10 ways UNHCR helped refugees in 2021
With 2021 marking the tenth year of the Syria crisis, and the COVID-19 pandemic in its second year, coordination in addressing the different challenges of the refugee response in Jordan has become even more important. By building on previous progress and by seizing...
UNHCR Jordan doubles its efforts to vaccinate refugees against COVID-19
Based on data from the Ministry of Health and National Centre for Security and Crisis Management, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Jordan, currently estimates that as of the end of October 135,000 individuals – 33 percent of Syrian refugees – aged 12 years...
DAFI Scholarship Inspires Hope Among Refugee Youth
In 2021, UNHCR supported 40 refugee students to start university in Jordan through the DAFI scholarship. These are some of their stories.
Cash for Health provides relief for non-Syrian refugees in Jordan
“We live in a cycle of illness and fearing death,” states Jameela, or Umm Hayder, as she is otherwise known. An Iraqi refugee and mother of three, life has never been easy for her family. Ever since her oldest son, Hayder, was born 27 years ago, they have constantly...
His Royal Highness Prince Charles visits refugees in Jordan
Luai vividly remembers the moment when armed militias entered the hospital where he was working in Mosul, Iraq and issued an ultimatum that they had two weeks to leave otherwise they would be killed. As a member of Iraq’s Christian population, Luai did not hesitate....
UNHCR distributes winter cash assistance to refugees in Jordan
As winter approaches, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency in Jordan, has started the process of distributing one-off winter cash assistance for refugees across the country. Over 76,000 refugee families (approximately 290,000 individuals) from a variety of nationalities –...