KidsSchoolProject

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?

Your contributions funded school
supplies and uniforms for many children
Thank you!

We are not accepting more donations for this project until the beginning of the next school year - Sept 08
Iraqi refugee children need your help