Manal (63) during a visit by a local NGO to the house he shares with other families of Syrian refugees in Sabha, a village 7.5 km from the Syrian border. Whole families live together in order to pay the rent. In some houses there are more than 20 people living. Sabha, Jordan, 16 August 2014. (David González)

The inner, back end of the tent where Jamal (14) lives with his family. Many refugee settlements have no electricity or running water, and sanitation is extremely precarious. Outskirts of Sabha, Jordan, 13 August 2014. (David González)

Jamal (14) lives with his family and other refugees in an improvised camp on the outskirts of Sabha, with no electricity or water. Outskirts of Sabha, Jordan, 13 August 2014. (David González)

Fatima (23) and her sisters talk to a delegate from an NGO who is checking their documentation at their house on the outskirts of Mafraq. The forms and interviews to refugees are then used to establish the criteria to distribute aid. Jordan, 11 August 2014. (David González)

A boy walks through the main streets in the Zaatari refugee camp, in the Mafraq district, in the north of Jordan, on the border with Syria. Set up in July 2012, families with enough resources have build small shops and businesses, such as bakeries or clothes shops, and barber shops. Refugees call this street the “Champs Elysées”. Zaatari refugee camp, Mafraq district, Jordan, 19 August 2014. (David González)