Help4Refugees

Originally from Templeton, CA, Jordan graduated from Templeton High School in 2010 and has since dedicated his time and efforts to live a life of service. Jordan began his humanitarian work as a senior in high school when he hosted a “Dinner 4 Sudan." The dinner raised over $3,500, which was used to purchase 525 mosquito nets and 420 school books for children. Jordan’s first field experience came directly after his graduation from high school, when he journeyed to South Sudan to work alongside Sudanese Lost Boy Deng Jongkuch to build a medical clinic in Deng’s home village of Malek.​

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In January of 2011, Jordan began college, majoring in International Studies at California State University Long Beach. In 2012, Jordan learned about the plight of the Syrian people from his professor, and was immediately inspired and compelled to make a difference. As a result, he spent the fall of 2012 reporting as a freelance journalist and delivering humanitarian aid to the Syrian refugees in Zaatri Refugee Camp.​

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It was through his continued interactions with the refugees at this time that Jordan learned of the refugees’ desperate need for better housing. In order to help meet the need for adequate shelter, Jordan teamed up with Olivia Wong, a fellow CGIU commitment maker, to fundraise and deliver two prefabricated housing units, called caravans, to the Zaatari Refugee Camp in the summer of 2013. Student groups in New York heard about Olivia and Jordan’s work, and raised enough money to purchase two caravans, which Jordan purchased in November of 2014.