JORDAN
On TGL’s Jordan trip last November, we visited some
amazing destinations, spending two nights in a
Bedouin-run tented camp in the Wadi Rum desert,
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in the Dead Sea, and seeing the Roman ruins at Jerash
and Jordan”s capital, Amman. The heart of the trip,
though, was working with Project Amal ou Salam
(Project Hope and Peace), an NGO that runs schools for
Syrian children displaced by the war. We spent the
better part of two days with these children, taking photo
walks near the school and culminating with a picnic in a
hillside park.
The workshop didn’t go as smoothly as they had during
my other two TGL trips. We had little preparation for
our time with the kids and less time than I’d hoped. The
language barrier and a balky camera led to a
misunderstanding between me and Hamad, a boy who I
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steep hills, and I found them grueling. When it came
time to leave, I felt I hadn’t connected with the kids the
way others had. But I also realized that they seemed to
enjoy their time with us and get a lot out of it, and that
was what really mattered.
The heart of the
trip was working
with Project
Amal ou Salam,
an NGO that
runs schools for
Syrian children
displaced by
the war.