A Day in the Life Za'atari: Episode 3 Desperate for a home

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"There are always moments of injustice." Nida and Kilian wrestle with human and logistical problems as they distribute pre-fab caravans to families in the old part of the camp. Tensions run high, and for one man who has waited months in a tent, it all threatens to fall apart at the last minute. Australia for UNHCR's Syria Crisis Appeal: http://bit.ly/16BGFYW -- Welcome to Za'atari, the temporary home for tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. Just over a year ago it was a stretch of barren desert. Now it's a bustling metropolis with bakeries, hardware stores and rotisserie chicken stands. It's also a place of colliding visions: the camp imagined by the UNHCR planners and their Jordanian partners, and the camp shaped by the Syrians who must call it their temporary home. This documentary series opens an unprecedented window into the camp, revealing the everyday dramas of delivering water, keeping the lights on and moving 200 families a day from tents into pre-fabs. In 15 fly-on-the-wall episodes, we follow frontline aid workers as they strive to support and sustain the residents of this remarkable makeshift city.

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Published to Youtube on: 14/11/2013

Archived on: 08/10/2025

Original URL (may no longer be available): https://youtube.com/watch?v=AhTm86Hfmlw