Sharjah: A Sharjah-based humanitarian project will be working in partnership with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide essential hygiene supplies to Syrian refugees at Jordan’s Zaatari camp.
The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF), a global humanitarian charity dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide, launched a programme, which will help provide the refugees at Jordan’s Zaatari camp with the means to purchase essential toiletries, with the aim of both ensuring their safe and sanitary living conditions and allowing them to maintain their self-esteem.
The project will be providing money and vouchers for hygiene products for the displaced families at the camp, thereby enabling them to fully address their personal care needs.
The foundation’s desire to implement this initiative stems from its awareness that Syrian refuges at camps in Jordan are unable to properly meet their hygiene requirements, with the issue becoming increasingly problematic as the number of displaced families in the country is growing.
Mariam Al Hammadi, Director of ‘Salam Ya Seghar,’ an initiative by TBHF, said: “The launch of this activity was conceived from a recognition of the importance of maintaining the health and safety of the refugee families, who we believe should have the same fundamental human rights as families who are fortunate enough to live normal lives.
“An inability to take care of personal hygiene increases the risk of diseases, since the refugees’ main health concerns are often directly linked to sanitation and hygiene, The Big Heart Foundation is sponsoring UNHCR’s hygiene initiative by providing Syrian refugees with cash and vouchers to purchase essential toiletry items and sanitary products.”
As of March 15 this year, the total number of Syrians registered with the UNHCR in Jordan reached 635,877 persons, the majority of whom were living in urban areas, with over 110,000 residing in two major refugee camps in Jordan — Zaatari and Azraq camp.
