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A man playing with his three-year-old daughter by throwing her up in the air.

Vater sein in einem endlosen Konflikt

"Ich habe Hunger"

"Ich habe Hunger"

Wenn Kinder und Lehrkräfte zur Zielscheibe werden

Bildung unter Beschuss

Wenn Kinder und Lehrkräfte zur Zielscheibe werden

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Photo: Daniel Wheeler/NRC

Description: Ala (22) poses for a portrait.

Factual information

First name: Ala
Age: 22
Current location: Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan
From: Daraa, Syria. Fled to Jordan in 2012
Occupation: Seamstress at NRC’s youth programme.
NRC beneficiary: Yes, Ala received seamstress training as part of NRC’s youth training programme and now works as a seamstress as part of the programme.

Interview

Ala’s words

“I fled Syria in 2012 because of the heavy fighting. I left on foot at 10pm and arrived at the Jordanian border at 6am the next morning. We travelled at night because we were terrified of being attached on the way. There was around 100 of us and many people were injured.

When we arrived at the border and were met by the army (Jordanian Army) I felt like a drowning person that had been saved. I felt on edge the entire journey and now I had soldiers telling me ‘You are safe now’, it was all so overwhelming.

I live with my five sisters and five brothers. I am the eldest, so I feel responsible for them, and I looked after them during coronavirus.

I found out about NRC’s youth programme after doing a four-month sewing scholarship with a different organisation. I became very passionate about sewing so I wanted to continue my training and the programme at NRC seemed perfect. When I started on the programme, I realised that I still had so much to learn, and it was very intensive but rewarding.

The programme is delivered in three phases, with the first stages being training and the third phase being an employment opportunity.

I live on the other side of the camp and walk an hour each day to get to the centre. It’s a long walk in the desert heat but it’s so worth it.

An average day for me is waking up at 6am and after getting ready, I walk to the centre and we started work at 8:30am. At 12:30am we have a lunch break and then we work until 3pm. After I walk back home, I usually have a nap because the work is tiring but very rewarding.

When asked what the programme means to her, she replies with: “This opportunity that NRC has given me has provided me with financial independence and an opportunity for success in my life. My father is so proud of me and that is very important to me.”

When asked what she wants to do in the future, she says: “In the future, I want to open my own sewing centre for women which has integrity and quality – just like NRC.”

Ala ist fest entschlossen

Kinder haben Angst vor der Schule

Endlich wieder Schule

Warum wir in Bildung investieren müssen

Am Rande einer schweren humanitären Krise

Am Rande einer schweren humanitären Krise

Letzter Ausweg Mittelmeer

Letzter Ausweg Mittelmeer

2020 halfen wir fast 12 Millionen Menschen

2020 halfen wir fast 12 Millionen Menschen

75 Jahre NRC Flüchtlingshilfe

Die heimlichen Helden

75 Jahre Hilfe für Menschen auf der Flucht

Endlich kann Brigitte wieder lachen

Sechs Jahre Zerstörung

Mutter werden im Kriegsgebiet

10 Jahre Krieg in Syrien

Mutter werden im Kriegsgebiet

Arwads Leben als Geflüchtete während der Pandemie

Arwads Leben als Geflüchtete während der Pandemie

Acht Dinge, mit denen wir uns für die Rechte der Frauen einsetzen

Acht Dinge, mit denen wir uns für die Rechte der Frauen einsetzen

Lebanese and Syrian children, who were affected by the Beirut explosion, are participating in the Psychosocial support sessions implemented by the Norwegian Refugee Council to help them deal with their traumas.

Photo: Zaynab Mayladan/NRC

Hilfe für die Kinder von Beirut

Schnelle Hilfe für den Sudan

Schnelle Hilfe für den Sudan

A child drinking water in Kharef camp, Yemen, thanks to a new solar-powered pump linked to a borehole.

Wenn das Wasser versiegt

Als der Pandemie-Alarm losging

Als der Pandemie-Alarm losging

Amina, 7, kann endlich wieder lächeln

Amina, 7, kann endlich wieder lächeln

Mahmoud’s family received help from the Norwegian Refugee Council to complete repairs to their home after it was damaged by the explosion at Beirut port on August 4th.

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Photo: Sam Tarling/NRC

Ein Zuhause – fern der Heimat

Gesucht: Ein sicheres Zuhause

Unser Weihnachtsgeschenke-Ratgeber

Unser Weihnachtsgeschenke-Ratgeber

Unser Weihnachtsgeschenke-Ratgeber

Amina lebt seit vier Jahren unter einer Plastikplane

Ein Zuhause – fern der Heimat

Amina lebt seit vier Jahren unter einer Plastikplane

7 Gründe, warum ein Zuhause so wichtig ist

Ein Zuhause – fern der Heimat

7 Gründe, warum ein Zuhause so wichtig ist

Fatima Bashir, 9, sits with her mother Sarah Mohammad Omara Shehadeh, 42, in her family’s apartment in Karantina, Beirut, Lebanon, on October 23, 2020.

„Zuhause“ ist dort, wo Hoffnung ist

NORCAP experts have helped set up the new camp on Moria, after fires destroyed the previous camp. We also have a site planner on the island, supporting coordination and setting up water tanks and sewage facilities. (Photo: NORCAP/Alkisti Mavraki) September 2020

Vor Ort in Moria

Movses was at his house when the explosion happened, he ran to the balcony immediately when he heard the sound, the blast threw him, his wife and his 10-year-old daughter away. "When we regained consciousness, I didn't believe my eyes, everything was destroyed, it was like an atomic bomb", Movses explains, "I couldn't find a place to stay at with my family, so we are sleeping in our damaged house, what else can we do?" Volunteers helped Movses cleaning his apartment and giving assessment, "this is not enough, many people came and promised us help, but honestly, I don't see a point in that, this is hopeless. I want to leave this country, there's no hope for us to stay anymore. Do you want more than that?" Movses was injured on his head and all over his body. "My injuries weren't as painful as seeing my daughter covered in blood, I wasn't able to protect my own daughter." He concluded.

Photo: Zaynab Mayladan/NRC

Beirut: Die Explosion, die ihr Leben erschütterte