Survival project – winter 2015

October 29, 2015

WARM BLANKETS FOR THE REFUGEES.

Since the end of 2014, 50.000 refugee families live in the open of the mountains of the Shingal area, in Northeast Iraq. They live in uninsulated tents, made of leftovers, like plastic and wood. Temperatures in the winter are below 0 degrees Celsius there. These people get no support by governmental or international organizations. We want to provide them with blankets, before the winter comes.

Facts

Area:
Shingal mountains

Time:
December 2015

Amount of people:
App. 200.000
50.000 families

Costs:
20 $/blanket

Last year’s campaign:
17,141 blankets distributed

This year’s goal:
As many blankets as possible!

BACKGROUND

The people living there belong to the Yazidi community: They have no political alliances, so the regional Kurdish government gives them no support. On top of this, the UNHCR is in the middle of a funding crisis!