For Safer Life in Refugee Camp

The Report and The Gratitude: Part I | The Completion of Support Programs at Refugee Camp

On Marth 31st, 2018, JEN completed our support programs at the refugee camps in Zaatari. We’d like to take this opportunity to show our sincere gratitude to all those who have supported us.

When the crisis occurred in Syria in 2012, we launched an emergency program in Jordan to accept many refugees. We started to support mainly the Zaatari refugee camp, which had just been set in the northern Syria, and many other host communities of refugees scattered around the nation.

As the days went by, more and more refugees fled to the camp in Zaatari, located near Syrian border. The number of refugees at the camp was initially 20,000 or so, then grew rapidly 130,000 in just a few months, which caused a turmoil. As the refuge period was extended, the needs of refugees gradually changed, so did our programs fit to them.

Initially, our activities were centered on distribution of goods at the reception center and maintenance of sanitary environment, such as the installment of laundry, the promotion and improvement of sanitation knowledge, the education on saving water, the installment and management of public toilets and water reserve tank, the cleanness of camp, the maintenance of water supply and sewage system.

To be continued to part II.

For more details on our programs in Jordan, click here.

* The operation of JEN’s programs now has been handed over to other international organizations.