An Oxfam volunteer monitors the trucked water before it is pumped to the main water reservoir in Herjalleh, Rural Damascus.
{"Image ImageDescription": "<div>\r\n\t<div>\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\tAn Oxfam volunteer monitors the trucked water before it is pumped to the main water reservoir in Herjalleh, Rural Damascus&nbsp;</div>\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t&nbsp;</div>\r\n\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\tHerjalleh, a community of 30,000 to the south of Damascus, where nearly half the population has been displaced from elsewhere in Syria.&nbsp;</div>\r\n\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;</div>\r\n\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\tThe rapid increase in population in Herjalleh, with the majority of people arriving from Darayaa, Qaboun and Beit Jan, put a huge pressure on the local water network &ndash; where a decrease in the water level of the six wells meant water was only being pumped around once every two weeks.&nbsp; With private water trucking, the only way of accessing enough clean water, many families were paying 6000 SYP a month (12 USD) to get the water they need &ndash; the average income across Rural Damascus is 50,000 SYP (100 USD) a month, forcing difficult choices between having clean water, food, medicines, fuel or other essentials.</div>\r\n\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;</div>\r\n\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\tFor many households, there has been a long walk to access drinking water, one that usually falls on women and children, increasing their vulnerabilities. With repairs needed to ensure the regular water supply necessary to serve the growing population, Oxfam began trucking water to shelters for displaced Syrians and over 2,000 households in Herjalleh, as part of a wider effort to provide safe, clean, water to long-term residents of Herjalleh, as well as those displaced during the conflict.&nbsp; Thanks to this support, families received water for domestic uses for a period of two months.</div>\r\n\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;</div>\r\n\t\t\t<div>\r\n\t\t\t\tBetween mid-December 2017 and mid-February 2018 Oxfam provided 250M3 of clean water each day for 54 days, to over 2,000 families living in homes and collective shelters in Herjalleh, as part of a package of emergency water supply while improvements are made to the local water supply.</div>\r\n\t\t</div>\r\n\t</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<p>\r\n\t&nbsp;</p>", "Image Make": "HTC", "Image Model": "HTC_One_max", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "300", "Image YResolution": "300", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2018:01:09 09:50:29", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "2416", "Thumbnail ImageWidth": "512", "Thumbnail ImageLength": "288", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "3692", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "29906", "EXIF ExposureTime": "169/500000", "EXIF FNumber": "2", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "125", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2018:01:09 09:50:29", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2018:01:09 09:50:29", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "172363/51072", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "5764173/500000", "EXIF ApertureValue": "2", "EXIF BrightnessValue": "4103209/500000", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "2", "EXIF MeteringMode": "other", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "191/50", "EXIF SubSecTimeOriginal": "584", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "900", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "509", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "3544", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "0", "EXIF FocalLengthIn35mmFilm": "28", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard", "EXIF GainControl": "None", "EXIF Contrast": "Normal", "EXIF Saturation": "Hard", "EXIF Sharpness": "Normal"}