ZAATARI, JORDAN — In Zaatari, one of the largest camps for Syrian refugees in the Middle East, hundreds of girls sat this week in makeshift school tents provided by Unicef. In one, third graders were learning basic addition and subtraction. In the next tent, fourth graders brushed up on their Arabic vocabulary.
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I chaired a panel as part of a conference held bevy the Global Thinkers Forum. Flip to pages 18 and 19 and read an article I wrote for the conference programme booklet.
AMMAN — At a hospital in the hills of Amman, some patients have only one leg, others have no arms and most have been burned and scarred by exploding bombs. All have suffered complex injuries that require several operations, physiotherapy and psychosocial care.
The Amman surgical program, run by Médecins Sans Frontières, was originally set up in 2006 to treat casualties of the Iraq war. Médecins Sans Frontières renovated a floor of a hospital belonging to the Red Crescent in Jordan to house the program, which today has expanded to become a vital refuge for victims of the many wars raging in the region.
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