Quality Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) yields numerous benefits for children well into adulthood.

The project aims to provide essential early childhood care and development (ECCD) services for pre-school-aged children‫ through existing Early Learning Centers in urban areas and refugee camps, in order to support them in a successful transition into FORMAL KG2. 

Children have access to psychosocial support and participate in structured playing and learning activities. Our interventions also include basic literacy and numeracy, and recreational activities to foster children’s social and emotional wellbeing and development. Parents also are provided with complementary structured classes to improve their knowledge and skills on providing quality care to support the development of their children at home.

We were the first organization to provide critical ECCD services for Syrian refugee children in camps. We continue to work with the Ministry of Social Development to support the most disadvantaged local communities in establishing and running day- care centers/ nurseries for children ages 0-4. This effort aims to improve the quality of ECCD services available for children and parents in Jordan over the long term.

The chief objective of the project is to empower children and their families to access effective educational pathways to prevent Jordanian and refugee children becoming a “lost generation.” Specifically, we aim to enable vulnerable, hard-to-reach, out-of-school children (OOSC) across Jordan to access certified educational pathways suitable to their needs and interests. This is done by using a two-pronged approach: a) directly working with Out of School Children (OOSC) and their families and addressing their specific barriers through dedicated services; and b) working to build the capacity of public schools so that they function as protective, child friendly 'zones of social cohesion', to encourage retention.

Our activities and approaches include case management, cash assistance, community mobilization and awareness raising sessions, establishment of community structures (community-based committees), organization of community events, teacher and school leadership trainings and coaching, and support of student councils and coordination.

Consortium members: Save the Children Jordan (consortium lead agency); INTERSOS; Terre des Hommes Lausanne.

Donor: European Commission – European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO).

The Transforming Refugee Education Towards Excellence (TREE) program is implemented by Save the Children Jordan and funded by Save the Children UK, in collaboration with the Jordanian Ministry of Education, Community Jameel, Dubai Cares, J-Wel and MIT University.

Its aim is to tackle the challenges encountered in primary and secondary education in Jordan.

Over a period of 5 years, the TREE program will involve teachers, principals, and Ministry of Education government representatives, under the supervision of Save the Children’s program development experts in order to support the effort of teacher’s professional development at the education system.

The TREE program’s goal lies in creating a suitable education environment to support the wellbeing of teachers, as well as to bringing compassionate tools into the education system. In addition to that, it will improve the teaching quality among three phases.

This pilot program is intended to benefit 1,620 teachers and to reach 745,000 students in Jordan alone.