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Khitam lives with her children,

husband Abdelsalam, and his elderly

parents in a single, damp room of a

half-built apartment block near

Tripoli, Lebanon.

There are holes in the

walls and ceiling, and they

share a toilet with other

refugee families crammed

into the building. Khitam

and Abdelsalam

are mentally

and physically

exhausted

after years

of struggling

to survive,

unable to earn

a living and

fighting a daily,

relentless battle to

feed their children.

Right now, they are

terrified by the prospect of

another winter in their cold,

uninsulated single room.

Another winter where they

will feel every blast of icy

wind. Another winter where

every time their children

cough or sneeze they will

fear they have contracted

a lethal respiratory

condition like pneumonia

or tuberculosis.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee

URGENT APPEAL: help Syrian refugee

parents like Khitam to protect their

children through the winter.

Agency, needs your support

to help parents protect their

children this winter.

Please will you give £75

to provide a refugee family

like Khitam’s with a

Winter Survival

Kit to protect

against the

freezing

weather?

The kit

contains

essentials such

as a heating

stove, thermal

blankets, warm

clothes and a tarpaulin for

insulation. It could mean

survival for a family like

Khitam’s.

Two winters ago, as a

result of their exposed and

unsanitary living conditions,

Khitam and all of her

children became ill. Baby

Bilal had a high temperature

and diarrhoea. Her sons

Khaled (3, pictured) and

Abdul Rahman (8) had chest

infections and their sister

Fatimah (4) contracted

worms. Khitam herself

developed painful growths

on her throat and lost her

voice. Without access to a

free healthcare system like

we have in the UK,

Khitam became

overwhelmed

with worry

about how to

pay for the

treatment and

medicines her

children needed.

“I felt helpless.

My children were coughing

and crying and there was

nothing I could do.”

Khitam believes that

without assistance from

UNHCR “my children

would be dead”.

Across Lebanon and

Jordan, seven of the last

eight winters have

brought heavy snowfall

and temperatures

regularly drop

below 0°C.

Right now, with the

conflict continuing

in Syria, 1.7 million

refugees in Lebanon

and Jordan remain unable

to return home. They are

living, like Khitam’s family,

in derelict buildings, or in

makeshift shelters made

of little more than wood

and plastic sheeting. With

temperatures falling, the

lives of the most vulnerable

• young children, pregnant
  women and the elderly – are
  at grave risk.
  With a gift of £75 you can
  provide a Winter Survival
  Kit containing a stove,
  blankets, warm clothes and
  a tarpaulin to help a family
  insulate and heat their
  home. Please give today –
  you could save the lives of
  children like Khitam’s.

“Living here, in

these conditions,

I cannot keep my

children healthy.”

100mph.

Wind speed

during Storm

Norma, Lebanon,

January 2019.

Give £75

to provide a

Syrian refugee

family with a

Winter Survival

Kit

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With £75, you can give a Winter
Survival Kit containing:
BLANKET
Families left their homes with
nothing. A simple blanket
could save a life.
TARPAULIN
For insulation. Keeps the cold
out and the warmth in.
WARM CLOTHES
Hats, gloves and scarves
keep families warm,
indoors and out.
STOVE
For heating and cooking.
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