Preparation for distributing winter clothes in Azraq Refugee Camp

Temperature started to drop significantly after sunset as Winter is approaching Jordan. JEN has been planning to distribute clothes in Azraq Refugee Camp, which was newly opened on April 30, 2014, and has gone through a lot of negotiation and coordination with UNHCR and other humanitarian aid organizations operating in the camp. JEN is getting ready to distribute winter clothes donated by UNIQLO and Lutheran World Federation (LWF), targeting the existing whole population and the new arrivals to Azraq Refugee Camp.

[Winter clothes have arrived at JEN’s warehouse in Azraq Refugee Camp]


Prior to the actual distribution, JEN’s distribution team opened the bales and boxes, sorted out the clothes by type and size, and prepare individual packages for men, women, children and babies. JEN recruited the Syrian labour residing in the camp to handle these tasks. JEN has called the Syrian refugees registered as candidates for ‘Incentive based Volunteers’ through an organization running the community centers in the camp and secured the required number of volunteers. To support the vulnerable, JEN has focused on recruiting women who were head of households.

[Incentive based Volunteers working in the warehouse. More than half of them are women]

[Samples of individual packages for children and babies]


Unlike Za’atari Refugee Camp, there is no market place in Azraq Refugee Camp where the residents can purchase inexpensive clothes. Neither are the clothes sold in the sole supermarket in the camp are not reasonably priced; therefore, it is said that distributing clothes should have a certain impact in supporting the refugees for winterization.
Since the donated clothes were delivered to JEN’s warehouse in Azraq Camp one week prior to the scheduled distribution, the time left for preparation was very limited. Thanks to JEN’s Jordanian staff members’ hard work and the contribution made by the Syrian labour, JEN somehow could manage to be ready for the distribution.

Supported by your donation, JEN strives to lessen the burden and meet the needs of the 12,000 asylum seekers residing in Azraq Refugee Camp and the new arrivals.

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