By Jacki Scott
Hands-On Hope is a nonprofit charitable humanitarian organization. One of its main programs is to bring emergency aid to people in need, those who have encountered dire situations. The program works to provide immediate assistance of food, water, rent, bills, medical expenses, needs for children and babies, supplies for refugees and the homeless. Here are a few of the projects and people we have helped: Water tanks: Donations helped pay for water tank deliveries to 12 families who had no water in the Ghor Safi area of Jordan. These families are Pakistanis who arrived in Jordan 70–75 years ago. They could not return to Pakistan because of the war there and other hardships. They work in the fields picking vegetables, and are the poorest people in Jordan. Normally, they drink the same water that is used for irrigating the fields, which is very dirty and has a high salt content. Food and school transportation:
Glasses for Children in Baqaa Camp: Twelve children had eye exams with a doctor, and received new frames and lenses. Besides visual impairment, they had other visual difficulties, such as crossed eyes. Although glasses only cost 40 JODs ($56 USD), they couldn’t afford them. Some of these children had never had an eye exam or worn glasses because of the expense. Even if they were sitting in the first row in class, they could not see the blackboard.—They were almost blind.
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