- Title: Purified water plant refreshes Jordan's Zaatari camp
- Date: 23rd October 2016
- Summary: MAFRAQ, JORDAN (OCTOBER 18, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ROAD IN CAMP VARIOUS OF TRUCKS CARRYING WATER VARIOUS OF DRIVER PARKING TUCK MAN FILLING WATER TANK WITH WATER WATER TANKS VARIOUS OF MAN CARRYING LARGE BOTTLES OF WATER (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF 'LOOKING AFTER THE ORPHAN' SOCIETY AND DIRECTOR OF PURIFIED WATER PLANT IN ZATAARI CAMP, AMNAH SHDIFAT, SAYING: "We, the 'Looking after the Orphan' society, in cooperation with the Ahal al Jabal Society, established a purified water plant to purify water in the Zaatari Camp. Water is sold at affordable prices for Syrian refugees to support them." VARIOUS OF MAN CLEANING WATER BOTTLES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF 'LOOKING AFTER THE ORPHAN' SOCIETY AND DIRECTOR OF PURIFIED WATER PLANT IN ZAATARI CAMP, AMNAH SHDIFAT, SAYING: "The main difficulties we faced in the camp are the essential materials. The operating material is diesel and electricity is not available. We have a diesel motor that we operate the plant with." VARIOUS OF WORKERS FILLING BOTTLES WITH WATER WATER BOTTLES (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ABU MOHAMMAD, SYRIAN FROM DERAA WHO AT THE PLANT, SAYING: ''The water is clean and the pieces of the equipment are clean, the water is drinkable. We used to drink from tanks that had sand in them, and we'd get sand (in our stomachs). Here it's clean and you feel better knowing that, your stomach feels better.'' WATER BOTTLES WORKERS CARRYING WATER BOTTLES TO VEHICLE MAN CLOSING BACK DOOR OF VEHICLE VARIOUS OF VEHICLE DRIVING VEHICLE REVERSING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SYRIAN FROM RURAL DAMASCUS RESIDING IN THE CAMP, ABU AKRAM, SAYING: "I buy this water (because) it is healthy water and thank God there is demand for this water. Tanks are a bit polluted and as you know the weather here is dusty and it is a desert. People prefer to buy healthy water for the sake of children's and people's health." VARIOUS OF A MAN TAKING WATER BOTTLES INTO A STORE IN THE CAMP
- Embargoed: 7th November 2016 09:50
- Keywords: Zaatari refugee camp water bottle
- Location: MAFRAQ, JORDAN
- City: MAFRAQ, JORDAN
- Country: Jordan
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0015584PXX
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: In the heat and dust of Jordan's sprawling Zaatari refugee camp, one local charity is hoping to refresh its thousands of inhabitants by installing a water purifying plant.
Amnah Shdifat, the director of the plant and head of 'Looking After the Orphan' society, which is behind the idea, said water is brought in to Zaatari from nearby wells.
The water then undergoes a purification process thanks to equipment in the camp.
"We, the 'Looking After the Orphan' society, in cooperation with the Ahal al Jabal Society, established a purified waiter plant to purify water in Zaatari Camp. Water is sold at affordable prices for Syrian refugees to support them," she said.
According to Shdifat, between 300 and 400 large bottles of water are distributed inside the camp during the summer, with demand decreasing significantly in the winter.
"The main difficulties we faced in the camp are the essential materials. The operating material is diesel and electricity is not available. We have a diesel motor that we operate the plant with," she added.
Plant worker Abu Mohammad, who is originally from Deraa but has been living in the camp for four years, said that the purified water was refreshing idea.
"The water is clean and the pieces of the equipment are clean, the water is drinkable. We used to drink from tanks that had sand in them, and we'd get sand (in our stomachs). Here it's clean and you feel better knowing that, your stomach feels better," he said.
Zaatari resident Abu Akram, who sells the purified water in the camp, says demand is high for the "healthy" liquid.
"I buy this water (because) it is a healthy water and thank God there is demand for this water. Tanks are a bit polluted and as you know the weather here is dusty and it is a desert. People prefer to buy healthy water for the sake of children's and people's health," he said.
Jordan currently hosts more than 1.4 million refugees with most of them living in urban areas and around 100,000 Syrians in the camps. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
- Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2016. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
- Usage Terms/Restrictions: None
