June 2012 through March 2014
Jordan
2014 Recap: A Dire Year for Syrian Refugees
CARE looks back on the last 12 months working with Syrian refugees.
Millions Are Going Hungry
Please make a gift to help CARE provide food and assistance to Syrians and other people in need around the world.
Young Voices From Syria
We asked five young Syrian refugees to share their dreams and a message to the world. What they had to say was both heartbreaking and inspiring.
Country Info
CARE began work in Jordan in 1948 to meet the needs of Palestinian refugees displaced with the creation of Israel. Currently, economic participation of women remains lower here than in other countries in the region despite comparatively higher educational attainment. Traditional values that restrict women’s rights are compounded by discrimination in the workplace. Jordan also has one of the lowest levels of water resource availability per capita in the world.
As the population doubles over the next two decades, water scarcity will become an even greater problem and will challenge farmers to improve food security through environmentally sustainable agricultural practices.
Jordan has been host to an estimated 450,000 refugees fleeing violence and insecurity in Iraq and 580,000 refugees to date from the Syria conflict. We are working to meet the needs of poor farmers, women, and these refugees, all affected by conflict, economic disparity, discrimination or a fragile resource base.
Our Work in Jordan
Child Poverty
Half of all children live in poverty, spending their formative years struggling to survive.
Market Access
More inclusive markets and access can help poor people improve their lives.
Microfinance
There’s a “savings revolution” taking place in many developing countries.
Poverty & Social Justice
Everyone in the world has the right to a life free from poverty, violence and discrimination.
Violence Against Women
Gender-based violence is one of the most pervasive and yet least-recognized human rights abuses.
Why Women & Girls?
Why does CARE fight global poverty by focusing on women and girls? Because we have to.
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LS: Syria Crisis Box 5
Press Release
"Words alone are not enough.”
LS: Syria Crisis Box 6 Women Children
SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS
The ongoing armed conflict in Syria has affected more than 8.6 million people, including 4 million children. We’re working to help the more than 2 million Syrian refugees struggling to survive.
Migrating to the Sun
CARE Jordan has a program where refugees from Iraq come together to learn literacy, form creative teams, and work with the elderly. Women are taught team-building and skills like embroidery and cooking, and create products that can be sold to help generate revenue for their family.
Resources
Stategies, Results and Impacts of Evaluations 2011 - 2013
CARE Jordan – Urban Syrian refugees and vulnerable host communities - April 2014
Urban Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities three years into the Syria Crisis
June 2012 through March 2014
The impact of the Syrian crisis as shared by Syrians in Jordan
We call on donor governments to address the specific needs of women and girls affected by the crisis in Syria.
In August 2013, a group of high-level policymakers and experts, including Rep. Lois Capps, D-Calif., traveled to Jordan to learn how U.S...
Findings from the CARE Learning Tour to Jordan.
Baseline Assessment of Community-Identified Vulnerabilities among Syrian Refugees living in Irbid, Madaba, Mufraq, and Zarqa
Is CARE creating the right type of changes through our work in water, sanitation and hygiene and water resources management (known as...
CNN - Letters of Hope
CARE joins Jordanian Government, Partners to Open Azraq Refugee Camp
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Jordan opens new camp to cope with increasing numbers of Syrian refugees
Azraq, Jordan - The Government of Jordan officially opened the Azraq Refugee Camp today. The camp, which is located some 100km east of Amman and 20km west of the town of Al Azraq in Zarqa Governorate, has been established to provide protection to Syrian refugees who continue to cross into Jordan in search of safety.
The Huffington Post - Somali Refugees Tell Syrian Children: You Are Not Alone
CARE International ready to support newly arrived Syrian refugees in Azraq camp, Jordan
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Amman, Jordan - CARE is ready to provide much needed support to newly arrived refugees when they reach Azraq camp, Jordan’s sixth Syrian refugee camp. Azraq camp will start receiving refugees after the 21st of April whilst the camp’s official opening day is on the 30th of April.
Syrian Humanitarian Crisis Growing More Dire
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More than three years after the start of the Syrian war, the humanitarian plight of more than 6 million people displaced inside Syria and the 2.5 million refugees scattered in the region is growing more dismal by the day and is currently considered the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. In the latest sign of the increasingly troubled outlook, a new refugee camp is scheduled to open in Jordan later this spring. The new Azraq camp is expected to relieve some of the pressure from the sprawling Za’atari camp.
Urban Syrian Refugees Struggle to Make Ends Meet in Jordan
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CARE releases new study on situation of urban refugees
AMMAN, Jordan (April 15, 2014) Half a million Syrian refugees living in urban areas in Jordan are struggling more than ever to cope with inadequate housing, high debts, rising costs of living and educational challenges for their children, CARE I has found in a new study.
Interview: “Urban refugees are struggling more and more to survive”
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Half a million Syrian refugees living in urban areas in Jordan are struggling more than ever to cope with inadequate housing, high debts, rising costs of living and educational challenges for their children, CARE International has found in a new study.
Beatrix Bücher, who led CARE’s new assessment on the situation of urban refugees, talks about the biggest needs of refugees, the situation of women and children and refugees’ relationship with Jordanian host communities.
Fact Sheet
CARE Jordan – Urban Syrian refugees and vulnerable host communities - April 2014
Lives Unseen:
Urban Syrian refugees and Jordanian host communities three years into the Syria Crisis