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STORY: JORDAN / GUTERRES VISIT
TRT: 1.48
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ARABIC / ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 8 JULY 2014, AMMAN, JORDAN
8 JULY 2014, AMMAN, JORDAN
1. Wide shot, Syrian refugee family and UNHCR High Commissioner sit together
2. Close up, Syrian refugee woman Awah
3. Close up, a Syrian refugee girl (daughter of Awah)
4. Close up, UNHCR High Commissioner António Guterres
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Awah, Syrian refugee woman:
“My son used to study, but he told me: ‘Mum, I won’t go to school anymore because we are in a very difficult situation and our family needs support. We need to live and eat!”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, UNHCR High Commissioner:
“The story of the family we just visited is another typical story where the main concern of the whole family is the lack of resources and the lack of money to be able to pay the rent every month, to be able to survive in this very difficult environment.”
7. Close up, Syrian refugee woman, Awah wiping her tears
8. Med shot, António Guterres thanks for the visit to Awah
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, UNHCR High Commissioner:
“We have a programme of cash grants to vulnerable families, and one forth of the families we support are headed by one woman alone, but we don’t have enough resources. We have a gap of 200 million USD in order to be able to provide cash grants to those very vulnerable families that badly need that assistance, and I hope that the generosity of the international community will allow us to reduce that gap.”
10. Close up, Syrian refugee girl (daughter of Awah)
11. Wide shot, Guterres leaving
UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres paid a visit to a Syrian refugee family living in the Jordanian capital Amman. The family is headed by a single woman, 59-year-old Awah.
Many don’t have enough money to pay for food and rent, and live under the threat of violence of exploitation. UNHCR provides cash grants to these vulnerable families, but a lack of funding jeopardises this effort. During his visit the High Commissioner spoke to Awah and her family about their lives in Jordan and the challenges they face.
She told him that money is short, so younger family members help and become the breadwinners.
SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Awah, Syrian refugee woman:
“My son used to study, but he told me: ‘Mum, I won’t go to school anymore because we are in a very difficult situation and our family needs support. We need to live and eat.”
SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, UNHCR High Commissioner:
“The story of the family we just visited is another typical story where the main concern of the whole family is the lack of resources and the lack of money to be able to pay the rent every month, to be able to survive in this very difficult environment.”
A new UNHCR report reveals more than 145,000 Syrian refugee families in Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq headed by lone women, like Awah. They face a daily struggle to survive, often living in run-down, overcrowded homes and shelters or tents.
SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, UNHCR High Commissioner:
“We have a programme of cash grants to vulnerable families, and one forth of the families we support are headed by one woman alone, but we don’t have enough resources. We have a gap of 200 million USD in order to be able to provide cash grants to those very vulnerable families that badly need that assistance, and I hope that the generosity of the international community will allow us to reduce that gap.”
Assistance is vital. Many women find it hard to get a job or are simply too busy.
Having survived the violence in Syria, Awah and other women like her now face a different kind of struggle.
