Syrian refugees in Jordan
Since 2011, there are more than 1.3 million Syrians, including 655,500 registered refugees, who face increasing vulnerability as their savings, assets and resources are long exhausted. Around 141,000 of these refugees live in camps, while the remaining have settled in urban and rural areas, primarily in northern governorates and in Amman.
Photos taken in 2015 - 2016
Warda, two and a half years old, leaves with her mother Aida and three month old sister after receiving vouchers to spend on items that will help them face the cold winter. Aidda says the family will spend the money on clothes, because they wore out all their clothes on the way from Syria to Azraq camp.
Warda, two and a half years old, leaves with her mother Aida and three month old sister after receiving vouchers to spend on items that will help them face the cold winter. Aidda says the family will spend the money on clothes, because they wore out all their clothes on the way from Syria to Azraq camp.
A Syrian refugee boy in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
A Syrian refugee man in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan.
Omar, a Syrian refugee child, works on a class exercise at one of the UNICEF funded schools in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan.
Mohammad, an 80 year old Syrian refugee who left Syria in 2013 lives in Irbid, a governorate in northern Jordan, with his son and two daughters. He speaks about the expenses he and his son have to cover to afford living in Jordan, including rent and basic needs like food and health.
With rising rent prices and limited job opportunities, Syrian refugees living outside of camps, who comprise more than 80% of the Syrian population in Jordan, can barely provide for themselves especially that their savings have started to deplete.
Mohammad, an 80 year old Syrian refugee who left Syria in 2013 lives in Irbid, a governorate in northern Jordan, with his son and two daughters. He speaks about the expenses he and his son have to cover to afford living in Jordan, including rent and basic needs like food and health.
With rising rent prices and limited job opportunities, Syrian refugees living outside of camps, who comprise more than 80% of the Syrian population in Jordan, can barely provide for themselves especially that their savings have started to deplete.
Mohammad, an 80 year old Syrian refugee who left Syria in 2013 lives in Irbid, a governorate in northern Jordan, with his son and two daughters. He speaks about the expenses he and his son have to cover to afford living in Jordan, including rent and basic needs like food and health.
With rising rent prices and limited job opportunities, Syrian refugees living outside of camps, who comprise more than 80% of the Syrian population in Jordan, can barely provide for themselves especially that their savings have started to deplete.
A Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) staff member and Syrian refugee woman, Alaa, during an orientation session at a Jordanian landlord's property.
Alaa smiles, hoping that she and her children are eligible and can enter the programme to receive a rent free house for free. "I just want to secure my children and put a roof over their heads. We can barely afford to pay rent in the house we live in now", says the single mother of four.
To help people like Alaa, NRC provides financial incentives and technical support to Jordanian landlords in northern Jordan to finish their semi-constructed housing and bring new adequate and affordable housing units onto the rental market. In return, vulnerable Syrian refugee families identified by NRC are provided with rent-free accommodation for a period of 12-24 months, depending on the specific agreement.
Khadijah, 22 year old mother, carrying her two month old boy at the the Norwegian Refugee Council's distribution compound during a voucher distribution in preparation for winter in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan.
Little Hammod was born on the 13th of November, 2015 in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan. He is with his mother who came to receive cash assistance from a distribution cetnre in the camp to buy items in preparation for winter. Refugee families were given a 10JD voucher - some USD $13 - that can be spent on whatever the family needs, including clothes and blankets.
Azraq refugee camp, east of Jordan, hosts more than 25,000 registered Syrian refugees.
A Syrian refugee girl at an education centre in Azraq refugee camp in Jordan.
Head of household Raoufa, 62 years old, serves coffee and sweets in her home in Irbid, Jordan. She has been living in this rent free house for seven months now, as she is a beneficiary of Norwegian Refugee Council's Urban Shelter Programme. To respond to growing shelter needs, NRC is putting new housing units onto the market through an innovative shelter programme which provides tangible support to Jordanian host communities while meeting the immediate shelter needs of vulnerable Syrian refugees.
She talks about the previous house she and her family used to live in, and how hospitable the Jordanian family were. She explains how Syrian families living outside camps struggle to pay rent, as it makes up the largest expense in the family's budget. The project allows refugees to use their money on other expenses. High rents are hitting vulnerable Syrian refugee households hard, with rent equating to more than half of all refugee household expenses according to UNHCR.
To help Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians, the project provides financial incentives and technical support to Jordanian landlords in northern Jordan to finish their semi-constructed housing and bring new adequate and affordable housing units onto the rental market. In return, vulnerable Syrian refugee families identified by NRC are provided with rent-free accommodation for a period of 12-24 months, depending on the specific agreement.
The Norwegian Refugee Council's (NRC) engineering team scans a property in Irbid governorate in Jordan. The property is part of NRC's urban shelter programme which aims to respond to growing shelter needs in Jordan through putting new housing units onto the market by providing tangible support to Jordanian host communities while meeting the immediate shelter needs of vulnerable Syrian refugees.
