JORDAN
INTERSOS INTERVENTION
In Jordan we have adapted some projects already underway, including awareness and information activities on COVID-19 and on measures for the prevention of contagion, with messages via social media, mobile phones and online information sessions. We continue to follow and take care of individual cases of people who need special attention and assistance through telephone psychological support, also providing support in order to mitigate the stress and anxiety caused by the COVID-19 crisis. In the last month it was also possible to carry out in-person interviews to identify new vulnerable beneficiaries. We also guarantee extraordinary economic assistance for those who need money for food and primary goods. We monitor by telephone that the students in the vulnerable families we assist are able to attend online school lessons, since in many cases they have signaled us that they have no pc or smartphone, or internet connection. In August, we distributed hygiene and dignity kits in the districts of Amman and Karak.
HIGHLIGHTS
336
beneficiaries of hygiene and dignity kits distributions
108
new gender based violence cases followed and identified
989
people benefitting from cash assistance for COVID-19 rehabilitation
CONTEXT
As of March 21, the country has been subjected to an indefinite national curfew, with the closure of land and sea borders. Under the nation’s state of emergency, the Jordanian army was deployed to the entrances and exits of major cities to enforce restrictions. Travel between governorates has been banned and all public transport services suspended. On May 3, the government announced the reopening of commercial activities and the possibility of resuming circulation on the territory. On June 4, Jordan entered the moderate phase of the epidemic and other commercial activities were reopened. During the month of August, Jordan experienced an increase in positive cases in some governorates. Therefore, some restrictive measures were ordered, including a curfew and the closure of some public buildings, in the districts considered most at risk. Currently there are over 1.800 infections in the country. Although the health system is not in serious shortage conditions, we worry about the conditions of many refugee camps and informal settlements where hundreds of thousands of Syrians and refugees from other countries live, in conditions of overcrowding and without toilets and running water.