January 6, 2015
By Jumana Al Tammi
Dubai: Syrian refugee camps (click here) in many Middle Eastern countries are preparing this year for what is anticipated to be a freezing winter with the beginning of a harsh snowstorm yesterday evening.
“The most difficult thing is the lack of heating facilities,” Abu Kheir
told Gulf News. “People have become used to the mud and clay.”...
This may sound bizarre and probably is a strange idea, but, so long as refugees don't dismantle the patio heater for cooking, they should be safe from burning tents. These heaters are for outdoor use to warm the air where people are gathering. They sell in the USA market for about $100.00. I would venture a guess they would sell for less if purchased in larger numbers. Buy out the warehouses, the refugees need them more IF they actually are a solution.
...In Lebanon there are nearly 1.1 million registered Syrian refugees, according to UN figures.
By Jumana Al Tammi
Dubai: Syrian refugee camps (click here) in many Middle Eastern countries are preparing this year for what is anticipated to be a freezing winter with the beginning of a harsh snowstorm yesterday evening.
The UAE is sending aid to assist Syrian refugees in both Lebanon and
Jordan, and boost the efforts of aid organisation and NGOs are on the
ground struggling to meet the needs of people living in tents, which
usually become surrounded by rain puddles in winter.
Already, three Syrian toddlers died from the cold a few months ago in
the Lebanese town of Arsal in the Beqaa near the Syrian border, said
Malek Abu Kheir, a Syrian journalist working in Lebanon and frequent
visitor to the camps.
“The most difficult thing is the lack of heating facilities,” Abu Kheir
told Gulf News. “People have become used to the mud and clay.”...This may sound bizarre and probably is a strange idea, but, so long as refugees don't dismantle the patio heater for cooking, they should be safe from burning tents. These heaters are for outdoor use to warm the air where people are gathering. They sell in the USA market for about $100.00. I would venture a guess they would sell for less if purchased in larger numbers. Buy out the warehouses, the refugees need them more IF they actually are a solution.
...In Lebanon there are nearly 1.1 million registered Syrian refugees, according to UN figures.
The number of registered Syrian refugees in Jordan is 620,000, 1.65 million in Turkey, and 228,000 in Iraq.
There are nearly 137,000 Syrian refugees in Egypt....
