Conditions Concerning Camp Qualities In Syria
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Camp Zaatari is just one of the Syrian refugee camps that is excepting the massive amounts of people flooding out of Syria. Located in Jordan, Camp Zaatari holds about 88,000 refugees and is the 4th largest city in Jordan. With 3.3km2 the living conditions can be compared by looking at population density. In this camp the population density is
26,667/km2. With Toronto at a population density of 2,650/km2 the living conditions are almost incomparable. UNHCR remains responsible for the refugees and the camp is managed by the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization. The refugees receive water daily and can buy food at the market.
Despite these below average living conditions, surprisingly many commercial businesses have been set up inside camp including a coffee shop, a pizza delivery service, and even a wedding dress shop (probably due to the high amount of young marriages and rapes happening inside the camp). The camp also has 3 hospitals and
three schools but still has issues with education and health. Despite being safe from the civil war in Syria, many families are wanting better living conditions.
If you have any further questions or comments about this issue, comment below and we will answer any questions you may have, thank you!
Are children being educated and how? Thanks for informing me about camp Zaatari.
ReplyDeleteHi Cassidy, thanks for replying to our blog post. UNICEF is currently schooling 11,396 children as young as 11 years old and sometimes have to walk a total of 2 kilometers to get to the schools.Since there are currently only 3 schools within Zaatari so many of the schools try and get the most for the children while they are at the schools. UNICEF is currently the sponsors of these schools. If you have any more questions please do ask, always glad to help educate others in world issues. -Zach
DeleteAlso here is the link with more information from UNICEF
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/jordan_70365.html
Are children being educated and how? Thanks for informing me about camp Zaatari.
ReplyDeleteVery Informative! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou're very welcome! If you have any questions feel free to ask. Love the feedback.
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Great blog post! Where did you get your stats from? I was really surprised to hear that this camp has a higher population density per km2 than Toronto!!! I also think it's really interesting how the camp has began to form into a community, with shops, schools and hospitals! Thanks for bringing us information about the reality of Syrian lives!
ReplyDeleteHey Rosalyn! Thanks for the comment. Since camp Zaatari has been constructed back in 2011, it's considered to be Jordan's 4th largest city! To consider a refugee camp for Syrians as a city is quite interesting to say in the least. Here is the link with the information for the statistics of you are still interested in learning more. UNICEF is the main supporter of the camps that have been set up and their website has plenty of information on the issue. Thanks for the comment and feel free to ask more questions in the future. Thanks!
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Here is the link: http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/settlement.php?id=176®ion=77&country=107
Also as a note to further comments and questions we are here to freely answer anything you may be concerned with. Since this is our first blog post as a practice we are always looking for feed back to help improve. Thanks for being such a helpful audience. -Zach
ReplyDeleteWhy do you think they have commercial businesses?
ReplyDeleteInteresting info about the population density!! How do you think the camps statistics would fare against cities with a much higher population than Toronto, living in a smaller area such as Manhattan, or Mumbai?
ReplyDeleteWow, great post! I had no idea that the camp had a higher population density than Toronto, that really put things into perspective for me!
ReplyDeleteWhat I really enjoyed about this article is how Camp Zaatari was compared to the city of Toronto. This greatly helped to enhance my understanding and perception of the life at Camp Zaatari! More photos would have helped improve this story. Awesome article :)
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