Ab al Kareem, 14, and his family arrived in Jordan two years ago, after fleeing the Syrian conflict. is a participant in the Nubader No Lost Generation Project at Mercy Corps’ partner organization AJDT. The No Lost Generation Project aims to provide at risk Syrian and Jordanian youth with alternative education, skills, and psychosocial services to address profound stress the children have gone through. He just finished the sports program and hopes to attend another session at the center.
He’s wearing the clothes he was wearing when he crossed the border from Syria to Jordan. He crossed the border with only the clothes on his back. “The clothes remind me of Syria, that’s why they are important to me.” Mafraq, Jordan, May 2015.
