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UN humanitarian officials on Tuesday stressed the importance of Kuwait’s generous aid and donations in easing the suffering of Syrian refugees in different countries.
In separate interviews with Kuwait news Agency on tuesday, the two officials noted that the support of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Jaber Al-Sabah for the United Nation’s organizations and Jordan was of prominent effect on the living conditions for the Syrian refugees, mainly at Al-Zaatari camp northern Jordan.
The officials statement were made on the occasion of opening two schools at His Highness Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al-Sabah’s village, in Al Zaatari refugee camp.
They hoped that cooperation would continue between the UN High Commission and the UNICEF with Kuwait and the international Islamic Charitable Organization, which was in charge of opening the new schools with a capacity of over 2,400 students.
Kuwait’s efforts played a big role in providing refugees with proper education, in coordination with the Jordanian Ministry of Education, the High Commission, the UNICEF and the ICO, said UNHCR Zaatari camp manager Hovig Etyemezian.
Meanwhile, Etyemezian praised the efforts of the Jordanian government to facilitate the delivery of aid to refugees in the camp, create a safe work environment for the UN employees and safeguard the safety of all refugees.
On his part, UNICEF’s representative in Jordan Robert Jenkins, said that the continuous Kuwait contributions is creating a better life for the children of Syria refugees in the camp, adding that Kuwait has donated about 25.6 Million US Dollars for the UNICEF in Jordan.
The official noted that there are four other schools to be opened at the camp in cooperation with the US, the EU and Germany, to receive an estimated total of 25,000 children.
The camp’s schools do not have enough space to receive all children, as each class is filled with over 100 students, which in turn affects the performance of both students and teachers, said Jenkins. Thus, the UN is exerting great efforts to expand schools and develop educational services.
The two schools were inaugurated last saturday by President of the Kuwait based ICO. Amiri Diwan advisor and UN Secretary General’s humanitarian envoy Abdullah Al-Maatouq.
Kuwait plans to build other models villages for Syrian refugees in Jordan (with two villages already existing), each containing 1,000 makeshift houses in addition to public facilities including mosques, schools and medical centers.
There are currently over 1.3 million refugees living in Jordan, over 500,000 of them live in Al Zaatari camp.