We're Out

This week we met with United Muslim Relief and told them we have decided to stop the Food Boxes for Refugees Living Outside of Organized Camps project.  It was a tough decision, and one we have agonized over for a long time.  The program simply is not sustainable.

People who have been receiving food from us will have three choices:

1.  Stay where they are and take their chances of survival
2.  Go back to Syria
3.  Move into the organized refugee camps where there is food, housing, education for their children, and medical care available.  We're still trying to find out why they don't want to do this.

Azraq Refugee Camp in Northern Jordan

This is a difficult time for United Muslim Relief as well.  They are a good organization, but not large enough to carry on a big food project forever.  In the meeting, they agreed with us that it's time to "step out."  We will continue our partnership, but in a different direction.


NEWS UPDATE!!!  The Jordan Times today:  "The United States is providing an additional
$65 million in humanitarian assistance to the UN World Food Programme which feeds nearly six million Syrians and refugees from Syria every month.  The announcement includes $21.2 million for Jordan. ". .

PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!!   THANK YOU!!