Stories & Blogs
“One day, I hope to become an English teacher”
Bushra, 17, came to Lebanon five years ago with her father, mother and eight siblings, as conflict broke out in her country Syria.
Read moreAfter The Mourning
A personal reflection on Kofi Annan by Caroline Kende-Robb, Secretary General at CARE International
Read moreHaya: An Iraqi girl who got back to school
Huda*, 40, is an Iraqi refugee living in East Amman along with her two sons and two daughters.
Read moreGoing back to school feels good!
Rafeef, 14, fled to Jordan from Aleppo in 2014 with her mother and sisters at the age of 9 after an incident took place that will forever shock the family.
Read more“We want to help refugees take better care of their psychological wellbeing”
Interview with Dua’a Naji (26), Community Development Officer at CARE Jordan.
Read moreHealing invisible wounds … on the yoga mat!
For the past eight years I have worked in media and communications, aiming to raise awareness of the plight of refugees and people affected by humanitarian crises. My job usually involves interviewing people, writing about their challenges and depicting their hardships, with the aim of finding ways to shed light ...
Read more“My only desire is to go to school”
Hajja fled her village when it was attacked by armed groups. At 17, she is a wife and mother, but all she dreams of is going to school and finishing her education.
Read more“When I step into the kitchen, I feel so happy”
Fareeha fled to Jordan in 2012. To cover her family’s basic needs, she started her own business
Read more“I did not have a single dinar to spend. Now I have my own sweets business”
Asmaa and her two sisters work hard to provide for their families. After fleeing from Syria to Jordan, CARE’s vocational trainings helped them build up their own business.
Read more”A first push to get started in a new life”
Asma had nothing when she fled to Jordan from Homs. Now she is known for her dishes all over Amman
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