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ACTNews, NORTH IDLIB – The room was filled with
fragrant steam from the cooking rice. Some volunteers took turns mixing the rice,
preparing the chicken, and preparing the rice containers. The Indonesian
kitchen in one of the buildings in the city of Idlib was busy preparing a
thousand meal packages, Thursday (2/13).
Indonesian Public Kitchen for Syria distributed
meal packages until Friday (2/14). The two-day meal package distribution was
done in collaboration with BAMUIS BNI and Kitabisa.
Firdaus Guritno from Global Humanity
Response – Aksi Cepat Tanggap said that the meal distribution reached the
Syrians that are internally displaced in North Idlib. "They fled without
carrying their wealth. They rely on humanitarian assistance to survive," said
Firdaus.
Many of the hundreds of thousands of IDP
are women and children living with limited food in cold winter. They had to leave
their homes due to military attacks. The IDP camps in North Idlib are already holding
five times of their capacity, leading to food and water shortages. The place
cannot hold any more IDPs, as reported by The Guardian. This February, with the
temperature in Idlib ranging from 5-13 degrees Celsius, the IDPs have to
survive in tents amid chilly cold. []
