Rita has just returned from visiting the border of Greece and Macedonia where she was able to see first hand the situation of the refugees. As a result of her visit, SCM will be redirecting some of our efforts from coordinating medical missions to providing temporary housing for pregnant women and their new babies. One...
Tag: Children
Diary Entries from Lesvos – October 10th-18th
Dear All, Please see below for our daily escapades. Best Wishes & Salaam, Zoya Day 1 Today we received a full handover from Hina, Sabrina, Basel, and Daoud. Hina and Sabrina informed us of their current set up which largely involved slotting into the medical tent of Waha. They used only their own supplies and...
Matchstick People
Here is another post by Emilie Whitman who was on our November mission and also spent several months in Jordan volunteering at the Malk-SCM Children’s Center. We were in Rehab, Al-Mafraq, a small town with no consistent medical services. A chilly wind slapped our faces as we stepped out of the vans. It seemed to...
Oasis of Resilience
Below is an excerpt from a post written by one of our mission participants. She is a landscape architecture design student at the University of Washington and wrote her master’s thesis on providing a safe and nurturing physical environment for the children of Zaatari Camp in Jordan. Please click the link at the bottom to...
Dinner on the Deck Fundraiser for Malki-SCM Children’s Center
On August 23rd SCM is hosting a fundraiser for the Malki-SCM Children’s Center in Amman. Through an extremely generous donation last year we received the funds to open and operate the center for a year, but now it is time to start planning operations for the coming year. Please join us for an evening of...
PostCommunity Service, Education, Humanitarian Aid, Refugees, salaamculturalmuseumby Salaam Cultural Museum
Last day in Jordan
Today is my last day in Amman and I spent it this morning at the Jordan Womens Clinic. The woman in charge is named Alia and she is a gem. This organization is supported by private donations and they are in the area of Camp Hussein, which is where the Palestinian refugee camps used to...
New Refugee Camp at Mrejeeb Al Fhood
I spent the day today (Saturday) going to the new camp being built in Mrejeeb Al Fhood this is near Zakra which is about 1 1/2 hours outside of Amman. We traveled through a military area to get there and it is all desert. The good thing about this area is everyone will have a small pre-fab home and there is a...
PostEducation, Humanitarian Aid, Jordan, Refugees, salaamculturalmuseum, Syria, UNICEFby Salaam Cultural Museum
Refugee Learning Center Concept Note
CONCEPT NOTE Name of the Project Learning Center for Syrian refugee children in Jordan Date: January 2013 I. Background and relevance of Action Since April 2011, thousands of Syrian families have been fleeing their homes and communities – going to the closest country across the borders. The war and violence in Syria have driven these...
A Plea for More Help
This is a desperate plea for help for the Syrian refugees that are scattered around Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and also Egypt. There are over 2.5 million people that are displaced and we are still not sure of the numbers since not all the refugee are living in the camps or have registered with their...
Collections for the 3rd Container
I started collecting for the third container… “For all our friends that are willing to help again or did not have the time to help on our short notice… will be sending another container in 2 weeks to Syrian refugees at the Jordanian border this time. I will start collecting women, men and kid’s clothes,...
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