JORDAN / LOWCOCK ZAATARI CAMP

United Nations Humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock today visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, home to over 76,000 women, children and men. During his visit, he met with Syrian families and aid agencies working in the camp. OCHA

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:37
• Production Date: 20 January 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE FOR THE COORDINATION OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - OCHA
• Subject Topical: REFUGEE CAMPS
• Geographic Subject: JORDAN; SYRIA
• MAMS Id: 2523593
• Parent Id: 2523593
• Alternate Title: unifeed200120d

Description

STORY: JORDAN / LOWCOCK ZAATARI CAMP
TRT: 2:37
SOURCE: OCHA
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: 20 JANUARY 2020, ZAATARI CAMP, JORDAN

Shotlist

1.Various shots, Mark Lowcock arriving at the camp
2.Various shots, head of the Jordanian Military Eastern Command briefing Lowcock
3. Various shots, Lowcock visiting Syrian families at the camp
4.Various shots, Lowcock visiting community centre
5.Various shots, Lowcock visiting an art gallery for refugee artists at the camp

Storyline

United Nations Humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock today (20 Jan) visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, home to over 76,000 women, children and men. During his visit, he met with Syrian families and aid agencies working in the camp.

During the camp visit, he visited a community centre where he spoke with camp residents and visited an art gallery for refugee artists. He also visited a school where Syrian children are being integrated into the Jordanian education system.

Lowcock was also briefed by the head of the Jordanian Military Eastern Command.

While in Amman, Lowcock also met with senior Jordanian officials, the diplomatic community, local and international NGOs and UN agencies involved in the humanitarian response in Syria. Of the more than 5.6 million Syrians who have fled Syria since the crisis began in 2011, some 650,000 are in Jordan, making it the third largest host country to Syrian refugees in the world today.