The struggles of Syrian Refugees and JEN’s supporting role in Zaatari Camp

In normal life, we are having toilets and showers in our homes and we do not recognize their importance in our lives unless we lose them. In fact, we think about that importance only when we have to replace a fitting or properly facing lack of water which might be occurs only a few times per year.

However, in a disaster or emergency situation, refugees resorting in camps are unfortunately forced to share necessities including toilets and showers. Humanitarian organizations such as JEN are responsible for ensuring that refugees have access to these facilities, which can sometimes be difficult to manage when there are over 84,000 refugees in one location, such as the case in Zaa’tari refugee camp. JEN puts its utmost efforts into making sure that all public toilets within its responsible areas in the camp are accessible, clean, and safe to use.

Regrettably, there is a small minority with a narrow perspective who continuously vandalize public toilets on purpose. In these unrespectable cases, refugees who will be most affected are the refugees who are most vulnerable.

[Vandalized WASH facility]

JEN works to repair these public toilets on a continuous basis and in some circumstances completely rebuilds toilets that have had all their parts vandalized. JEN maintains these public toilets because access to safe and clean toilets is essential to protect the health of the refugees and prevent the spread of communicable diseases.

[Rehabilitating WASH facility]

[A completely rehabilitated WASH facility]

In the other hand of rehabilitation, sometimes there is a need of establishing a new facility to accommodate the continuous influx of refugees into the Zaa’tari camp where they set up homes in a location without operational public facilities. Recently, JEN completed a construction of a new public toilet in one of these newly occupied areas. With this facility, more than 300 refugees will be able to access a WASH facility near their home and make their life easier.

[Installment of new WASH facility]

[Fully functional new WASH facility]

We believe these achievements will ensure a better life for refugees in the camp, and JEN will continue to support them with the best efforts.

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