winter cash assistance


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“Immense happiness. It’s an unbelievable feeling. It really helped us a lot” – Um Waleed with daughters Maha, 8, and Jodi, 12


“If that happens for me, I will be able to cover the rent and, from the money I earn from work, bring food to my children.”


The couple needs to look no further than their own children to see what a tremendous impact


the provision


of cash has already made, from the cozy new sweater worn by eldest daughter Jodi to the heat radiating in their space.


“As they came to the house, one of our daughters said: ‘Today is the best day ever,’” said Um, “because we feel warm today.’” «


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UNHCR plans to provide winter assistance to more than four million Syrian and Iraqi internally displaced persons and refugees in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.


Winter assistance will include cash payments, distribution of winter items and camp improvements. Aid is increasingly being offered through cash assistance, offering flexibility and independence to recipients.


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