Inside the largest ever humanitarian convoy to reach Syrian refugees paid UNICEFUSA
, providing lifesaving humanitarian assistance to 40,000 displaced people at the Rukban makeshift settlement in southeastern Syria near the borders with Jordan and Iraq.
The trucks also carried vaccines for approximately 10,000 children under the age of 5, as part of an emergency vaccination campaign against measles, polio and other diseases. The vast majority of the people stranded at Rukban are vulnerable women and children. . There are practically no services, no basic health care. Access to safe, clean water is very limited. Food prices have soared.
Fleeing air strikes, Syrian families began arriving at the camp in late 2015, hoping to cross to safety in Jordan. Since Jordan closed its border in 2016, they have been trapped in the harsh desert in Rukban.
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