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Because of economic uncertainty and the resulting decrease in contributions, we have downsized our projects to
accommodate only those that are the most essential: Micro-projects for Iraqi refugees in Amman, and continuing
to pay tuition at a Special Needs School for Ibrahim, a young Iraqi refugee boy with disabilities.
However, often when we visit families to interview them for Micro-projects we find them in crisis situations. The
Amman Team also gets calls from families we know, telling them of their needs and asking for assistance. These
families are in danger because they need food, their heating, utility or rent is dangerously past due, or they are in
need of prescription medication that they cannot afford.
Cost of food, rent and goods have skyrocketed in Amman in the past year as they have everywhere else. In
addition, many of those receiving the small monthly cash grant from UN funds have not received their grant for
several months. They have borrowed what they could from neighbors and friends and now have run out of
resources. Many families do not receive the monthly cash grant, even though they have no other means of income.
We encounter more and more desperate situations.
One Family's Desperation & How You Helped
We went to visit a young couple with an 8 month old daughter to interview them for a Micro-Project.
When we arrived, Ali and Buthayna apologized for only having weak tea to serve to us. They have
not received their monthly grant for three months and are month's behind on rent; they had no food
in the house.
They went to a food distribution center that provides staples to a small number of Iraqi families
every month. A family must be on the distribution center's list of recipients in order to pick up their
food. When Ali asked for his rations, he was told that he had already received them for that month.
He had not. What happens too frequently is that food meant for Iraqi refugees is given to
someone else - perhaps friends of those who manage the distribution. Corruption interferes with
some getting their much-needed food. So, this young father, in frustration and desperation, just
grabbed a box of food and ran from the building - a foolish decision that could have resulted in his
arrest and forced repatriation to Iraq. As Ali ran, items fell out of the box. When he got home,
most of the food items were missing but the monthly tubes of toothpaste were there.
This couple were eating toothpaste because they had no food ...
...they were feeding their baby only crackers soaked in water!
When we can, we refer those seeking help to another organization that can provide what they need but often, there
is no one else. We cannot walk away, leaving them in extreme crisis.
We immediately took this family to the market and bought them $100 worth of staple groceries, baby
formula and vitamin fortified cereal, and diapers to help them through this rough time. We granted
their Micro-Project the next day in order help them to have the ability to make an income as soon as
possible
Your contributions made this possible!
We now put aside approximately $500 per month in our Emergency Funds budget so that we can meet some of the
most critical needs with immediacy. Of course, we need much more to assist those who have no one else to turn to
Please help
accommodate only those that are the most essential: Micro-projects for Iraqi refugees in Amman, and continuing
to pay tuition at a Special Needs School for Ibrahim, a young Iraqi refugee boy with disabilities.
However, often when we visit families to interview them for Micro-projects we find them in crisis situations. The
Amman Team also gets calls from families we know, telling them of their needs and asking for assistance. These
families are in danger because they need food, their heating, utility or rent is dangerously past due, or they are in
need of prescription medication that they cannot afford.
Cost of food, rent and goods have skyrocketed in Amman in the past year as they have everywhere else. In
addition, many of those receiving the small monthly cash grant from UN funds have not received their grant for
several months. They have borrowed what they could from neighbors and friends and now have run out of
resources. Many families do not receive the monthly cash grant, even though they have no other means of income.
We encounter more and more desperate situations.
One Family's Desperation & How You Helped
We went to visit a young couple with an 8 month old daughter to interview them for a Micro-Project.
When we arrived, Ali and Buthayna apologized for only having weak tea to serve to us. They have
not received their monthly grant for three months and are month's behind on rent; they had no food
in the house.
They went to a food distribution center that provides staples to a small number of Iraqi families
every month. A family must be on the distribution center's list of recipients in order to pick up their
food. When Ali asked for his rations, he was told that he had already received them for that month.
He had not. What happens too frequently is that food meant for Iraqi refugees is given to
someone else - perhaps friends of those who manage the distribution. Corruption interferes with
some getting their much-needed food. So, this young father, in frustration and desperation, just
grabbed a box of food and ran from the building - a foolish decision that could have resulted in his
arrest and forced repatriation to Iraq. As Ali ran, items fell out of the box. When he got home,
most of the food items were missing but the monthly tubes of toothpaste were there.
This couple were eating toothpaste because they had no food ...
...they were feeding their baby only crackers soaked in water!
When we can, we refer those seeking help to another organization that can provide what they need but often, there
is no one else. We cannot walk away, leaving them in extreme crisis.
We immediately took this family to the market and bought them $100 worth of staple groceries, baby
formula and vitamin fortified cereal, and diapers to help them through this rough time. We granted
their Micro-Project the next day in order help them to have the ability to make an income as soon as
possible
Your contributions made this possible!
We now put aside approximately $500 per month in our Emergency Funds budget so that we can meet some of the
most critical needs with immediacy. Of course, we need much more to assist those who have no one else to turn to
Please help
| Ali and Buthayna were eating toothpaste as they had no money for food. Emergency Assistance Funds bought food for this couple and their baby |
Types of Emergency Assistance
- Rent when family is at risk of
being evicted - Food for the hungry
- Utility payments when family is
at risk of shut-off - Prescription medications
- Medical testing & modest
priced treatments / euipment - Heating fuel
- Infant formula
- Blankets
- Warm clothing
- Transportation cost to
important appointments - ETC
NOTICE:
We will soon create a page that
lists all of the emergency assistance
we provide every month.
We will soon create a page that
lists all of the emergency assistance
we provide every month.
Marwa's face is disfigured from DU. Her
mother brought her to Jordan from Baghdad to
seek treatment. Marwa's mother sold their home
in Iraq to pay for her daughter's surgeries. The
surgeries cost all of the money they had. Now
they are completely destitute
Now Marwa will need to remain in Amman until
Jan to complete her surgery before returning to
Iraq. Emergency Funds paid for their Dec rent
and bought food for them.
mother brought her to Jordan from Baghdad to
seek treatment. Marwa's mother sold their home
in Iraq to pay for her daughter's surgeries. The
surgeries cost all of the money they had. Now
they are completely destitute
Now Marwa will need to remain in Amman until
Jan to complete her surgery before returning to
Iraq. Emergency Funds paid for their Dec rent
and bought food for them.
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