We are actively involved in building self-sustainable short and long term development projects in addition to providing relief and humanitarian assistance that foster self-reliance, self-directness and preserves human dignity for the sake of the disadvantaged groups in Jordan and Iraq. By reading these stories, you will meet the beneficiaries of HCI programs and you will learn about the power ordinary people have to change their own lives. You will also learn about the power caring people have to help them to do so.
Jordan & Iraq
Video: Supporting Iraqi Refugees with Special Needs
Iraq, Jordan & Iraq, Video, Zarqa
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Sep 012008
The project aims at improving the social and economic well-being of vulnerable Iraqi refugees in Zarqa, Jordan, particularly persons with mental and physical impairment, female-headed households, elderly and children. Related Posts:Video: 10 Years in the West Bank & Gaza
Layla, and her right to be given the opportunity for a better future
Iraq, Jordan & Iraq, Protection and Human Rights, Zarqa
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Jul 182008
Physical and psychological disability among Iraqi refugees in Jordan is known to be very high, with higher rates among children and youth. About two thirds of disabled Iraqis are children and youth below the age of 24. Layla, age six years, is the daughter of an Iraqi family who fled the conflicts in Bghdad in [...]
Helping people one person at a time: the case of Rahma
Iraq, Jordan & Iraq, Protection and Human Rights, Zarqa
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Jul 162008
Rahma Kouzah, age twenty months, has a severely deformed skull and her eyes bulge out. She lives with her mother Samia and her brother Ahmed age 6 years in Zarqa, Jordan’s second largest city, in small rented but untenable house lacking basic amenities. Her parents, from Palestinian origins, fled the conflicts in Baghdad in 2006 [...]
