Residents take a step to protect their community (Emergency training)

Here in the Za’atari refugee camp, we are getting used to seeing the thermometer hit 25 Celsius, cutting the spring short and heading into the early summer. All this warm weather makes people become more active.

Just take a look at this pizza restaurant. Staff are busy making and delivering pizzas ordered by local residents and by people working to provide support in the area.

He is sliding pizzas into the oven. This restaurant’s pizzas are great.

[The pizza shop’s kitchen]

[To cook pizzas, the restaurant uses fire]

Now, let’s get back to the topic of the weather. There is also a change in humidity. The air is very dry. What if there is a fire? The fire could engulf the camp quickly.

To prevent such incidents, Jordan’s security authorities held a training seminar last month on how to use fire extinguishers. The seminar was for residents working under the “cash for work” programs.

Supported by humanitarian aid organizations, such programs provide temporary employment in public projects, which can be seen everywhere in the camp.

[Residents are listening to explanations by the instructor]

[Workers engaged in JEN's cash-for-work support projects]

Since the Za’atari refugee camp was set up in the summer of 2012, JEN has had in-depth discussions about how we can help refugees develop a self-sustainable community. Five years later, the training seminar showed that the refugees are thinking in the same way.

Their mindset is to protect their community by themselves. This is a small but very important step to become self-sustainable, and we are pleased to have had the chance to see it.

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