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Jordan has seen significant improvements in economic and human development indicators since the late 1990s, but the arid nation is grappling with water scarcity, the needs of the most vulnerable and the flood of Iraqi refugees.

Mercy Corps' water-demand management program helps farmers and rural households finance projects to improve their water use efficiency. We're also supporting afterschool programs in rural Jordan and providing relief and educational opportunities to extremely vulnerable Iraqi refugees.

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Farmer Abu Deyaa's drip irrigation system, purchased with loan proceeds, cut his water consumption in half and increased his tomato yield.

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Helping Iraqi Refugees

 As many as one million Iraqis have fled to Jordan since 2003, part of what the UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls "the biggest displacement crisis in the Middle East" in nearly 60 years.

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Transition to Education

 Iraqi and Jordanian children spent a summer day together in Amman to help acclimate Iraqis to their new home and defuse tensions between refugees and their host communities.

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Saving Water in an Arid Paradise

 Throughout Jordan, Mercy Corps awards grants to more than 70 community-based organizations for household water savings and efficiency projects.

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