Rozana Bassam Abou Alnour, Intern in VHI Regional Office in Jordan, March 10, 2022 Yusra, the widow, lives with her brother and his wife, along with his mother and his […]
February 20, 2022 As our Rapid Response Mechanism project (RRM) is expanding, we are looking for new talents to join our VHI Community! Currently, we have two positions open: MEAL Officer in […]
Sanaa, Yemen, January 18th, 2022 Wars always cause destruction and devastation in countries and trigger fear, poverty, and unrest among the people. Later, people lose their sources of income and are […]
Amman, Jordan, October 13, 2021 Eman Shdeifat, known as “Um Barjas” (Mother of Barjas) is a rural Jordanian woman living in Mafraq governorate. Eman used to wake up at 6:30 am, hurrying to get her […]
Emmendingen, 11 August 2021 The children living in the orphanages in Hajjah and Al-Mahwit are among the most vulnerable and weakest in the crisis in Yemen. Their lives are marked […]
Emmendingen, 30 March 2021 “An optimistic war victim,” that is what 30-year-old Ameen Alsalmi called himself after his painful experience with the Yemeni civil war. Ameen has a family of […]
February 9, 2021 Reem Omar, Intern in the VHI Regional Office in Jordan A typical 2-year-old can say about 50 words and speak in two- and three-word sentences. By age […]
Noor Al Awad, Intern in the Regional Office in Jordan January 2021 Teacher Sanaa Deeb, 48 years old, is an active volunteer with Branches of Mercy in Karak, Jordan. Sanaa […]
Part 2: The Effects of Child Marriage by Yasser Baroudy and Sebastian Zimmermann Edited by Keri Ladner While the conflict in Syria rages on, countless families have fallen into a […]
Art is a natural form of expression for children, one in which they can communicate unspeakable thoughts, feelings, and experiences without words, thereby enabling them to process difficult experiences. At […]
“I especially learned one thing in the youth center: everyone carries something within him. Everyone has a passion hidden inside, and your task is to find it. After you […]
When Nura and her family fled from Syria, they first went to the Za’atari refugee camp, just on the Jordanian side of the border. However, the conditions there were so […]
by Yasser Baroudy, Vision Hope Consultant in Syria Edited by Keri Ladner Part 1: Causes of Child Marriage Imagine living in such extreme destitution that the only way you can […]
Once a week there a family from the Bluebird Music Academy comes to the kindergarten in Mafrak. They sing songs, they play the keyboard, they play and laugh together with […]
Today I visited two Syrian families in Karak. Mahmut lives here since he fled from Damascus 5 years ago. His house was hit by a bomb. His left arm was […]
This is Manal and her family from Syria. She has four children, is 32 years old and a real superwoman. She’s from Homs and fled to Jordan in 2013. Her […]
Yara is 46 years old and comes from Hama, Syria. She has 5 sons and 2 daughters. She is already a grandmother. Her daughter and grandchild are visiting from Amman. […]
Saida is 27 years old. She left Damascus in 2013. The family of four lives now in Karak, in the South of Jordan. They had to flee because her husband […]
Today we are visiting Nour in Karak. She is 16 years old and lives in a 3 generation house. Nour’s mother and grandmother are living in the same sparsely furnished […]
Amira from Syria is the mother of 3 sons. She lives in Karak since 2012, where she rents a small apartment. While drinking lemonade, she tells us her story. Her […]