Food security

• General Food Assistance Program

Poverty impacts all aspects of a person’s life, as it imposes different challenges and difficulties on vulnerable groups, such as providing adequate and good for their families. Therefore, the organization ensures to cover the basic food needs of refugees in Zaatari camp and across 8 different governorates: Balqa, Amman, Zarqa, Madaba, Karak, Tafila, Maan and Aqaba. The “General Food Assistance” program aims to cover the basic food needs of beneficiary families by distributing food vouchers or electronic cards that can be recharged on a monthly basis. However, before the introduction of the program, awareness workshops are held so that families are fully aware of how to use electronic cards and other related matters, such as issuing a replacement for damaged or lost cards.

In 2019, the World Food Programme assessed the performance of this program as “exceptional”.

Partners and supporters:  The United Nations World Food Programme

Implementation years:  2012-2022

Income Generation

• “Step” Project

The “Step” project, which was launched by Save the Children Jordan, aims to mitigate the impact of the Syrian crisis on host communities by reducing both the gap between Syrian and Jordanian youth, and between job opportunities and decent and sustainable income. Through offering training courses, the project targets job seeking youth in the governorates of Mafraq and Zarqa to help enhance their competencies and skills, create suitable job opportunities for them and in turn positively impact their family. In addition, several early childhood/nursery centers were established in the target areas to help promote women’s participation in the labor market.  An agricultural project was also established and handed over to 14 women from the local communities in Zarqa to manage.

With its strong desire to help as much as possible, the organization works on arming communities with the necessary knowledge, provide employment opportunities for young people, as well as support a range of local institutions in establishing their own businesses 

Partners and supporters: Save the Children Germany, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Implementation years:  2017-2020

Vocational trainings

• Improving Access to Remittances and Other Financial Services through Digital Solutions

The organization is working on the “Improving Access to Remittances and Other Financial Services through Digital Solutions” project to help make digital financial services more accessible, pave the way for national financial integration, as well as provide financial support to those in need. This program targets low-income Syrian Refugees and Jordanians in Mafraq, Irbid, Zarqa and Amman. Beneficiaries from this program receive e-wallets services such as, money transfer, savings, and credit services, that will help them have access to governmental digital financial services and cash transfer programs offered by humanitarian assistance institutions.

Through this project, the beneficiaries attended a number of awareness sessions and received a series of intensive exercises, including emotional intelligence and communication skills, how to use e-wallets and much more.

Partners and supporters:  German Foundation for International Cooperation

Implementation years:  2018-2019

• Syria Crisis Response in Jordan 

There is an urgent need to improve the social, educational, and economic well-being of Syrian refugees and vulnerable communities affected by the Syrian crisis, especially with the significant impact these vulnerable groups have faced because of the Covid-19 pandemic. This program works on addressing these issues by offering a range of integrated interventions to children between the ages of 12 and 17 and their families.

The efforts of the project are directed towards supporting adolescent who dropped out of school, including those with disabilities, to go back to formal and informal educational programs. The project also helps the adolescent’s family members acquire work skills and livelihoods by providing them with a variety of trainings. In addition, to ensure that that the safeguarding of both the adolescents and their families are met, the project adopts a referral service system for various resources, which includes psychological, social, educational and livelihood programs. Moreover, it combats gender-based violence and gender inequality, and promotes the participation of women and girls in economic and social aspects.

Partners and Supporters: Australian Humanitarian Partnership “AHP”

Implementation years: 2021-2022