Syrian Crisis Humanitarian Relief Operation June 2015
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SYRIAN CRISIS HUMANITARIAN RELIEF OPERATION JUNE 2015 “YOU ARE NOT ALONE” 1 GENERAL SITUATION Syrian Arab Republic has been experiencing internal disturbances since 15 March 2011 in respect of events took place in Arab states due to public demands started in 2010 towards democracy, freedom and human rights. More than 100.000 Syrian nationals lost their lives and 2.156.146 left their places of origin inside the counTL in consequence of armed conflict. Some 7 million people are directly affected from the crisis in the counTL hosting a total population of 22 million. “Syrian Crisis Humanitarian Relief Operation” has been launched by the Turkish Red Crescent on April 29, 2011 in close collaboration and coordination with Turkish Prime MinisTL, Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) and Turkish MinisTL of Foreign Affairs in order to meet sheltering and nutritional needs of 500 Syrians entered Turkey from Guvecci village of Yayladagi district of Hatay province in consequence of the ongoing armed conflict in Syria. Within the context of Syrian Crisis Humanitarian Relief Operation, intending to support Syrian Arab Republic nationals who come to Turkey and are taken to accommodation centres, the Turkish Red Crescent took responsibility for provision and distribution of basic humanitarian relief needs such as sheltering (inner tent items such as tents, blankets, heaters, mattresses), food, hygiene items and clothes. Psychosocial support, feeding and sheltering activities were kept on by 11 staff, through 58 sheltering tents pitched in Yayladagi due to limited number of Syrian nationals which did not exceed 500 until June 2011. Following this date, in consequence of rapid influx of Syrians into Turkey, the Red Crescent established tent camps in Yayladagi-1, Yayladagi-2, Altinozu, Boynubogun and Apaydin districts of Hatay province. Until 10 March 2012, the Turkish Red Crescent performed its activities through General Coordination Office based in Hatay, as the operation extended to a wider area, Head of Delegations established in locations as follows: Hatay, Gaziantep, Kilis, Adana, Adiyaman, Kahramanmaras, Malatya, Mardin, Sanliurfa and Osmaniye, Altinozu (Hatay), Boynuyogun (Hatay), Apaydin (Hatay), Yayladagi-1 (Hatay), Yayladagi-2 (Hatay), Islahiye (Gaziantep), Karkamis (Gaziantep), Nizip (Gaziantep), Nizip-2 (Gaziantep), Oncupinar (Kilis), Elbeyli (Kilis), Ceylanpinar (Sanliurfa), Akcakale (Sanliurfa), Harran (Sanliurfa), Viransehir (Sanliurfa), Cevdetiye (Osmaniye), Duzici (Osmaniye), Adiyaman, Midyat-1 (Mardin), Nusaybin (Mardin), Malatya, Saricam (Adana) and Kahramanmaras. 2 3 GAZIANTEP COUNTRY FIELD COOR. HATAY GAZIANTEP SANLIURFA KILIS K.MARAS OSMANIYE ADIYAMAN ADANA MARDIN MALATYA PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL PROVINCIAL DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION YAYLADAGI-1 KARKAMIS AKCAKALE ONCUPINAR K.MARAS HEAD CEVDETIYE ADIYAMAN SARICAM HEAD NUSAYBIN MALATYA HEAD HEAD OF HEAD OF HEAD OF HEAD OF OF HEAD OF HEAD OF OF HEAD OF DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION OF DELEGATION YAYLADAGI-2 CEYLANPINAR ISLAHIYE HEAD ELBEYLI HEAD DUZICI HEAD HEAD OF HEAD OF E-VOUCHER E-VOUCHER E-VOUCHER MIDYAT HEAD OF OF DELEGATION OF DELEGATION DELEGATION OF DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION BOYNUYGUN HARRAN HEAD SEVE HEAD OF NIZIP-1 HEAD HEAD OF OF DELEGATION E-VOUCHER OF SENYURT DELEGATION DELEGATION DELEGATION BORDER RELIEF CENTER ALTINOZU VIRANSEHIR ONCUPINAR HEAD OF BORDER RELIEF HEAD OF NIZIP-2 HEAD DELEGATION CENTER DELEGATION OF DELEGATION APAYDIN HEAD OF AKCAKALE COBANBEY DELEGATION KARKAMIS BORDER BORDER RELIEF BORDER RELIEF RELIEF CENTER CENTER YAYLADAGI CENTER BORDER RELIEF E-VOUCHER CENTER CEYLANPINAR E-VOUCHER BORDER SANLI BORDER RELIEF CENTER RELIEF CENTER MURSITPINAR CILVEGOZU BORDER BORDER RELIEF RELIEF CENTER CENTER BUKULMEZ SURUC BORDER BORDER RELIEF RELIEF CENTER CENTER E-VOUCHER E-VOUCHER 4 1. THE TURKISH RED CRESCENT ACTIVITIES The Turkish Red Crescent has provided basic humanitarian services such as sheltering and food while establishing social activity tents, prayer rooms and psychosocial support activities in order to meet social requirements of the Syrian nationals under international protection on temporary basis. Intending to provide humanitarian assistance to those living in Syria border, Red Crescent has carried out operations in this regard. 1.1. SHELTERING ACTIVITIES 1.1.1. GAZIANTEP COUNTL FIELD COORDINATION OFFICE Number of Staff: 22 Number of Vehicles: 7 It has started its activities in Gaziantep in order to provide coordination between Regional Head of Delegations and the Turkish Red Crescent Crisis Centre on March of 16, 2012. Syrian Crisis Humanitarian Relief Operation CounTL Field Coordination motivates and directs work flows of our teams placed in the field. Within this context, Gaziantep Coordination Office is responsible for the procedures of planning, motivating and procuring of item requests by conducting market researches, accepting donates by communicating with donors, sending donated materials to our camps according to need and priority, controlling both our teams’ financial procedures and stocks. 5 2.1.2. HATAY PROVINCIAL DELEGATION Number of Staff : 9 Number of Vehicles : 4 Hatay Provincial Delegation is responsible for overall supervision of Yayladagi-1, Yayladagi- 2, Apaydin, Altinozu and Boynuyogun tent camps while managing border relief and deliveries in the province. Within Hatay Provincial Delegation, there is Sanlı (Altinozu), Cilvegozu, Yayladagi and Bukulmez Border Relief Centres. 2.1.2.1. YAYLADAGI-1 HEAD OF DELEGATION Number of Staff : 12 Number of Vehicles : 2 Number of Syrian Guests : 2.830 Number of Established Tents : 548 Number of Tents in Use : 548 Yayladagi-1 Tent Camp, established following the first Syrian group’s border crossing, has been operating continually since April 2011. Within the context of Syrian Humanitarian Relief Operation, various relief items composed of food packages, food parcels and medical items were distributed to Syrians from Topraktutan (Beysun) and Arfali Farm locations next to zero point border on 24-30 September 2012. 2.1.2.2. YAYLADAGI-2 HEAD OF DELEGATION Number of Staff : Conducted by Yayladagi-1 Head of Delegation staff Number of Vehicles : 2 Number of Syrian Guests : 3.047 Number of Established Tents : 510 Number of Tents in Use : 510 Yayladagi-2 Tent Camp, established following the first Syrian group’s border crossing, has been operating continuously since April 2011. 6 In the border of Reyhanli, breakfast for 5000 people was served on September 24 and September 25, 2012. Until second order, breakfast is not served according to district governor’s request. In total, 12.000 dish breakfast was served. 2.1.2.3. ALTINOZU HEAD OF DELEGATION Number of Staff : 1 Number of Vehicles : 1 Number of Syrian Guests : 1.354 Number of Established Tents : 259 Number of Tents in Use : 259 Altınozu Tent Camp, established following the first Syrian group’s border crossing, has been operating continuously since April 2011. 2.1.2.4. BOYNUYOGUN HEAD OF DELEGATION Number of Staff : 3 Number of Vehicles : 1 Number of Syrian Guests : 2.832 Number of Established Tents : 622 Number of Tents in Use : 622 Boynuyogun Tent Camp, established following the first Syrian group’s border crossing, has been operating continuously since April 2011. 2.1.2.5. APAYDIN HEAD OF DELEGATION Number of Staff : Conducted by Boynuyogun Head of Delegation staff Number of Vehicles : - Number of Syrian Guests : 4.580 Number of Established Tents : 1.181 Number of Tents in Use : 1.181 Apaydın Tent Camp, established following the first Syrian group’s border crossing, has been operating continuously since April 2011. 7 2.1.3. GAZIANTEP PROVINCIAL DELEGATION Number of Staff : 4 Number of Vehicles : 2 Gaziantep Provincial Delegation has been operating since March 15, 2012 and Islahiye, Karkamis and Nizip Tent Camp Teams affiliated to Delegation have been established. In order to keep on nutrition and psychosocial support, it organizes the coordination between Tent Camp Teams, border relief conducted in the region and deliveries. Karkamis Border Relief Center operates under Gaziantep Provincial Delegation. 2.1.3.1. ISLAHIYE-1 HEAD OF DELEGATION Number of Staff : 2 Number of Vehicles : 1 Number of Syrian Guests : 9.170 Number of Established Tents : 1.898 Number of Tents in Use : 1.898 Leveling works of Islahiye tent camp was initiated- receiving external assistance- by District Governorship, Municipality and Provincial Special Administration on March 12, 2012. With the intention of providing services to Syrian nationals who were placed in our counTL for temporary sheltering, necessary actions were performed. Accordingly, camp was operational and started providing services as of March 17, 2012. Warehouses belong to Cukurova Cotton Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union (Cukobirlik) and Agricultural Products Office (Toprak Mahsulleri Ofisi) were allocated to Turkish Red Crescent. 8 2.1.3.2. ISLAHIYE-2 HEAD OF DELEGATION Number of Staff : - Number of Vehicles : - Number of Syrian Guests : 19.540 Number of Established Tents : 4.241 Number of Tents in Use : 4.037 2.1.3.3. KARKAMIS HEAD OF DELEGATION Number of Staff : 4 Number of Vehicles : 1 Number of Syrian Guests : 7.115 Number of Established Tents : 1.668 Number of Tents in Use : 1.668 Within the context of Syrian Crisis Humanitarian Relief Operation,