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Hala, 14, and her family left Homs, Syria for the safety of Jordan one year and two months ago. Halaa is a participant in the Nubader No Lost Generation Project at Mercy Corps’ partner organization AJDT. She just finished the tailoring program and hopes to start a new program next session. 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.

“These were my father’s notebook for his carpentry business. He was illiterate; he trusted only me and my older sister to keep track of the business records. He wouldn’t let anyone else touch the notebooks, not even my brother. The notebooks are the only material items we have as memories of my father. We had a lot of items with us, but the Jordanian army did not allow us to bring them in. We were crying at the border, and the army didn’t even want us to bring the notebooks into Jordan, then one of my uncles bribed the police just to let us bring the notebooks in."

Marianna, Halaa’s child protection representative: “Everyday Halaa and her mother open the two notebooks, read the notes, and cry. When Halaa came she was really devastated by everything that has happened, and she has started to get better here in the center.” Mafraq, Jordan, May 2015.

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Hala, 14, and her family left Homs, Syria for the safety of Jordan one year and two months ago. Halaa is a participant in the Nubader No Lost Generation Project at Mercy Corps’ partner organization AJDT. She just finished the tailoring program and hopes to start a new program next session. 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. <br /> <br /> “These were my father’s notebook for his carpentry business. He was illiterate; he trusted only me and my older sister to keep track of the business records. He wouldn’t let anyone else touch the notebooks, not even my brother. The notebooks are the only material items we have as memories of my father. We had a lot of items with us, but the Jordanian army did not allow us to bring them in. We were crying at the border, and the army didn’t even want us to bring the notebooks into Jordan, then one of my uncles bribed the police just to let us bring the notebooks in."<br /> <br /> Marianna, Halaa’s child protection representative: “Everyday Halaa and her mother open the two notebooks, read the notes, and cry. When Halaa came she was really devastated by everything that has happened, and she has started to get better here in the center.” Mafraq, Jordan, May 2015.
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