A Day in the Life Za'atari: Episode 4 Caravan chaos
Australia for UNHCR
Description
"This is an example of how quickly tensions can rise." Bodyguards in tow, Nida heads back into the caravan delivery melee. Over in the French hospital, Dr. Ana, a whirlwind of energy and expertise, is working overtime to ensure those Za'atari residents who need medical help, get it. -- 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=tBuKRLKBsK0