DFID - UK Department for International Development
Supporting refugees from Syria with the International Rescue Committee
Nawal is a psychologist working fr the International Rescue Committee in Jordan. With the help of funding from the UK, she provides counselling to Syrian women who have fled to Jordan to escape the conflict in Syria.
"Most of the women here are traumatised. They have nightmares and psychological problems due to what they've witnessed in Syria. Many of them have lost family members in the fighting", she says.
"I try to encourage them to focus on the future, and to live their lives here as refugees. We don't how or when they will be able to go back home, so we encourage them to take their children to school here and live here as best they can.
"The services that we can provide with the help of UK aid make a big difference to their lives. The need is great, and we need more help, but together we are helping these women through this very difficult time."
Find out more about UK support for the Syria humanitarian crisis
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
Supporting refugees from Syria with the International Rescue Committee
Nawal is a psychologist working fr the International Rescue Committee in Jordan. With the help of funding from the UK, she provides counselling to Syrian women who have fled to Jordan to escape the conflict in Syria.
"Most of the women here are traumatised. They have nightmares and psychological problems due to what they've witnessed in Syria. Many of them have lost family members in the fighting", she says.
"I try to encourage them to focus on the future, and to live their lives here as refugees. We don't how or when they will be able to go back home, so we encourage them to take their children to school here and live here as best they can.
"The services that we can provide with the help of UK aid make a big difference to their lives. The need is great, and we need more help, but together we are helping these women through this very difficult time."
Find out more about UK support for the Syria humanitarian crisis
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development