BREAKING NEW GROUND

Through food vouchers, the World Food Programme is supporting Syrian refugees living among local communities in Jordan’s 12 governorates, in Zaatari camp and in transit centres. When food is available in markets but people do not have the money to buy it, WFP uses food vouchers to provide food assistance. Vouchers also provide a sense of normalcy as families were used to doing their shopping in supermarkets back home in Syria. ©WFP/Salah Malkawi

Winterization is well underway at Zaatari camp. Refugees will receive thermal blankets, heaters, cold-weather clothing and materials to weather-proof their homes in preparation for the coming months. ©UNHCR

6-year-old Samira becomes the 121,000th Syrian refugee to have her irises scanned. New iris-recognition technology sped up the registration process and allowed UNHCR to catch up on its backlog of refugees awaiting registration earlier this year. ©UNHCR

Iris-recognition technology has also streamlined the process of delivering items and services to refugees. Here, a woman withdraws cash assistance from an ATM in a dignified, private and efficient way. ©T. Kattan/UNHCR

On 28-30 October, all 18,952 children under 5 in Zaatari camp received oral polio vaccine drops as part of the nationwide polio vaccine campaign by UNICEF, the Ministry of Health, WHO, UNHCR, IOM and partners. ©Noorani/UNICEF

UNICEF ensures that refugees in Zaatari have access to clean water. ©Noorani/UNICEF

A UNHCR/IRD team visits a Syrian refugee family living in a Jordanian community. 70,000 visits and counting have been conducted since 2011. ©UNHCR/David

Building temporary shelters at Azraq camp. ©David Verberckt/UNHCR

UNHCR representative Andrew Harper and Yarmouk Water Company director Mohammad Al Rabaaba taste the water from the IRD rehabilitated Jabar 1A well, near Ramtha, in late October. IRD's Community Impact Projects (OSIR-CIPs), among other things, aim to develop drinking water and sewage systems in the northern regions of Jordan. ©IRD