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Helping Displaced Families this Winter
Winter is upon us, ushering in a season of even harsher conditions for millions (and counting) of displaced Syrians and refugees in Jordan. These Syrian families, huddled up in their fragile, make-shift tents, are now battling the forces of Mother Nature in addition to that of the global pandemic. Sadly, COVID-19 cases in the camps have risen to a 55% positivity rate. As the hunger and exhaustion mounts, there is an overwhelming need to protect these Syrian families (75% of whom are women and children) from the ravages of the cold, wet winter.
We are distributing winterization kits which include tents, blankets, food essentials and hygiene kits to displaced families in Syria and Jordan. Click here if you would like to support these families this winter!
Together, we can help alleviate their suffering.
Growing Need for Tele-Mental Health Services
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the growing need for telemedicine services, particularly those of tele-mental health.
In the past year alone, a medical team of 4 mental health workers led by a psychiatrist, provided more than 1,025 tele-mental health sessions to over 310 patients in northern Syria.
Tele-health services are vital to help patients in hard-to-reach areas, or who are unable to reach medical services, receive the care they need. With your support, UOSSM aims to ensure that everyone has access to those medical services.
Expanded Program on Immunization in Northern Syria – UPDATE
The Syria Immunization Group (SIG), in close cooperation with WHO, UNICEF, and other NGOs on the ground in northern Syria, plan to sustain services of the Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI). This program was halted for five years between 2012-2016 due to the war and was launched again in 2017.
The routine immunization program targets children under the age of one with the following antigens: BCG, Hep B 0, OPV, IPV, Penta, and MMR, school age children (first through sixth grade), females in childbearing age (CBA) (15-49) with the TD vaccine, especially for pregnant women.
UOSSM aims to maintain this collaboration with WHO to help with the costs of covering the routine immunization program (in 4 centers) and waste management (for all 93 vaccination centers).
Ending Violence Against Women
1 in 3 women is exposed to violence at least once in their lifetimes. During times of crisis such as, war, displacement, and even the COVID-19 pandemic, those numbers rise even more.
The UOSSM protection team collaborated with the WGSS Center in Dayr Hassan to promote this campaign and raise awareness. Topics focused on social violence such as emotional abuse, physical abuse, social stigma, and childhood marriage. In addition, accomplishments, and success stories, from women that escaped violence were shared.
