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the grandmother<\/p>\n
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Hajar Musleh with her grandchildren in Jordan. Because her family can barely afford to pay their electricity bills, the Syrian refugee struggles to bathe and keep her grandchildren warm. \u00a9UNHCR\/Hannah Maule-ffinch<\/p>\n
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When she had to flee Syria in 2012, Hajar lost everything she\u2019d ever known \u2013 except her family. She counts her five sons, one daughter and four grandchildren as her greatest treasures.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of my sons have gotten married since we came to Jordan,\u201d she says, smiling. \u201cThose are my happiest memories here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Those pleasant moments are in stark contrast to the circumstances that forced her family to leave their hometown of Aleppo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a well-built house in Syria, with room for our entire family,\u201d she explains. \u201cBut now it\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
Traveling on foot and by car, the family first arrived at Za\u2019atari refugee camp, where they stayed before moving to Irbid. Over the past several years, they\u2019ve moved frequently, struggling to find a safe and affordable apartment.<\/p>\n
Three years ago, they moved to their current apartment. They\u2019re the only Syrian family in a building where the top floors are only semi-finished. The windows are extremely drafty, letting in winter chills that force the family to bundle up, even indoors.<\/p>\n
For Hajar, energy \u2013 especially heating \u2013 is a major worry.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have an electric water heater, but we try not to use it, because it raises our bill,\u201d she explains. \u201cWe try to heat our apartment with kerosene to keep the bills down.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to heat the water on the stove for the children\u2019s baths, which is hard, because there are four of them,\u201d she continues.<\/p>\n
Most of the family\u2019s monthly cash comes from her sons, who work in construction. However, jobs are infrequent and unpredictable.<\/p>\n
Hajar considers what more affordable, reliable energy would mean for her family.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt would help us pay for more things: transportation to the market and to school, food and necessities for the babies.\u201d<\/p>\n
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