The Palestinian residents of Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Damascus rely on aid to sustain their daily lives.
In the camp heavily damaged by bombings from the Assad regime, around 16,000 Palestinians struggle to survive in makeshift shelters under dire conditions.
After the 61-year-long rule of the Baath regime came to an end, Turkish civil society organizations started providing aid to the camp residents.
TDV provided aid to 2,500 people.
TDV, actively carrying out aid work in Damascus, delivered food packages and bread to 2,500 people in the camp.
The foundation, actively providing aid across Syria, ensures that the needy Palestinians in Yarmouk are not left behind.
Nearly 3,500 families in the camp require aid
Abdunnasir Tamim, one of the officials responsible for aid organization at the Yarmouk Refugee Camp, expressed his gratitude to TDV for their support. Stating that everyone in the camp is in need, Tamim said:
“There are approximately 3,500 needy families in the camp. As the humanitarian aid coordination team, we are ready to deliver the aid coming from Türkiye and the Islamic world to the needy. We will do our best to bring hope to people’s hearts and blessings to their tables.”
“We need every kind of aid”
A camp resident, Ikram el Zammar, revealed that she was born and raised in Yarmouk. She expressed her deep fear during the civil war, particularly regarding her children’s safety. Zammar added, “Insha’Allah, the new government will help us and our children live in peace and security.”
Zammar shared that during the war, a bomb landed very close to her workplace, injuring her. “Now that Assad is gone, I don’t want to discuss the past. I prefer to focus on the future with hope. Our children have become very experienced in war. Very young children have learned things they shouldn’t have due to the hardships they faced. I want rehabilitation teams to come and help these children adapt to normal life,” she explained.
Zammar thanked the benefactors for the aid provided so far, saying, “We require all kinds of help from Türkiye and elsewhere. We need support in education, health, and financial matters.”
