ARC is on the cusp of sponsoring two micro-enterprises. One of these is a small convenience shop for the Al Kahlil family in response to the father, Okba’s business initiative. Okba has been working seven days a week: five days
Day 10 & 11. Yesterday I arrived early at the camp to find 800 refugees waiting to be processed. A blind Syrian man came through with his family. A young woman with them was stopped. There was something wrong with
Early one morning in July 2012, Amina’s husband left for work as a driver and never returned. Soon after this, Syrian regime forces attacked her village, tortured the men and killed her neighbors. Amina and her children fled to the
Back Basma and her husband and four young children fled war conditions in Syria and found refuge in Jordan. Soon after their arrival, the father left the family, fled to Turkey and was not heard of or from, again. Without
Day 14. Today, as I looked around the camp full of refugees, I saw not just the refugees, but the volunteers I will leave behind. Those who will stay to work day in and day out. I am filed with
Day 6. A young man came to me yesterday needing clothes. He had fallen into the Aegean when his rubber boat sank, and lost everything. It was raining and cold, and