Issam and Hana’ are two of the Syrian team members who have been part of the 1001 Meals implementation team at the Zaatari refugee camp since the Programme first launched in April 2019. Both have found that among the most beneficial aspects of the Programme is that it helps improve the wellbeing of children and adults alike through the inspiring stories presented.
Like most Syrians in the Zaatari camp, Issam and Hana’ are from Daraa and have been in the Zaatari camp for 8 and 7 years respectively. Issam is the father of two children aged two and three years old.
We are refugees here and there’s no joy, but we feel happy when we see the children excited with the 1001 Meals activities,” Issam says.
Meanwhile, Hana’ remarks that children find the Ibn al-Haytham film screening at the refugee camp to be particularly memorable.
The children have never seen a cinema before. They feel like it’s a new experience, something they will never forget. When they return home, they talk about it to their families and what they saw and how fun it was.”
For Issam, the experience is even more meaningful as it is the first time he learns about Ibn al-Haytham.
I left school in the fourth grade,” he explains. “Ibn al-Haytham taught me that there’s no such thing as failure. You have to get failure out of your head and keep trying until you succeed.”
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About United Nations World Food Programme
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the largest humanitarian organization saving lives and changing lives worldwide, provide food assistance to more than 90 million people in 84 countries annually by delivering food assistance in emergencies and working with communities to improve nutrition and build resilience. In addition to their efforts in relief and rehabilitation, development aid and special operations.
Since 1964, WFP has been present in Jordan working with the Jordanian government, as well as international and local organizations, to create economic and livelihood opportunities for food insecure and vulnerable communities.
WFP’s operations have also supported the government in providing food assistance for half a million Syrian refugees in camps and in the host community. WFP has also been offering vocational training opportunities and on-the-job training to develop human capacities and improve employability for targeted vulnerable Jordanians and allow the opportunity for the current influx of Syrians to be self-sufficient.
About 1001 Inventions
1001 Inventions is an award-winning, British based organisation that creates international educational campaigns and engaging transmedia productions aiming to raise awareness of the contributions to innovation, technology and culture from the golden age of science in Muslim Civilisation.
1001 Inventions has engaged with over 450 million people across the globe working with a network of international partners, including UNESCO, National Geographic and leading academics to produce interactive exhibits, short films, live shows, books and classroom learning materials that are being used by hundreds of thousands of educators around the world.