Monthly cleaning day

On 27th August 2014, JEN had organized a cleaning campaign with the community in Zaatari camp.

[JEN staffs kicked off the campaign]

The main objective of the campaign is to let the refugees recognize and be motivated to keep their environment clean by themselves. During the campaign, JEN’s staff asked the community to participate in the campaign. Some refugees think that the camp is not their home place to be, and sometimes this thought makes them do not pay attention to  their community environment. However,  this activity would be an awareness to the disadvantages of littering  in the streets and prophylaxis to disease caused by hygiene bad practices.

[Participants from community and wheeler]

Including children before going to schools and many refugees from community joining the campaign in spare time away from  work, the total participants were around 20 refugees.
One of the participants, Abu Ali said “This campaign is a good opportunity to work with agencies and community together. I hope this activity will keep continuing.” Another participant, Tarik, also commented “I like this campaign with JEN because community can work together. It would not only improve the environment but also prevent disease caused by hygiene problem.”

[Teaching the importance of using gloves to children]

To improve the environment, the awareness and continuous practice are the key. One day campaign might not bring big impact, but JEN will continue to address this issue by taking various kinds of approaches.

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