The ICRC also helped bring even more potable water to people living in cities and towns where water supply systems were functioning, but which needed repairs, spare parts, water-treatment chemicals or other supplies needed to operate water treatment plants.
All these efforts were possible by working in cooperation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent staff and volunteers.
Since the onset of the conflict four years ago in Syria, the ICRC and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) have been able to reach millions of people across the country. Through this partnership the ICRC provided the SARC with material, technical, logistical, financial and other support to enable it to respond to the growing needs of people suffering the effects of the fighting. ICRC water engineers and SARC volunteers explain in this film how this partnership evolved during the last four years.