I wish my children can study for as long as they want.”Įmotional support for children and parents “I stopped going to school after sixth grade. “That my children can learn and be happy means the world to us. With only enough money to meet their family’s basic needs, Abdel and his wife Alia are glad to be able to send their children to the pre-school centre. Their father, Abdel, has not been able to find work in Jordan due to a lack of jobs and restrictions placed on refugees. Nadir and his sister Hiba*, 2, both attend one of Plan International’s pre-school centres in Jordan. This can result in them not being ready for school and being less likely to complete primary education or even go in the first place.Ībdel and Alia are glad to be able to send their children to one of the pre-school centres. Most Syrian under-5s living in the country have no access to early-childhood services. “An assessment carried out last year revealed large needs in the area of early childhood care and development for children below 5 years old,” says Muna Abbas, Plan International’s Head of Mission in Jordan. In answer to this growing trend, Plan International began operating in Jordan in 2016 to address the biggest inequalities and violations of children’s rights.īy focussing on the key issues faced by the most vulnerable children, especially girls, among refugee and host communities, we are working where we are needed most and can have the biggest impact. With a huge number of people forced to flee conflict and live far from home for many years across the Middle East, gender inequality, abuse, child labour and a lack of education have become rife and the international response has struggled to keep up. Around 90,000 Syrian children are currently out of school in Jordan.
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