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Jordan hosts over a million Syrians who fled the decade-long civil war. While they were hoping for solace, their reality remains far from comforting. Displaced families endure poorly heated tents, clinging to thin blankets for warmth, struggling through seemingly endless cold winters.
According to the UN, 90% of Syrian refugee households in Jordan live in extreme poverty, a situation worsened by Jordan’s economic collapse and conflict. As poverty deepens, the dreams of these families are further buried beneath layers of hardship.
Jordan has opened its doors to more than a million Syrians, and that generosity has come with heavy strain on local communities, housing, jobs, and services. While international attention rises and falls, the hardship for families in camps and host communities along the Amman Irbid corridor, in Mafraq, and around Zarqa has become a permanent backdrop to life.
Many families live in poorly insulated shelters or tents that do little to protect them from winter snow and summer heat. Heating fuel is expensive. Rent in urban areas continues to climb. Parents often juggle informal work and humanitarian assistance to keep their families afloat. According to global assessments, the majority of Syrian refugee households in Jordan live below the poverty line, and many survive with high levels of debt.
Children bear a heavy share of this burden. Some drop out of school to help with income. Others struggle to focus in class because of hunger, cold, or anxiety. Without consistent support, an entire generation risks growing up with limited education and fragile health.
It is in this context that your decision to support Syrian refugees takes on real weight. One donation might fund a food parcel that keeps a family fed for a month. Another might provide winter kits that include blankets, heaters, and warm clothing. All initiatives taken together create a net of safety which catches families in the very beginning of their crisis and does not let them fall even deeper.
By deciding to donate, you are becoming part of a network of compassion that is not loud but powerful and stretches from your location to a camp or an apartment rented in Jordan. Your donation through Droplets of Mercy USA is made in a way that gets to the refugee community of Syria and is done in a very well-organized manner with less, more dignified and community oriented ways.
Following is the manner in which your help is generally utilized:
Our partners adapt their support according to local conditions instead of going for a universal solution. In some regions, food parcels and hygiene kits are the most important items needed urgently.. In others, rental assistance or winter heating support makes the biggest difference. What stays constant is the commitment to use every dollar responsibly so that the maximum benefit reaches families.
When you donate to Syrian refugees through this project, you are funding more than material goods. You are helping families feel seen and remembered by a global community that refuses to look away.
Humanitarian assistance to Syrian refugees in Jordan gives them food, warmth, and basic needs that they cannot get by themselves because of the very high cost of living in the country.
Your donation to Syrian refugees through Droplets of Mercy USA will be used to purchase food parcels, winter kits, hygiene supplies, and emergency cash assistance. The local partners will ensure that the most vulnerable families receive aid quickly, securely, and in a dignified manner.
Widows, elderly persons, single parents, and families with children suffering from disabilities or chronic health needs are the ones prioritized in the aid programs. More often than not, these families have the least resources and are thus the most likely to suffer from hunger, cold, and eviction.
The aid provided may consist of essential food staples, fresh produce vouchers, blankets, heaters, fuel vouchers, or hygiene kits depending on the season. The items help the families to survive monthly without having to give up on food, warmth, or health.
Distance doesn’t limit impact. You can give online, share the campaign with your local mosque, school, or community group, or set up a small monthly donation. Even modest support can help a family stay warm, nourished, and safe through difficult seasons.
Dr. Yahya Hendi is the Director for Muslim Life. He has been at Georgetown for 25 years and was the first Muslim chaplain to be hired full-time by an American university. Imam Hendi is a Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow at the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland School of Law and the Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. Imam Hendi is the founder and president of Clergy Beyond Borders. He also serves as a member of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America. Imam has served as an adjunct faculty member for Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Osher’s Lifelong Learning Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Fordham University, and Hartford Seminary. Imam Hendi also taught the course Inter-religious Encounters at Georgetown University. He is passionate about environmental responsibility, racial justice, eliminating poverty, fighting against the growing sense of militarism, and empowering Muslims to reform the way they practice and understand Islam. When Imam Hendi is not talking about these topics with students, you’ll find him in the kitchen cooking Maqloobah or his other favorite dishes, grilled chicken, rice, and hummus.
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