Deputy head of the UNHCR in Syria’s Hasakah to Discuss the Humanitarian Situation

HASAKAH, (ST) – The meeting held on Monday between the governor of Hasaka Loay Sayouh and Deputy Head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee (UNHCR) Marat Atamor Adov dealt with the priority of the governorate’s needs, and the humanitarian crisis that Syria is going through as a result of the earthquake.

Sayouh explained the difficult circumstances in the governorate as a result of the continuous violation of the American and Turkish occupation and the unjust siege, calling on the humanitarian organisations to play their role away from politicization and to work objectively on the ground.

For his part, Adov stressed that the humanitarian situation in Syria, especially after the disaster, is of interest to the UNHCR and identifying the urgent needs of the governorate, is a priority with focus on supporting livelihood projects, providing legal advice and delivering aid to those who deserve it.

Directors of institutions and service departments presented needs that affect the lives of citizens. Director of the Hasakah Water Establishment Mahmoud Al-Okla, explained the importance of supporting the establishement so as to secure water for the people, in the light of the Turkish occupation continuous attempts to stop the Alouk water station.

He stressed the importance of digging more wells, cleaning the old ones, providing the wells with submersibles and securing tanks to transport water to the people.

The Director of Al-Hasakah Health, Dr. Issa Khalaf, called for supporting the health center established in Al-Hasakah city center to turn it into a national hospital, given the fact that it serves a large number of people. He also called for rehabilitate the health centers destroyed by terrorism, especially in the southern countryside of Hasakah.

The director of the bakery branch, Youssef Al-Hamad, called for securing reserve electricity generation sets for the bakeries, to ensure their continued work in the event of a power outage.

The Director of Education in Hasakah Elham Surkhan noted the importance of digging wells within schools and providing them with electricity generation sets that operate on solar energy. She also calldd for providing support for the maintenance of a number of damaged schools, and securing prefabricated classrooms as to solve the problem of overcrowding at schools caused by the “SDF” militia’s seizure of most of the governorate’s schools.

Najla Khoury