A project led by academics at the University of Sheffield and the University of the Arts London (UAL) has received £766,675 of government funding to scale up its delivery of personal protective equipment (PPE) to refugees living in Jordan’s Zaatari camp.
Launched in March, the project, which has been delivered in collaboration with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Jordan and researchers from Al Abayt University and the University of Petra, utilized 3D printing among other methods to develop innovative PPE solutions for people living in the camp.
The new government funding is provided through UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenges Research Fund, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“This project is about empowering refugees in a moment of health crisis,” said Professor Tony Ryan, Director of the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at the…
