What do refugee camps look like

We have also established temporary learning centers where children can continue their education in safe and quality learning centers. With your help children like Salim can get the supplies he needs to survive the winter, receive an education and learn to be a kid again. As a result of the hostilities in North East Syria , already vulnerable families are being forced to flee for safety.

Save the Children is working in the three camps to provide much-needed humanitarian aid and support, including tents and food. Photo credit: Save the Children, Oct Ahmed is one of the many Syrian children who had to flee their homes when the violence started inside Syria.

Now Ahmed lives in a camp on the northern Iraqi border that was built for 10, and now holds close to 50, people-- almost half of them children.

This winter, too many children are living in freezing conditions in refugee camps — many having fled war-torn Syria with nothing but their summer clothes. Now living among frigid dunes, thousands of children are in desperate need of food, clothing, education, health care and help recovering from the trauma of war.

Save the Children is helping by providing education and play spaces for kids and improving the sanitation and health services for children. Ahmed attends Save the Children's programs at the camp - where he plays, learns and begins to recover. As hard as his life is in the refugee camps, he knows that there are children around the world who need his help to survive.

That's why Ahmed was one of hundreds of Syrian refugee children who participated in our World Marathon Challenge to protect the health of little girls and boys who are at risk for preventable life-threatening illnesses. If young children like Ahmed can overcome their challenges and volunteer to help vulnerable children, won't you return the favor and help the Syrian refugee children? Our teams are on the ground helping to keep children safe, providing the basics they need, like food and blankets and offering programs to help them cope with tragedy.

With your help, Save the Children can continue providing relief for children like Ahmed as the numbers of Syrian refugee children are rising every day. Instead, they learned what type of weapon was being used just by the sound it made. I was always scared," said Achmed. They were only able to make their long and difficult journey from sunset to sunrise so they would not be spotted.

Young Hala lost her glasses during their trek. They walked for days until they reached the boat that would carry them to Germany. The water was rough and the children were scared, but the family eventually made it.

Now they must wait to register for asylum, a process that takes up to two weeks. During those two weeks the family must wait outside the registration center every day for their number to be called.

There are no facilities or shelter from the rain. We just stand in the rain," said Achmed. Both camps are substantial in size and located in the Jordanian desert.

Life in Azraq appears tougher, with fewer facilities. Zaatari has 2, refugee-operated shops and businesses, compared to only refugee-operated shops in Azraq. Also, the people in Azraq are thought to have experienced more of the war, since the camp was established 2 years later than Zaatari.

There are positive developments at Azraq as well though; to start with, they are building a large solar panel field to provide families with electricity. In the ideal world, they would all go to school. There are 9 schools, with 21, school-aged children enrolled. Does being enrolled mean going to school at least 4 days a week or just once in a while?

Children are often sent to distributions of goods, or to get water for the family, instead of to school. Also for children who do go to school, with the scale I mentioned, one wonders what the classes look like and how children are able to concentrate. Especially considering their war experiences and the general disturbance of family life. I was impressed with the camps.

I had expected worse, more chaos mostly. You find out how calm that environment actually is. My visit involved the learning centres of the Norwegian Refugee Council. What is a refugee Refugees in America What is a refugee camp?

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