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2. Context
Deir-ez-Zor Governorate in 2025 faced acute humanitarian and early recovery needs due to years of conflict, extensive displacement, weakened institutions, and severe infrastructure damage, disrupting essential services. According to population movement reports shared by OCHA 2025, the region is witnessing a significant influx of over 1.2 million returnees, primarily women, children, and vulnerable households, settling in areas where critical services are lacking. This intersection of elevated demographic pressure and deteriorated systems underscores the urgent requirement for immediate, targeted assistance.
Education services have been profoundly impacted, with widespread structural damage and critical shortages of essential resources like desks, heaters, teaching materials, and functioning WASH facilities. Data from numerous schools in Tabni, Abu Kamal, Ashara, and Al Mayadin reveal severe overcrowding, with classrooms accommodating more than sixty students, emphasizing the pressing need for rehabilitation and the provision of educational materials.
Health services are operating below minimum standards, with only a fraction of hospitals and primary health centers providing essential care. Staff shortages, high costs, medication scarcities, and long travel distances leave a majority of the population, particularly vulnerable groups like pregnant women, widows, the elderly, and individuals with disabilities, without adequate healthcare access. Vaccination coverage is inconsistent due to logistical challenges and reliance on mobile teams in certain controlled areas.
WASH conditions remain precarious, with many communities and schools relying on sporadic water sources, broken infrastructure, or unsafe water supplies. Dysfunctional sanitation facilities in surveyed schools pose health risks and contribute to absenteeism, particularly among female students.
Agriculture, the primary livelihood sector, faces significant constraints due to damaged irrigation systems, rendering a substantial amount of land uncultivable.
The challenges of compromised service delivery, rapid population movements, and ongoing economic hardships create a fragile environment. Immediate and sustained interventions in education, health, WASH, and agricultural infrastructure are imperative to stabilize communities and foster sustainable recovery efforts.