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Guiding Youth Back on Track

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Within Zaatari refugee camp, Questscope is working to reduce violence and smooth the rough road ahead of Syrians “who are among the most influential for Syria’s future”. These are at-risk young men, ages 14 – 24, who besides being “among the most underserved populations in the camp…face constant stereotyping [as] ‘troublemakers,’ ‘delinquents’ etc.,” explains Questscope’s Mike Niconchuck. Violence in the camp has increased recently, with illicit activities taking root “in a landscape of limited economic options and few to no meaningful roles offered to young men in particular.”

So over the next six months, Questscope will provide goal-oriented activities for 400 vulnerable young men, along with improving the capacities of volunteers and agencies to integrate and support them. After all, Niconchuk points out, these youths’ “social, psychological, and spiritual formation in these difficult times” will greatly shape “the Syria, Jordan, and Middle East we will see in 10, 20, 30 years.”

 

For more info – Questscope’s Zaatari Blog

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Jennifer MacKenzie

Poet, writer and teacher Jennifer MacKenzie grew up on Bloomcrest Dr. in Bloomfield Hills, MI, which inspired her to wonder about places with patterns other than floral. Following her education at Wesleyan University's College of Letters and the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop, she followed a zig-zag course that included a pilgrimage across the top of Spain and a long sojourn in Syria in pursuit of the language of Muhammad al-Maghout and Moudthaffar al-Nawwab. While in Damascus she completed the books of poems "Distant City" and "My Not-My Soldier" (forthcoming from Fence Books) and edited the magazine Syria Today. Her poems and essays can be found in numerous journals including the Kenyon Review online, Guernica, Quarterly West, and Lungfull. She currently lives in New York.

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