{"id":23801,"date":"2014-08-08T12:03:21","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T16:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=23801"},"modified":"2014-08-08T19:14:35","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T23:14:35","slug":"august-8-2014-jordans-syrian-refugees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/08\/08\/august-8-2014-jordans-syrian-refugees\/23801\/","title":{"rendered":" Jordan&#8217;s Syrian Refugees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">More than nine million Syrians have fled their country in what the United Nations has called the &#8220;greatest humanitarian catastrophe of modern times.&#8221; Faith-based groups\u2014Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, Orthodox, Mennonite, and more\u2014in Jordan, home now to two large Syrian refugee camps, are doing what they can to help. &#8220;Behind each of these wonderful people is a life that is completely disrupted. We see God in all of these people. We see that these are brothers and sisters like us,&#8221; says Catholic Relief Services president Carolyn Woo.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Faith-based Groups Working with Syrian Refugees in Jordan:<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iocc.org\/countries\/countries_syria.aspx\">International Orthodox Christian Charities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/crs.org\/jordan\/humanitarian-crisis-grows-for-syrian-refugees\/\">Catholic Relief Services<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.caritasjordan.org.jo\/\">Caritas Jordan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orthodoxinitiative.org\/\">The Orthodox Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.irusa.org\/emergencies\/syrian-humanitarian-relief\/\">Islamic Relief<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.jrs.net\/campaigns_focus?TN=PROMO-20120718025148\">Jesuit Refugee Service<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcc.org\/category\/taxonomycountriesxml\/syria\">Mennonite Central Committee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lwr.org\/site\/apps\/nlnet\/content2.aspx?c=dmJXKiOYJgI6G&amp;b=7535491&amp;ct=13233029\">Lutheran World Relief<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/news-stories-videos\/faqs-war-syria-children-and-refugee-crisis\">World Vision<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.ca\/rss\/disaster-relief\/middle-east\/aid-for-syrian-refugees.aspx\">Samaritan\u2019s Purse<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdc.org\/jcdr\/where-we-work\/syrian-refugees-in-jordan.html\">Jewish Coalition for Disaster Relief<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Behind each of these wonderful people is a life that is completely disrupted. 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