“When we first arrived in Jordan to save our lives as the crisis intensified, we stayed in the Zaatari camp. Life in the camp was extremely difficult because we have two children with disabilities who require special care, especially since their overall health is weak in addition to their disabilities.”

Omar said, “I was extremely afraid of losing them in the camp.” Omar is one of the thousands of people who fled to save their lives and their families when the situation in Aleppo became unbearable.

Then his wife told us, “I have five children, two of whom suffer from cerebral palsy. They are twins who experienced difficulties during childbirth, which led to this health problem.” She continued, “In the beginning, we stayed under the trees for a few days. It was summer when we arrived, and the sun was scorching during the day while the nights were cold. We suffered a lot until the day we managed to get a tent. Those few days were the hardest in my life. But even after we got the tent, it was very difficult to take care of the children, especially their personal hygiene due to the lack of water and sanitation. There was very little water that barely sufficed for drinking.”

In conclusion

she said, “We stayed like this until the day the organization visited us in the camp and saw the extent of our difficult situation. We were chosen among 100 other families to move to a rented apartment, and they covered its rent. We were all families with sick or disabled individuals. What the organization did truly saved the lives of the children.”