Turkish women from Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa came together to extend aid to Syrian refugees living in camps in northern Syria.
The volunteers of the Huzme Science and Culture Association and the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), who visited the camps on Afrin, Azaz and Idlib last week, determined that women in the camps lack many basic hygiene products.
The volunteers launched a campaign when they learned that the women who lost their relatives due to the war and who left their homes without even taking a piece of furniture had not even touched their hair for months and that they were deprived of basic hygiene packages despite meeting their many needs.
Some 5,000 hygiene packages that included diapers, fingernail clippers, hairbrushes, cream, soap, shawls and cloth masks were prepared within the scope of the campaign and sent to Syria.
The head of IHH’s women’s branch in Bursa, Hatice Kaptan, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that when someone mentions “aid” the first things that come to mind are usually food, clothing or fuel. However, she added, the women in the region have needs beyond these.
