draped in Heavy wool shawl against Cold, Aisha dragged her feet, her little granddaughter behind behind her, as they are made 15 minutes walk From her tent to the nearest bathroom in close buildingthe only place They have to wash.
Seven days after the earthquake hit the ground home in A town in northwestern Syria of Atarib 43-year- Old still no access water or electricity or heat for She and 12 family members, all crammed into one tent.
“When I look at houseI wonder how an act anyone Come out Aisha said, “Maybe it would have been better if I had died.” added. “I came from the rubble carrying the rubble of everyone world on scapular.”
She doesn’t know how a lot more She and other Syrians can take it. slim in Especially I took responsibility of Keeping fractured families together through past 12 years of Civil war.
Conflict and economic collapse left millions of people reliant on international helps. now added to pray of Hardships are the devastation of the earthquake that killed over 31,000 f left millions homeless in Southern Turkey and Northern Syria.
With hospitals overwhelmed with earthquake victims, Aisha is unable to obtain medical services treat and monitoring of liver disease. she and she husband They both lost their sources of Enter in earthquake. His taxi and stock were wrecked of It was the clothes she once sold to neighbors destroyed.
They have nothing to offer for they six children and their five grandchildren, including two took in after one of Her sons were killed in the war. They must share Mattresses in their tent.
If the difficulties a sign of love of God means God really loves Syrian people, Aisha said, breaking out in tears. Like most women in this conservative communityI spoke on Her condition last The name is withheld.
their tent in camp for earthquake victims in Atarib, part of the last opposition-held territory in Northwestern Syria, which witnessed bombing and clashes for years.
Walk between rows of destroyed homes in The city is it hard To distinguish which ones fell from the earthquake and which ones are severe military operations on the rise of fighting.
The war in Syria has carried a special burden and isolation on womenand with too much men who killed, arrested, maimed or coerced out of Country. the number of The number of female-headed households across Syria has increased by nearly 80% to include more out of five of families in 2020, according to the United Nations
even before the earthquake, over 7 million women and girls all over Syria critical health services and support against Physical and sexual violence. Child marriage was on The rise and hundreds of thousands of The girls were out of school.
major health risks
immediate effect of The earthquake caused at least 350,000 pregnancies in Syria and Turkey are at risk, according to United Nations figures.
slim in The opposition-held northwest is particularly vulnerable. Most of Territory population of 4 million fled there after being displaced from other regions of Syria. It was health care already stretched Slim and certified on foreign aid. Now non-emergency medical services have been suspended to deal with it with earthquake.
“we can treat the women After trauma or postpartum, but they need Togo back to a safe place environment with Minimum housing, nutrition and clean water. Unfortunately, that is in general lack in Northwest,” said Basil Termanini, chairman of the board of The Syrian American Medical Society, which includes dozens of amenities in North West.
Throughout the war, Aisha and her family family over and over again than they are home in Atarib through times of Bombing on safer areas, where they will stay for months until they can return. One of Her sons were killed in 2019, and she was taking care of his two young children since.
But she saidin 12 years of War, we’ve never tasted it terror and pain like that night” of earthquake.
When the earthquake hit before dawn on February 6, Aisha and her family managed to get out of Ha building as part of collapsed. They stood in Hail, pouring rain, devastation seen in disbelief.
the building next the door is completely flattened, killing a lot of Who is inside – including women who king just She gave birth to baby, and her seven other children, her mother and daughter who receipt just hours earlier to help with newborn.
the building’s dead Now you lie in Mass grave on far end of adjacent piece of Farmland. owner of The earth was endowed with earth, because the tombs were filled up with earthquake victims.
things were already hard before the earthquake. In opposition-held territory 90% of the population Depends on humanitarian assistance.
Only bread winner
he was not there work for the menand many more of the men They were disabled in War said. some women find jobs in community service and with Help groups. Others do home crafts like Making soap or sewing clothes. There are hundreds of female civilian defense Many volunteers of who participated for the first time in Rescue and search missions.
but in a conservative society and jobs for women It is not easy to obtain.
Halima A 30year-old mother of two childrenlost it husband in early days of the war. For years, she moved between shelters for displaced in North West in seek of more Generous food baskets donated. earthquake caused cracks in the place where is she currently She is afraid to stay there but she has nowhere else to go.
“I pray for God’s blessing. Maybe someone can take care of of My children, she said on Sunday as she was choosing clothes donated by the Turkish Red Crescent warehouse.
International aid is only scanty in for earthquake victims in In the northwest, anger is growing against the United Nations.
was the feeling building for sometimes. Humanitarian aid to Syria stopped in one of The world’s most complex crisis for years, he was among best funded by donors. But the gap between financing and need Grown, UN appeals for Emergency responses are gone more than 50% unanswered. In 2021, the health sector in Northwest Syria was 60% underfunded, with Only 6.4 million dollars of $23.3 million covered.
When the earthquake hitHospitals were not only damaged by the tremors however also Soaked in the wounded and wounded, with supplies of Basic emergency kits are running out. Maternity hospitals were flooded with Premature deliveries and complications in pregnancy.
The mothers are still alive in Ikram Habboush said: director of obstetrics Hospital in Atarib. “We don’t have enough incubators for premature births The situation is far from stable.”
over the years of Syrian conflict women have exhausted their coping strategies. It is a natural disaster last thing they prepared for.
Aisha said, “We are tired.”
For 12 years, we haven’t slept a night of fear of explosions from air strikes, or from displacement. “Now we have eternal displacement,” she said. “We are living through tragedy.” of All tragedies.
draped in Heavy wool shawl against Cold, Aisha dragged her feet, her little granddaughter behind behind her, as they are made 15 minutes walk From her tent to the nearest bathroom in close buildingthe only place They have to wash.
Seven days after the earthquake hit the ground home in A town in northwestern Syria of Atarib 43-year- Old still no access water or electricity or heat for She and 12 family members, all crammed into one tent.
“When I look at houseI wonder how an act anyone Come out Aisha said, “Maybe it would have been better if I had died.” added. “I came from the rubble carrying the rubble of everyone world on scapular.”
She doesn’t know how a lot more She and other Syrians can take it. slim in Especially I took responsibility of Keeping fractured families together through past 12 years of Civil war.
Conflict and economic collapse left millions of people reliant on international helps. now added to pray of Hardships are the devastation of the earthquake that killed over 31,000 f left millions homeless in Southern Turkey and Northern Syria.
With hospitals overwhelmed with earthquake victims, Aisha is unable to obtain medical services treat and monitoring of liver disease. she and she husband They both lost their sources of Enter in earthquake. His taxi and stock were wrecked of It was the clothes she once sold to neighbors destroyed.
They have nothing to offer for they six children and their five grandchildren, including two took in after one of Her sons were killed in the war. They must share Mattresses in their tent.
If the difficulties a sign of love of God means God really loves Syrian people, Aisha said, breaking out in tears. Like most women in this conservative communityI spoke on Her condition last The name is withheld.
their tent in camp for earthquake victims in Atarib, part of the last opposition-held territory in Northwestern Syria, which witnessed bombing and clashes for years.
Walk between rows of destroyed homes in The city is it hard To distinguish which ones fell from the earthquake and which ones are severe military operations on the rise of fighting.
The war in Syria has carried a special burden and isolation on womenand with too much men who killed, arrested, maimed or coerced out of Country. the number of The number of female-headed households across Syria has increased by nearly 80% to include more out of five of families in 2020, according to the United Nations
even before the earthquake, over 7 million women and girls all over Syria critical health services and support against Physical and sexual violence. Child marriage was on The rise and hundreds of thousands of The girls were out of school.
major health risks
immediate effect of The earthquake caused at least 350,000 pregnancies in Syria and Turkey are at risk, according to United Nations figures.
slim in The opposition-held northwest is particularly vulnerable. Most of Territory population of 4 million fled there after being displaced from other regions of Syria. It was health care already stretched Slim and certified on foreign aid. Now non-emergency medical services have been suspended to deal with it with earthquake.
“we can treat the women After trauma or postpartum, but they need Togo back to a safe place environment with Minimum housing, nutrition and clean water. Unfortunately, that is in general lack in Northwest,” said Basil Termanini, chairman of the board of The Syrian American Medical Society, which includes dozens of amenities in North West.
Throughout the war, Aisha and her family family over and over again than they are home in Atarib through times of Bombing on safer areas, where they will stay for months until they can return. One of Her sons were killed in 2019, and she was taking care of his two young children since.
But she saidin 12 years of War, we’ve never tasted it terror and pain like that night” of earthquake.
When the earthquake hit before dawn on February 6, Aisha and her family managed to get out of Ha building as part of collapsed. They stood in Hail, pouring rain, devastation seen in disbelief.
the building next the door is completely flattened, killing a lot of Who is inside – including women who king just She gave birth to baby, and her seven other children, her mother and daughter who receipt just hours earlier to help with newborn.
the building’s dead Now you lie in Mass grave on far end of adjacent piece of Farmland. owner of The earth was endowed with earth, because the tombs were filled up with earthquake victims.
things were already hard before the earthquake. In opposition-held territory 90% of the population Depends on humanitarian assistance.
Only bread winner
he was not there work for the menand many more of the men They were disabled in War said. some women find jobs in community service and with Help groups. Others do home crafts like Making soap or sewing clothes. There are hundreds of female civilian defense Many volunteers of who participated for the first time in Rescue and search missions.
but in a conservative society and jobs for women It is not easy to obtain.
Halima A 30year-old mother of two childrenlost it husband in early days of the war. For years, she moved between shelters for displaced in North West in seek of more Generous food baskets donated. earthquake caused cracks in the place where is she currently She is afraid to stay there but she has nowhere else to go.
“I pray for God’s blessing. Maybe someone can take care of of My children, she said on Sunday as she was choosing clothes donated by the Turkish Red Crescent warehouse.
International aid is only scanty in for earthquake victims in In the northwest, anger is growing against the United Nations.
was the feeling building for sometimes. Humanitarian aid to Syria stopped in one of The world’s most complex crisis for years, he was among best funded by donors. But the gap between financing and need Grown, UN appeals for Emergency responses are gone more than 50% unanswered. In 2021, the health sector in Northwest Syria was 60% underfunded, with Only 6.4 million dollars of $23.3 million covered.
When the earthquake hitHospitals were not only damaged by the tremors however also Soaked in the wounded and wounded, with supplies of Basic emergency kits are running out. Maternity hospitals were flooded with Premature deliveries and complications in pregnancy.
The mothers are still alive in Ikram Habboush said: director of obstetrics Hospital in Atarib. “We don’t have enough incubators for premature births The situation is far from stable.”
over the years of Syrian conflict women have exhausted their coping strategies. It is a natural disaster last thing they prepared for.
Aisha said, “We are tired.”
For 12 years, we haven’t slept a night of fear of explosions from air strikes, or from displacement. “Now we have eternal displacement,” she said. “We are living through tragedy.” of All tragedies.