The Syrian Society for Social Development, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, conducted recreational activities for children staying in the collective shelter, Al-Liwa School, Al Siahee Neighborhood.

The team attached to Beit Al Kel Community Center, Al Qamishli aimed at assessing the needs of the children, instilling the spirit of cooperation, and developing their integration skills.

During the movement games, one child was afraid to been seen in photographs because of an incident he encountered. "My uncle died, his photo was all over media channels because of his political views. I do not want my photo to be seen by others. I do not want to die."

A girl said, "I do not want to be seen on TV. I do not want anyone to pity me for living in a school."
A child, who went through leg amputation surgery in 2014 as a result of the violence the area witnessed, refused to take part in the running contest in the beginning, claiming that he was old for playing. And later changed his mind expressing his ability to compete with his peers and took part in the contest.

The kids were happy and expressed their joy of future team visits. One of the girls confirmed, "I wish the facilitators would stay with us for the rest of the day. I felt really happy and joyful for the first time in my life in this stranger city."

The Syrian Society for Social Development, in sponsorship by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, conducted an activity for a group of IDP women staying in the collective shelter, Al-Liwa School in Al Siahee Neighborhood.

SSSD team attached to Beit Al Kel Community Center, Al Qamishli conducted the activity, with the aim of getting to know the women, assess their needs, and introduce the services SSSD offers.
The women talked about the hardships they faced during their internal displacement.

One woman said that she was facing many difficulties since she had to provide for her children and carried on that her kids faced school adaptation problems. She also highlighted the fact that most IDPs were rich; thus, their hardships doubled during the war for losing all of their property and belongings.

Another woman opened up her heart about her feelings; she felt humiliated for repeated internal displacement to several areas, giving an example of one service provider who put 80 families in one school that only had 8 rooms. She said that she was denied of her privacy and that she was not able to rest, because there were many men around in the same rooms. "I was not able to take off my Hijab, even though it was very hot during summer."

A third woman used to hide behind her kids while lying down to ease off her back pain.
Most women talked about their inability to cope with gypsy families who have very different customs in terms of cleanliness and being very open.

"We no longer smile. Why are we denied of playing? "Is it our fault?" One child exclaimed, during conducting needs assessment in the collective shelters, in response to the force majeure in Al Hasakah Governorate, which of the inhabitants of Ras Al Ain, Al Dirbassiyeh and Abu Rasin had to flee their homes.

The team attached to the Syrian Society for Social Development conducted an activity for kids titled "We Came to this Place for Playing" covering group dances, hymns, and movement contests.
"You brought our laughter back. We had been ripped off of our happiness because of the war," one child happily said.

In response to the force majeure in Al Hasakah Governorate, which of the inhabitants of Ras Al Ain, Al Dirbassiyeh, and Abu Rasin had to flee their homes, the team attached to the Syrian Society for Social Development conducted an activity for children, covering dances and puppet theatre.

As the title of the activity suggests "I am Clean and will Remain Clean till the End of the Day", the team worked on raising the awareness level of kids toward personal hygiene and keeping places clean.

Nothing is more refreshing than reading the kids' comments:
"Since I came in here, I have been longing for so many things. You revived my memory today."
"I was so happy today, the clown's performance made my day."

In response to the force majeure in Al Hasakah Governorate, which of the inhabitants of Ras Al Ain, Al Dirbassiyeh, and Abu Rasin had to flee their homes, the team attached to the Syrian Society for Social Development conducted an activity for women titled "I am Clean and will Remain Clean till the End of the Day". The activity aimed at raising the awareness level of the women about personal hygiene and keeping places clean through encouraging discussions and forming work groups to come up with proposals and solutions.

One woman said, "This session was what we really needed, especially that there are some people who neglect cleanliness. Today everyone knows how important it is to pay attention to cleanliness to protect ourselves and our children from catching diseases."

Distributing Medical in-Kind Assistance to IDPs staying in the Collective Shelters and Host Community. Responding to the force majeure in Al Hasakah Governorate and upon conducting needs assessment, the outreach volunteer team attached to the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD) in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) distributed medical in-kind assistance (within 48 hours) to the internally displaced people (IDPs) staying in the collective shelters and with people from the host community, and coming from the border areas with Turkey.

SSSD team targeted children with special needs and older persons in the following centers: Shams Al deen, Saad bin Abi Waqqas, Ahmad Mekhlef, and Marawan Yousef in Al Moufti and Al Salihyyeh neighborhoods.

The Protection team from UNHCR accompanied SSSD team while distributing the in-kind assistance.

In cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the team of the Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD), al-Qamishli, conducted sessions in some Qamishli neighborhoods (Corniche and al-Tai) for women displaced from Ras al-Ain.Sessions started with an introductory activity on SSSD services.

Then the women were given the opportunity to acquaint with each other using the wool ball icebreaker. Displacement and the problems faced by the displaced were also addressed, including the consequences they suffer from, first by choosing emojis that express their current feelings. Activities included identifying women's needs for basic items, such as food, clothing, blankets, female personal hygiene items, baby milk and diapers for their children, medicines and medical supplies for the elderly, etc.

Women's needs for psychological interventions were identified, as some of them are still traumatized by the conditions of war and losses due to hostilities and frequent, successive displacements under shelling and bullets. The women expressed their distress of being totally dependent on host families, as most households received more than three families in one house. The women also suggested that their children go to the community center for emotional relief.

At the end of the activities, each woman wrote down a wish on a star and sticked up it on a cardboard, most wishes being the end of the war and return to their homes.

There has been an intense internal displacement movement to Al Hassakeh City as a result of the Turkish bombardment to the northeast border areas of Syria (Ras Al Ain and the villages attached to it, Tal Tamr, Al Dirbasiyyeh City, the outskirts of Al Malkiyyeh City and the villages attached to it, Ammouda City and the villages attached to it, Al Qamishli, Rural Al Qamishli, Al Qahtaniyyeh and the villages attached to it).

The government has designated around 52 schools as collective shelters to host internally displaced families coming from the above-mentioned areas. Those schools are not fully equipped to host the families.

SSSD team in Al Hassakeh Governorate visited 22 schools to conduct needs assessment. The needs assessments covered the school's capacity to host families, and assessment of the required tools, equipment, and fixtures to transform the schools to temporary collective shelters, which ensure the privacy of the families and individuals staying there and provides protection especially to children and females.

Electricity cables and wires throughout the shelters (including the rooms) were checked up, as well as sanitation facilities (showers, sinks, toilets, taps, privacy) and water equipment (number of water points, water tanks, piping, taps, water mixers, water heaters).

In addition to the necessary equipment/ tools to manage solid waste (garbage containers, trash collection tools)

The most pressing needs were water tanks, drinking water, blankets, mattresses, diapers, milk for infants, housewares, food supplies, clothes for all age groups, detergents, winter heaters, personal hygiene tools, and medications.

SSSD has coordinated efforts with official bodies, namely, Al Mukhtar, Head of the Municipality, the Directorate of Social Affairs and Labor, the Directorate of Education, and other administrative departments throughout the governorate to ensure a comprehensive response.
 

Approximate Number of internally displaced people in Al Hasakah governorate:
Internally displaced families: 37,763
Internally displaced individuals: 185,099

In response to the crisis of transport people from Mabroukeh camp to Arisheh camp, SSSD team implemented recreational activity for children in order to support them psychologically, and
Planted joy in their hearts, as a result of the psychological pressure resulting from their displacement to a new place because of the crisis in Hassakeh city,
The activity included games, songs and entertainment competition

"We were bombarded by mortar shells; staying in the camp was no longer safe, we had to move to Al Arisheh Camp in Al Hasakah" one IDP from Mabrouka Camp in Ras Al Ain said.

 As a result of the bad security conditions in Al Hasakah governorate due to the Turkish shelling on the border areas in northeast Syria, especially Ras Al Ain City, which was a target of non-stop mortar shells for the past days. The people staying in Mabrouka Camp were moved to Al Arisheh Camp in cooperation between the Syrian Society for Social Development and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 

 Al Arisheh camp team was making necessary preparations from 3.00 P.M. up till welcoming the internally displaced families at 7.00 P.M. The members of the team accompanied the new IDPs to the registration place and the designated area of the tents, offering support, as detailed: provide guidance and directions, assist in moving the luggage, assist in setting up the tents, perform first aid to injured individuals and sick people and bring them to medical points, and distribute food shares, including bread. Further, the team conducted several awareness raising activities to the new IDP children aiming at keeping them off un-covered drainage holes in Al Arisheh Camp. 

The team restlessly worked till dawn. "Jazakum Allah khair.. I am proud of the Arab chivalry and the care shown by the citizens of our governorate," one IDP from Mabrouka Camp expressed his gratitude.