Give Support to 800 Syrian Refugee Families

Thanks to our donors, we can help families, who are escaping from civil war in Syria - families like Maissa and Wael:

Maissa (25) and Wael (27) fled in January from Daraa. There, in the south-west of Syria, the protests have begun two years ago. Wael had just finished his law studies. Finding work in its field is currently impossible in Syria. Instead, the Syrian army knocked at him to feed him for military service. Without much thinking about, he fled with his pregnant wife and one year old son in the direction of Jordan.
At the border crossing, the family was caught up along with other newcomers by Jordanian border officials and taken directly to Zaatari refugee camp. At this time several 10,000 refugees at once came to the camp. The winter in the desert just begun.

Maissa and Wael fought against the mud, which was flushed from the rain into the tents, against the cold nights and against the frequently recurring fever of the one year old Muhammad. During this time they often deliberated to go back. Could life in Syria worse, than the situation without goods and chattels here in the dessert?
The families of Maissa and Wael are still living in Syria. Every two days they call to their families, if the lines allow it. "Every day we worry about, whether our parents and siblings are doing well, but we don't want, that they are coming here into the desert," said Maissa.

Toilets and kitchens are shared by the family with 100 other refugees. Maissa misses diapers for her son and clean water for drinking and washing. When asked what she misses most, she replied without hesitation: "My Family".
In a few weeks Mohammed gets a sister or a brother. Maissa was going to have a check-up at the camp. The family hopes then to be able to move into a residential container. To develop other perspectives is currently difficult for the family. Her future she sees in Syria. Sooner than rather later they want to return.

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• Give food vouchers to 150 Syrian refugee families