water for personal hygiene but also to protect ourselves against diseases including coronavirus,” she adds. Nuran and her family were forced to flee escalating violence in their hometown in rural Aleppo over two years ago, seeking safety at the camp.

“We need water for personal hygiene but also to protect ourselves against diseases including coronavirus,”

Nuran, 8
boy washing his hands
UNICEF/Syria/2020/Muhammad Wasil
Abdullah, 9, washes his hands and collects water for his family at Mahmoudly camp, northeastern Syria, supported by UNICEF. “I no longer have to stand in line for hours under the scorching sun to fetch water for my family,” says Abdullah, whose family fled escalating violence in rural Aleppo two years ago.
boy washing his face
UNICEF/Syria/2020/Muhammad Wasil
Ahmad, 10, is washing his hands and face using safe water provided through a water-pumping station installed by UNICEF at Mahmoudly camp, northeastern Syria Ahmad and his family were displaced from rural Homs as violence escalated. “Before the water-pumping station was installed, I could only shower once a week. Summers were especially hard,” recalls Ahmad.

“Before the water-pumping station was installed, I could only shower once a week. Summers were especially hard,”

Ahmad, 10

Related topics

Syria crisis
Internal displacement
Water, sanitation and hygiene
Water purification
Water shortage
Water supply
Hygiene
Syrian Arab Republic

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