HIGHLIGHTS
UNHCR Delivers Assistance to Al Waer in Homs
Art and UNHCR Changing Lives in Hama
UNHCR Winterization Plan Continues
UNHCR Supports Oral Hygiene Awareness Campaign for Children
UNHCR Participates in Two Successful Interagency Missions to Al Waer
In Al Waer, in Homs city, negotiations were recently concluded with an agreement to evacuate fighters and their families from the area. The negotiations were conducted with the participation of the UN as an observer.
As part of the agreement, on 05 December, UNHCR participated in an interagency convoy to the besieged area which had not received any major humanitarian assistance since 2013. The distributed core relief items benefited 30,000 individuals and included mattresses, blankets, baby and adult diapers, sanitary napkins, plastic sheets, kitchen sets, sleeping mats, hygiene kits, jerry cans as well as winter clothing. A further interagency mission took place on 12 December with three UNHCR trucks carrying 2,500 hygiene kits for 12,500 individuals while one truck delivered 2,000 plastic sheets to the neighboring Al Rabweh area.