Education and Protection Assistance for Children Affected by the Syrian Crisis in Jordan - SCC 2013

March 2013 - Over the last two years the conflict in Syria has escalated and triggered refugee flows across the region. Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have fled to Jordan and require humanitarian assistance. With CIDA support Save the Children Canada provides urgently needed access to education and psychosocial support to 9 000 Syrian refugee and Jordanian children living in stressed host communities. Through this project 30 public schools are supported through small-scale rehabilitation and the provision of essential supplies in order to provide safe and nurturing educational environments for all students including the newly arrived Syrian children. Save the Children Canada also provides cash grants to 1 650 Syrian vulnerable families conditional on school enrollment and retention in order to reduce the severe economic strain currently faced by Syrian refugee families. Finally children’s coping mechanisms and resiliency are enhanced by creating Alternate Learning Spaces in all 30 schools and training education providers on psychosocial support to help children deal with the trauma and loss experienced by the current conflict.

The expected outputs for this project include: increased access to education; strengthened coping and resilience mechanisms for Syrian refugee children; and improved capacity of vulnerable Syrian and Jordanian families to meet their basic needs. The expected intermediate outcome is reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.