Bringing Clean Water to Families in Need in Syria

Clean and safe drinking water remains a critical life-saving necessity across informal displacement camps in Northern Idlib. In response to acute water shortages and severe health risks, BESME INSANI executed an emergency water trucking project targeting highly overcrowded camp clusters. Over a three-week period, our mobile water tankers delivered 450,000 liters of purified drinking water to 1,500 displaced families, directly benefiting approximately 7,500 individuals.

Due to damaged municipal infrastructure and falling groundwater levels, displaced families in these informal settlements lack access to piped water networks. Without intervention, households are forced to rely on expensive, untreated private water vendors, exposing children to severe waterborne diseases like cholera and acute dysentery. Our project provided regular, free water trucking directly to installed family storage tanks and community reservoirs.

Prior to distribution, dedicated field technicians conducted routine water testing, including chlorine monitoring and microbiological checks, to guarantee safety standards at the filling points. Field teams coordinated with camp management to establish fair distribution schedules, ensuring equal access for all households, particularly female-headed families and the elderly.

The reliable supply of safe drinking water significantly reduces health hazards and relieves impoverished parents of the crushing cost of purchasing private water. BESME INSANI remains fully dedicated to expanding water supply pipelines and maintaining emergency WASH operations to protect vulnerable displaced populations across Northwestern Syria.