Reference :
V-P-SY-E-00485
Date :
11/2015
Caption :
Rural Damas, Kessweh, centre for displaced persons. Portrait of an old woman.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
“I feel the cold in my bones every winter, it hurts, but my heart is always warm”, says this 105 year–old woman, who was displaced from Darayya in 2012, and now lives in a center for the displaced in Kessweh, rural Damascus. When she and the families of her seven children including grandchildren fled Darayya , they first moved to Zabadani, and few months later on one morning she woke up to find that all her family members had left the country. That has been the saddest day of her life.
She firmly believes that since that day God has been sending everyday children who care for her. Her sixty year-old nephew is one amongst those who managed to bring her to Kessweh, where he also lives with his family.
“I had to leave everything, after my children left me behind”, she remembers. Ever since she moved to the center, the volunteers of Syrian Arab Red Crescent have been taking care of her with the support of other people at the center. Sitting in her small room, she fears the coming winter, but remaining content she says, “Thanks God, I am much better than millions of others”.
You can’t say good bye to this woman without promising to visit her again. She hates good byes; and will always be waiting for you to return, and if possible to bring back her children and their families.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
2448x3264
Orientation :
portrait
Colour/B&W :
colour
