The mission in Jordan has come to an end and we are both back home, safe
and sound (except for a flu (Omar)). Thank you all again for your support and
donations! We were overwhelmed by your support and supportive words!
Before we left for Jordan, we were in two minds whether it makes more
sense to also donate the money we would pay for flights and accommodation and
to stay home instead. The experiences we made and the projects we initiated (see project summary below) with your donations of around USD20’000,
however, confirmed that our decision to go was a good decision!
I. Education (~67%)
Four schooling projects which enable ~120 children to go to school now
instead of playing on the streets, which give them a daily routine and most
importantly “hope”, could be seed funded with your donations for the next 6
months and will be continuously reviewed and assessed by ourselves and by the
team on the ground. Hopefully, it will be enough to cover the costs until the
next school year begins and they can either join a regular Jordanian school or
go back home. By employing three professional teachers who are refugees themselves,
you also help to secure an income for three refugee families. Thank you!
You are invited to donate to extend and / or continue these efforts.
II. Emergency
(~26%)
Seeing the suffering of the weak and poor on the ground, we decided to
initiate this “emergency fund”. Some of the beneficiaries are, for example, a
widow and three children (paying her modest rent for one month), a family with
12 children whose father had gunshot wounds to his leg (paying their modest
rent for one month), a widow with 4 children suffering psychological problems
(money for food), a project that distributes bread vouchers which can be
redeemed at the local bakery, etc.
You are invited to donate to extend and / or continue these efforts.
III. Medical
(~7%)
Health and good nutrition are probably the most important prerequisites
to go to school and thus this should be the most important area. However, given
that the Syrian-US-NGO we joined, as well as international organisations are
taking care of this aspect, we focused on education but still spent ~7% of the
donations on vitamins for the many anaemic children we saw, as well as on two
blood pressure measurement devices for their parents (we encountered refugees
with either very high or with very low blood pressure and the clinic that is
supporting Syrian refugees for free had only one measurement device).
Wrapping up
The suffering of Syrian refugees in Jordan and the neighbouring
countries is ongoing and omnipresent and the children are the most vulnerable
and affected victims. We believe that your donations made a small but important
difference and hope that we can extend the ongoing projects and initiate new
ones, such as a “trauma school for children in need of professional
psychological support”.
You are invited to donate to extend and / or continue these efforts.
Unless otherwise indicated, all further donations will be added to the
areas where they are most needed.
In the name of the children and the needy, thank you very much!
Omar and Jasser
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