“It is a very emotional situation for all of us. On the one hand, we are overjoyed that the dictatorship has ended; on the other hand, the people who have been displaced are suffering greatly. In the past few days, we have distributed bread to 5,000 vulnerable households in Aleppo, and thousands of families in the refugee camps in the northwest are being supported this month with hygiene products, blankets, and money.
We also need to begin thinking about reconstruction. People want to return home, but in many cases, their hometowns have been completely destroyed; they have no electricity, water, hospitals, or schools, and the houses themselves have been severely damaged through years of fighting.
We need the international community to pledge its support to these people in making a new start, even while Syria’s political future remains uncertain. Turning away from Syria now would be disastrous,” states Mahmoud Albasha, a Welthungerhilfe colleague from Aleppo, reporting on the current situation.
