Non-Food Items
During the colder months of the year, we work to provide essential support and assistance to those affected by harsh weather conditions, by providing shelter, heating and warm clothing. We work to prevent suffering, protect lives and promote dignity for all.
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Winter Campaign 2022/23
Location
Syria: Northwest Syria
Lebanon: Border area (Arsal)
Date
01/12/2022
Beneficiaries
25,800 Beneficiaries

The region witnessed a snowstorm, considered the most severe in years, which led to the closure of roads to the camps due to heavy snow, demolishing the tents of the displaced, and harming thousands of families living in the camps.
In response to the humanitarian situation, International Humanitarian Relief, along with a group of organizations working on the Syrian issue, is launching the “Be Warm for Them” campaign to secure winter and urgent basic necessities for our people in the camps, especially for the most vulnerable groups. Where:
Winter clothes for more than 10,000 beneficiaries
Heating materials for more than 1,700 beneficiaries
Food supplies for more than 1,200 beneficiaries
Preparing complete tents and furnishings for 2,558 beneficiaries

Winter Campaign 2021/22
Location
Syria: Northwest Syria
Lebanon: Border area (Arsal)
Date
01/12/2021
Beneficiaries
12,750 Beneficiaries

The Winter 20/21 campaign is a response to the refugee families of those affected in the northern Syrian camps and the border Lebanese areas camps due to the harsh winter and its storms that befell the country.
International Humanitarian Relief helped the most vulnerable families in the camps in Afrin and Azaz in the Aleppo countryside and Arsal in Lebanon.
By distributing heating materials, winter clothes, and tent mattresses to more than 2,500 families.

Winter Campaign 2020/21
Location
Syria: Northwest Syria
Lebanon: Border area (Arsal)
Date
01/12/2020
Beneficiaries
9000 Beneficiaries

During this time every year, refugees and vulnerable families, especially those living in tents, suffer from cold weather conditions and harsh winter storms. Unfortunately, year after year, due to the faltering economy, the situation gets worse. The snow storms this year caused severe damage to homes if not completely destroyed them.
The International Humanitarian Relief (IHR) launched its annual “Winter Warmth” campaign to support these families in facing the harsh winter days.

Winter Campaign 2019/20
Location
Syria: Northwest Syria
Lebanon: Border area (Arsal)
Date
01/12/2019
Beneficiaries
10000 Beneficiaries

In response to the snowstorm that struck the region, the International Humanitarian Relief

the Winter 2020 campaign was launched to help families affected by the storm, especially refugees who live in tents broken above them due to the accumulated snow.
distributed :
500 winter baskets
500 Heater with fuel for heating
1000 new ساهمفثقس to repair tents

Our Schools warmer
Location
Syria: Afrin and Rajo
Date
From 31/12/2018 until 31/01/2019
Beneficiaries
More than 45 schools that include 12,000 students

Support all the schools in Afrin and Rajo towns with stove and tools for heating in the cold winter.

Emergency Response for whom Who were evacuated from Eastern Ghouta
Location
Syria: Maar Shurin, Ma’arrat Tamasrin , Jarjnaz
Date
from 06/06/2018 until 20/07/2018
Beneficiaries
1700 Families

The overall main goal of the project is to contribute to the response to the people who evacuated from Eastern Ghouta in terms of shelter and non-food items by providing them with kitchen kits.

This emergency intervention is a response to families’ needs of kitchen kits after they forced to move to Northern Syria

For the sake of Ghouta 2
Location
Syria: Rural Damscus -Eastern Ghouta
Date
From 01/02/2018 until 31/03/2018
Beneficiaries
1,030 HH, around 5,800 Person.

The project aims at distributing 1030 hygiene kits to the residents of the underground shelters of Douma city

Winterization Kit (4)
Location
Syria: North Rural Homs –Talbiseh
Date
from 01/01/2018 until 28/02/2018
Beneficiaries
1,495 HH which equals to 8,700 persons in addition to 170 beneficiaries of the hospice
The intervention aims at distributing fuels for 1280 HHs in NRH – Talbiseh (60 Liters of Fuel/HH). Furthermore, 5000 Liters of fuel will be distributed to the hospice in Al-Sa’an Al-Aswad area
Winterization Kit (3)
Location
Syria: Rural Damscus -Eastern Ghouta
Date
From 01/12/2017 until 31/01/2018
Beneficiaries
1,525 HH, around 9,000 Person.

This intervention aims at distributing 1450 winter kits to 1450 HHs in the eastern Ghouta area. Each kit consists of a stove (diesel, charcoal), winter socks, winter underwear, winter hats, winter scarf.
This intervention is an attempt to mitigate the suffering of the families residing in the area and enhancing their physical health in such hard circumstances where the fuel is very scarce yet very expensive.

Winterization Kit project 1
Location
Syria: Rural Damascus – Eastern Ghouta
Date
from 01/10/2017 until 31/01/2018
Beneficiaries
2,675 HH which equals to 14,980 persons from Douma area
Distribution of 2,675 Winter kits for 2,675 HHs in Eastern Ghouta in the following area:
1: Madara 350 kits
2: Harasta 400 kits
3: Arbein 1025 kits
4: Zamalka 300 kits
5: Mesraba 600
the kit composed of winter clothes for both adults and kids in addition to 4 blankets/kit as shown below:
Winter Double Blankets (4 pces)
 Winter Gloves for Adults (2 pairs)
 Winter Gloves for Children (2 pairs)
 Winter Scarf for Adults (2 pces)
 Winter Scarf for Children (2 pces)
 Winter Hat for Adults (2 pces)
 Winter Hat for Children (2 pces)
 Winter Socks for Adults (2 pairs)
 Winter Socks for Children (2 pairs)
 Winter Underwear for Adults (2 pces)
 Winter underwear for Children (2 pces)
The project aims to distribute to vulnerable Households in Eastern Ghouta areas assistance and support to improve their physical health and endure winter season.
NFI Kit Distribution
Location
Syria :North Rural Homs (Talbiseh – Al-Rastan, Houla)
Date
From 01/07/2017 until 10/12/2017
Beneficiaries
1,000 Family, around 5,000 Person.

Distribution of 1000 NFI Kits on 1,000 HHs in the besieged areas of Northern Rural Homs  (500 HHs in Talbiseh and Rastan, 500 HHs in Houla): Each kit consists of 4 Mattresses, 4 Blankets, 1 Plastic rag, 40 KGs of olive coal, Stove, Cooking Pot 7 Ltr, Cooking Pot 5 Ltr, Frying Pan 5 Ltr, 1 Teapot, 5 Cups, 5 Plates, 5 Tablespoons, 5 Table Knives, 1 Kitchen Knife. This project is an attempt to provide a better living conditions to the displaced and host community families, through providing them with NFI basic items assistance in order to sustain their survivability with the minimum day to day living standards.

Winterization Kit
Location
Syria: Rural Damascus – Eastern Ghouta – Douma
Date
from 01/12/2016 until 14/11/2017
Beneficiaries
300 HH which equals to 1,500 persons from Douma area
Distribution of 300 Winter Kits on 300 HH from the besieged area of Douma city in Eastern Ghouta Rural Damascus: This project is an attempt to provide a better living conditions to the displaced and host community families, through providing them with NFI assistance specifically Winterization Kit in order to sustain their survivability with the minimum life standards
SAWA DFINA
Location
Syria :North Rural Homs (Talbiseh – Al-Rastan)
Date
From 01/12/2016 until 31/03/2017
Beneficiaries
2000 Family

Distribution of 2,000 Winter Kits + Fuel on 2,000 HH in the besieged areas of Northern Rural Homs (Rastan and Talbeesa): This project is an attempt to provide a better living conditions to the displaced and host community families, through providing them with NFI assistance specifically Winterization Kit in order to sustain their survivability with the minimum life standards

Winterization and Hygiene Kits Project
Location
Syria : North Rural Homs “Hola” and Damascus Countryside “Eastern

Ghouta”

Date
from 01/01/2016 until 31/08/2016
Beneficiaries
600 Households in the North Rural Homs Areas” Hola”
600 Households in the Damascus Countryside “Eastern Ghouta”.
The Health Situation in Hola and Eastern Ghouta areas are deteriorating day after day due to the long siege period as well as due to the regular shelling, therefore the project aims to help the vulnerable Households, to endure the winter season and to reduce the spread of the epidemics and disease during the project Timeline. The Winterization and Hygiene kits Project includes the Distribution of Winterization Kits “Fuel in Hola and Firewood in Eastern Ghouta” two times during winter season as well as the Hygiene kits three times throughout the Project Period for the Vulnerable Households.
Winterization Kits Project “Warm Hearts”
Location
Syria :Damascus Countryside “Eastern Ghouta”
Date
From 01/01/2016 until 31/03/2016
Beneficiaries
250 Households

The project aims to help the vulnerable Households such as the Female headed house has children, to endure the winter season. Warm Hearts Project includes the Distribution of the Winterization kits such as Fuel for the Households and Pajama for the Children of the Vulnerable Households one times during winter season.

Warm Winter
Location
Lebanon : Akkar
Date
15/12/2015
Beneficiaries
11,270 persons
With winter 2015-2016 coming in a time when the families in North Lebanon are in deeper need, it was essential to provide assistance through the distribution of heating fuel to the syrian and lebanese families of these areas. 183000 Liters were distributed for the most needy families of that region.
Non-Food Items distribution
Location
Idleb southern rural
Date
From 15/7/2015 to 31/8/2015
Beneficiaries
2000 Family

Distributing emergency food baskets to IDPs including mattresses, covers, plastic sheets, hand lights, carpets and water containers … etc. in order to provide basic needs for IDPs as they reach more safe places.

Providing Fuel for heavy vehicles to clear roads
Location
Latakia rural
Date
From 12/3/2015 to 12/4/2015
Beneficiaries
2400 IDP Family
Securing the roads by removing the wreckage from the road, where we supported providing 15,000 litre of diesel to heavy vehicles doing so in coordination with Qatar Red Crescent.
Hygiene Kits Distribution project
Location
Syria : Homs countryside
Date
from 1/3/2015 to 30/8/2015
Numbers of beneficiaries
84,000 persons

The health situation deterioration of the families living under long siege and cruel bombing in Homs countryside and specifically in Talbiseh and Al-Rastan areas led our team to distribute hygiene kits that include the requirements essential for living a healthy and desease-free life

Hygiene Winter Baskets Distribution project
Location
Syria : Al-Ghouta, and Al-Qalamoun – Homs countryside
Date
from 1/9/2014 to 30/11/2015
Numbers of beneficiaries
20,776 beneficiaries from the hygiene kits distribution
6,720 beneficiaries from the winter packages distribution
20,020 beneficiaries from fuel distribution
After years of heavy bombing and cruel siege imposed on many places inside Syria, people’s health status became intolerable and living in these circumstances has become incredibly dangerous on families and children especially during winter. Therefore, in the hope of facilitating the difficulties facing Syrian people during the harsh winter, our team started distributing Hygiene baskets, winter packages, and fuel among more than 40,000 residents at the besieged areas especially in Al-Ratsna, Al-Ghouta, Talbiseh, and Al-Qalamoun.
Warm Winter project “warm package”
Location
Syria : Eastern Gouta
Date
from 20/1/2015 to 20/2/2015
Numbers of beneficiaries
60,480 persons

Due to the decreasing weather temperature and the rain and snow falling heavily during winter season, refugees are suffering from harsh living circumstances. Therefore, our team executed a project that limits the cold in eastern Ghouta in Damascus countryside. The project included the distribution of blankets and firewood to keep as many people as possible warm.

Winter warmth campaign
Location
Lebanon: Aarsal – Bekaa – Akkar (Akroum Mount)
Syrian-Turkish border : Atimah
Date
from 1/1/2015 to 1/3/2015
Numbers of beneficiaries
4370 familes in Lebanon
2400 familes in Āţimah
Our Partners
Qatar Red Crescent – Orient Helfer – Hand in Hand – Homs League Abroad – the community of Arab students in Malaysia – Friends of the Syrian people / Switzerland – Siraj – Private donors

the campaign objective is to alleviate the bitter coldness of the winter season and it’s storms that cause destruction in the refugee camps .
international humanitarian relief contribution was vital and essential in the past campaign :
winter clothing : 3800 (full winter kit) Aarsal , Bekaa , Akkar
Blankets : 6900 blanket in Aarsal , Bekaa , Akkar
Tarpaulin tent cover : 670 cover : Aarsal ,Bekaa
Diesel : more than 174.768 liters in Aarsal , Bekaa , Akkar , Āţimah