Jordan
A mobile clinic in Syrian refugee camps. Medical care for women and children living in underdeveloped areas of northern Jordan
Why?
Why do we help in Jordan?
As a result of the war in Syria, Jordan has accepted about 1.4 million Syrians, of which over 670,000 are refugees registered in UNHCR. Most of them live outside the refugee camps – in urban and rural areas, as well as in informal camps. This is where our mobile clinic arrives every day with medical help, often providing the only possibility to contact a doctor.
For a Syrian refugee, the biggest daily problem is to provide shelter and food for his or her family. In the third place, there is always the question of access to medicines and medical care.
It is estimated that more than 160,000 of the registered Syrian refugees are women in reproductive age, including approximately 18,000 pregnant women.
For a Syrian refugee, the biggest daily problem is to provide shelter and food for his or her family. In the third place, there is always the question of access to medicines and medical care.
It is estimated that more than 160,000 of the registered Syrian refugees are women in reproductive age, including approximately 18,000 pregnant women.
We do our best to make Syrians, who have escaped from the war, feel safe.
Barbara Chmielowska,
Project Coordinator
Why?
How do we help in Jordan?
Together with Terre des Hommes Italy and Soldiers' Family Welfare Society, we provide medical care to Jordanians and Syrians in the governorates of Amman, Zarqa and Mafraq. The youngest patients receive the assistance of a paediatrician, and girls and women are covered by comprehensive perinatal care.
The mobile clinic (equipped, i.a., with a mobile ultrasound device, foetal monitor and medicines), every day reaches people living in remote, poorly connected areas, and disabled patients. For them, it is often the only way to contact a doctor and receive free medicines.
400 women and girls living in the Zaatari camp will receive access to specialized medical institutions that provide assistance during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, and will receive 300 layettes for newborns.
The mobile clinic (equipped, i.a., with a mobile ultrasound device, foetal monitor and medicines), every day reaches people living in remote, poorly connected areas, and disabled patients. For them, it is often the only way to contact a doctor and receive free medicines.
400 women and girls living in the Zaatari camp will receive access to specialized medical institutions that provide assistance during pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium, and will receive 300 layettes for newborns.
The project is financed by the funds of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland as part of the public task entitled "Provision of medical services to Syrian refugees and the poorest local community in Jordan. Continued." implemented in 2022. The total value of the project: 2,162,926.00 PLN.
Jordan 2019, production: Tomasz Pawlik
400
women
will receive access to pre/post-natal care
30
medics
will be trained by PMM medical team
3000
will get access
to a high quality medical care
Who do we help?
People’s stories
Over 12 million Syrians have had to leave their homes. People's lives go on, even during the war. Despite the difficulties, they believe that a better future is possible.
meet Badriyah
We live thanks to the help of good people. Everything we have: blankets, mattresses and clothes, we got from neighbours or aid organisations, such as the Polish Medical Mission. To the social welfare centre run by the Association of Charity Sisters in Mafraq 53-year-old Badriyah came with her daughter. Raghad apparently looks like an ordinary teenager – she wears a pink hijab popular among young women. Her nails are painted orange. She is dressed in fashionable, embroidered jeans and shoes with sequins and a big OK inscription. But her life is far from what OK stands for. She is 13 years old, has spent half of her life in exile, does not have many friends, and never went to school, although Jordan opened primary schools for Syrian children a long time ago. She cannot write or read well. Raghad is silent as the grave. Her eyes are lowered and she is nervously turning a worn-out smartphone over in her hands. This Samsung in a white case is another illusion of normality. I wonder how an illiterate girl can surf the net. What does she watch? Does she have a Facebook and an Instagram account? And if so, what does she post there? Who does she observe? What kind of music does she listen to? – What future is there for a girl who, at 13, has never been to school? – I ask her mother, but basically I know the answer.
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Who helps?
Who helps in Jordan?
We are one of the few Polish non-governmental organizations that provide medical assistance. We help where the needs are the greatest. Our assistance is long-term – it brings permanent changes in the communities we support.
The projects are financed by the Polish development cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and by the funds of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland as part of the public task entitled "Provision of medical services to Syrian refugees and the poorest local community in Jordan. Contination" implemented in 2022.
The projects are financed by the Polish development cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and by the funds of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland as part of the public task entitled "Provision of medical services to Syrian refugees and the poorest local community in Jordan. Contination" implemented in 2022.
Polish Medical Mission
Barbara Chmielowska
Project Coordinator
Medical aid. Permanent changes. Local partner.
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