Collateral Repair Podcast

In our seventh episode, Waseem, a Sudanese refugee from Darfur, tells his story of leaving his home in 2003 before finally making it to Amman over a decade later. Sudanese refugees are some of the most underserved refugees in Jordan, particularly because the conflict in Darfur receives little media attention. We also talk to Aaron Williams, co-founder of the NGO Sawiyan, which is one of the only other nonprofits in Jordan aimed at helping East African refugees.

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In our fourth episode of the Collateral Repair Podcast, we examine the daunting challenges refugees go through when looking for work. Emad, a Syrian who crossed the border into Jordan in 2012, walks us through his job hunting experiences in Amman. After that, Anas Al Chalabi, who is an NGO consultant with UN, explains the differences between Syrian and Iraqi refugee employment issues.

The third episode of the Collateral Repair Project Podcast sheds light on an important issue that Refugees go through; starting a family in a host country. To start with, we talk to Sara from Syria about her experience of motherhood in an unfamiliar environment. Then you’ll hear from human rights lawyer Peter Stavros and learn his thoughts on human rights and child protection.

In our second episode of the Collateral Repair Podcast, we discuss orientation and identity in the refugee context. We explore challenges refugees face and hear from Waseem, a young man who fled Iraq and is trying to build a life as he comes into his own here in Amman. You’ll also hear from Suhail, an expert in community building and Sexual and Gender-based violence.

This episode marks the launch of the Collateral Repair Podcast, a new platform from Collateral Repair Project to tell the stories of refugees living in Amman, Jordan. We begin our program with an episode on education, a critical and complex factor in refugee children’s lives after displacement. You will hear from Suleiman, an Iraqi teen who took a singularly unique education path, and Karam Hayef, CRP’s Education Specialist.    

In the sixth episode we talk about winter. Munah, an Iraqi refugee who came to Jordan with her two sons a few years ago, talks to us about her experiences of trying to settle in a new country during winter, and the stresses it induced in her family. Following that, we talk to a team of mental health professionals from Médicine Sans Frontières about mental health challenges refugees suffer, which are exacerbated during the winter months.

For our last episode of the year, we sit down with Amanda Lane who is the Executive Director at Collateral Repair Project, and reflect on how far the organization has come since her arrival. We also talk about CRP’s future plans, the new center, and what’s in store for 2019.