Interviewers: Aya + Farah
Date: October 8, 2017
Location: Marka
Comm. Liaison: Mohammed Mofeed
Male/ Boys FGD Amman
- A man who was unregistered was working informally; the colleagues protected him at first. But once he got promoted, the authorities were called on him. He ended up quitting/leaving. Fear of authorities impact work
- Asking for disabilities equipment’s takes a long time. And even after waiting his application was rejected. The stated reason was that his case was not severe enough according to medical file. Despite the fact that his leg was amputated his application was rejected. Delays in delivery of aid – unjust decisions – bad system
- After being denied the wheelchair his crutches broke and he asked for new ones. He was unable to walk without them but it still took them more than two weeks to provide him crutches. Delays – bad system
-- As a disabled child, 16 years old, he was attending different activities and courses in Azraq camp, such as music, computer, and English. In order to finish his treatment Doctor’s without Borders they had to apply for a visitation permit. They notified him that they would be unable to apply for a visitation permit every time he needed treatment. This meant that he would have to stay at Muwasa hotel, alone, even when he was not receiving any treatment. Mobility restriction – bad system
- A disabled man who was injured during the war was approached by an intelligence officer and offered him amnesty from deportation due to his medical files. However, he stated that he would be unable to protect him from any kind of questioning by police at checkpoints. This has restricted his movements, and caused him to leave in a state of fear. Mobility restriction - deportation
- A boy in school was beaten by the school principle, and the beating ended up leaving a scar on him. His friends told him to file a complaint at the police station but when he got there and was asked to bring his guardian, his dad told him to forget about it. Violence – fear of authorities
· Emotion: The father was afraid of the consequences of filing a complaint against principle who abused his son.
Intelligence officers are always checking on them in the hospital. Volunteer who distributes aid in the hospital was threatened by staff to leave the premises or they would call the authorities. Visitation is strictly regulated. Fear of authorities – restricted mobility – depression – being cut off from society
Multiple times the boys wanted to file a complaint about the school, and they finally convinced their parents to go to the Ministry of Education. Nothing happened. The headmaster knew a lot of people, and was friends with a parliament member, which appeared to stop the complaint from moving forward. Injustice – Corruption – Poor quality of education
· “We lost 7 years of our lives in a bad school.”
- A man who needed an artificial eye paid only 50 JD for it. But because it was at a reduced price for him as a Syrian, the hospital officials asked him to put the price on the receipt as 850 JD. Corruption – Healthcare – Exploitation (?)
- A man who is constantly threatened by authorities with deportation, and had been deported before refused to bribe someone, and get an ID for 200 JD. Vulnerability – Corruption – In need of documents
-Doctor would come into to the man’s hospital room and tell him he needed two pills instead of two. And when he checked his file one time when no one was around he saw that the doctor had charged him 35 JD for a doctor's visit. Corruption- Healthcare – Expensive Medical Bills- Low quality of service
· Emotion: Felt frustrated that he was being charged a doctor’s visit.
Shared Experience: Everyone wanted to finish his or her treatment and go back to Syria. But, because their treatment is usually stopped, or lengthened because services are distributed across many people. While, not being able to finish people’s treatment in the amount the donor gave. Quality of service is very poor
Shared Experience: Camps do not provide the best environment for those who are injured. They become more susceptible to infections. Registration papers are with the authority of the camps, thus they are unable to move to hospitals to get treatment (like Amman).
Shared Experience: Infection, and prolonged treatment become a matter of life and death.
A man talked about how his wounds, which were healed before the camps become infected, and the quality of services he received were inadequate in healing him.
-Many experienced their wounds and injuries getting worse, due to deportation, living in the camps, prolonged treatment, bad quality of treatment… Lack of trust in the system – Injured refugees is at risk
· Emotion: Proud to share that he learned how to bike with one leg, and adapted to his injury.
· Solution: Solved for the problem of areas non-accessible facilities by learning how to ride a bike.
Prosthetics that are given do not appear to be useful or practical.
His friend could not bend his arm or move his fingers with a prosthetic that was expensive. ? The prosthetic/ surgery he needed would cost 14,000 JD and so a foreign donor sponsored him. After the surgery the hospital only half the amount was paid by the donor, and he ended up not having the rest of the money to cover it. They put him in prison. –Disability – Surgery – Inadequate funds by donors
Observation: Private donors seem to be more prevalent in the field of disabilities, and health.
Man talked about how his request of more consistent services was not answered by doctors.
He said that he trusted and liked his doctor because he would answer him no matter what time it was.
Emotion: Man was frustrated that he was unable to get consistent medicine for his NCD.
Quote: “Why don’t they just give me a pace maker? These things don’t take long to happen, and I can’t keep visiting the doctor.”
· Desire: Joked that he could go to Europe with that money.
It appears that the injured do not enter with refugee papers, and so are unable to gain access to UNHCR health services.
Shared Experience: The law as they understood it appeared to only allow the injured to get their treatment and leave.
A man told the story of how he interrogated by UNHCR, after being called and told he could receive health services. The ended up talking to the security services at UNHCR, and was interrogated.
The same man had his medical papers ripped up by a police officer and then deported.
Education:
Solved for harassment his sister faced by not letting his younger sister go to school because everyday her walk would consist of a long line of people who would harass her on the way. It got very bad and consistent that this is the decision he felt he had to make. She was below 10th grade. –Girls dropping out of school –Harassment of Girls and women – Deportation
Solved for women being harassed by completing Tawjeeha in her home (a boy’s aunt_
Quote: “Should I fight with the whole street then, so she can go to school?”
Summary point: Risk of deportation seems high for men and boys.
The schoolboys wanted to transfer to, barley had any space so they had to beg the headmaster for a space. At first they sat on the floor with no seats, and then the headmaster eventually got them desks.
Summary/ Shared Experience: Filling a complaint puts you at risk of deportation.
Quote: “My brother is in 4th grade and barley knows how to spell his name”
Quote “I don’t want my child to be affected by my wife’s autism.” – Mental Health/ Psychosocial
Quote: “And that was when this Indian film, that is our life, began”
Summary Separation of family was a theme throughout for the injured, whether they were unable to travel within Jordan, or their family was in Syria.
“Living in Syria is not something I can do with my condition.” “I know that a lot of people have, but I cannot do it.”
“I just want to get my treatment and leave.”
Observation: The boys seemed to be uncomfortable, and unable to talk about problems they were facing in school in the face of what the older men were saying.
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