| The Collateral Repair Project in affiliation with the International Humanities Center |
| It's that time of year again when children everywhere are ending their last days of summer holidays and getting ready to return to their classrooms. Just like children everywhere, Iraqi children in Jordan are preparing to begin a new school year and are feeling the same mixture of excitement and nervous anticipation that we can remember from our own childhoods at this time of year. The difference is that, for many of the refugee children, this will be the first time that they will be able to attend school in several years. Because of the violence and risk of being kidnapped or worse, attendance of schools in Iraq has dropped tremendously. For families that have fled to the relative safety of Jordan, the children of those without the ability to qualify for legal residency (the majority), were not allowed to attend Jordan's schools. This relatively small country with limited resources has not been able to assimilate and provide well for this surge of refugees which, by some accounts, is now 20% of it's total population. Now, because of an increase in funding resources, this fall Iraqi children aged 14 and younger will legally be able to attend school. As you can imagine, these children are looking forward to this new school year with great excitement! However, for displaced families that are struggling to survive, coming up with funds to purchase the required school uniforms and supplies is impossible. We want to help these children get off to the best start possible in this school year that will be challenging enough for many of them as they struggle to catch up on missed studies & often suffering post traumatic distress disorder. Will you help to provide basic items for a child so they can be prepared for this exciting new school year? |
| NEW! School Supplies Project in Amman Iraqi refugee children need your help |
| Abbas - 15, Sajjad - 5, Hissain - 3, Tebba - 9, Mohammed - 14 |
| Your gift of $65 will provide one child with: |
- school uniform
- pair of shoes
- 3 pairs of socks
- book bag
- school supplies
| Farrah |
| Please help one or more child by making the gift for the full amount for their school items - or your smaller donation will be gratefully accepted and combined with the contributions of others to fund a child |
Istebreq
| Ayah |
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