Integrated Assessment of Syrian Refugees in Host Communities
| Status: |
Published
30 November 2000 - 1 March 2013
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| Not funded |
| Methodology: |
Focus Group Discussion, Individual key informant interviews |
| Methodology description: |
Desk review, One-to-one meetings with various agencies&attendance of sector coordination meetings, FGD&HH visits in 6 governorates, HH KAP survey in 5 governorates |
| Sampling: |
Random
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| Sampling size: |
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| Target population: |
Urban / Rural Population, Host Communities |
Priorities
community activities for Syrian refugees and vulnerable Jordanians; winterization kit, improve access to infant formulas, hygiene promotion,
Main Findings
landlords have misperceptions all refugees receive cash assistance for rent, generally very sparsely furnished shelters, rents varies between 125-175 JOD, avg no of baths taken by Syrian refugees ranges between 1-2 per week, landlords generally don't pay for or make repairs,rent identified as the primary need , savings getting exhausted, accrual of debt, below minimum wage, cash assistance calculation vary between agencies; cost of medical treatment, push factors risky coping strategies, perceptions of local communities on refugees, overcrowding shelter, risk of eviction; challenges finding affordable places to rent, steep rise in price rental accomodation, lack of access to secondary/tertiary healtcare can push Syrians back to Syria, information access for refugees more difficult in host communities, hypertension; breast feeding practices, infant formula inferior to international standards, poor hygiene and gaps in handwashing, increase diarrhoeal diseases among young children,
Partners
Sectors
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Water Sanitation Hygiene
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Protection
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Food Security
Locations
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Jordan
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Zarqa Governorate
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Irbid Governorate
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Amman Governorate
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Mafraq Governorate
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Mafraq
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Balqa Governorate
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Ajlun Governorate
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Syrian Arab Republic
