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In 2003 AVSI opened a fi eld offi ce in Amman, in light of a two year program, extended later up to 2009, toimprove conditions for people with special needs through information communication and technology (ICT) tools. The project was funded in collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and implemented in partnership with local organizations such as Al Hussein Society for Habilitation/Rehabilitation of the Physically Challenged (AHS) and local authorities. Major accomplishments include establishing eleven ICT centres and providing vocational training for People with Disabilities (PWDs).
Additional programs were launched in 2009 and 2010, to increase protection and provide educational, recreational, vocational and health care for Iraqi refugees and vulnerable Jordanians. These programs are implemented in partnership with Caritas Jordan and include remedial classes (informal education) and extracurricular activities for
the school age child, vocational training courses (graphic design and sewing among others) for youth and adults, and the provision of basic medication for the families involved in the projects.
In 2010, AVSI extended its target group, providing assistance to the Palestinian refugees in Jordan. Renovation of housing units and construction of a Multipurpose Centre in Sukneh camp improved the living conditions of Palestinian residents. Vocational training courses for people with special needs allowed the most vulnerable to launch income-generating activities.
To date, more than 2,500 children and adults have benefi ted from AVSI’s programs in Jordan. By renovating schools and houses, supporting income generation and helping children succeed in school, AVSI is fulfi lling its mission to support human development and promote the dignity of every person.
These accomplishments were made possible in part, through partnerships with the Jordanian government (AVSI is registered to the Ministry of Social Development since 2006), Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and organizations such as Latin Patriarchate Schools, Caritas Jordan, Mathnasium Centre, Al-Hussein Society, The Holy Land Institute for the Deaf and The Landmine Survivors Network.
Distance Support ProgramLocation: Amman, Zarqa and Anjara
Date: 2001 Present
Description: Sponsored children receive
educational, medical and psycho-social support
through a individualized relationship with an adult
and both direct and indirect assistance. Currently
372 children are sponsored.
Major Donors: Private donations
Implementing Partners: Latin
Patriarchate School
-Emergency aid to supportthe integration of the Iraqi guests in Amman and suburbsLocation: Amman, Marka
Date: 2010-2011
Description: Three pronged intervention in
Education, Vocational training and Healthcare.
In education: create summer school program
and after school program providing recreational
activities and remedial courses in English and Math
for 120 Iraqi and Jordanian children from 6 to 15
years two schools in Amman and Marka; distribute
school supplies, toys and games to benefi ciaries. In
vocational training: Secretarial training course
including computer skills and English language for
12 women. In health care: Outpatient care and
medicine provided to 1180 Iraqis at the Caritas
Jordan centres in Amman, emergency care for 39
Iraqis at the Italian Hospital in Amman.
Major Donors: Private donors
Implementing Partner: Caritas Jordan
Other Partners: Greek Catholic School, Latin
Patriarchate Schools, Young Women Christian
Association (YWCA)
-Examining humanitarian assistance for displacedIraqis in JordanDate: December 2010 – May 2011
Description: ‘Map’ the humanitarian assistance
for displaced Iraqis in Jordan during 2010.
AVSIin JordanAVSI arrived in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in 2001, implementing educational activities through the Distance Support Program, an activity which continues today through the sponsorship of 372 children enrolled in some Schools of Amman, Zarga and Anjara.
Currentand recent project
More than2,500 children and adults have benefited from AVSI’s programs in Jordan.
Conduct focus groups
among Iraqi men
and women in Zarqa,
Hoson and Amman to deepen understanding of
their needs. Conduct interviews with NGOs to
determine which services were provided, in what
areas of the Country and the number of Iraqis
who benefi ted. Interviews also focused upon the
challenges encountered in the process of program
implementation. Disaggregate and utilize collected
data to develop policy recommendations, to be
delivered in a forum to UN agencies, NGOs and
other stakeholders in May 2011.
Major Donor: Open Society Foundations
-Inclusion for persons with special needs into the workplaceLocation: Amman
Date: November 2010 – January 2011
Description: Support Jordan Ice (PepsiCo)
in the selection of PWDs for their inclusion into
the workplace. Prepare assessment forms to
determine PWDs applicant’s strengths and needs
for accommodation in the workplace. Support
the interviewing of applicants during the job fair
and develop a recommendation plan based upon
the assessment and information provided by the
applicant during the interview.
Partners: Jordan Ice and Aerated Water
(PepsiCo Jordan), Medal
-Improving the living conditions of the most vulnerable people, in particular people with special needs, in Sukneh and Talbieh Palestinian Refugees CampsLocation: Sukneh, Talbeih
Date: 2010
Description: Improve living conditions in Sukneh
Palestinian refugee camp by rehabilitating 22
housing units; vocational training courses for 52
PWDs; provision of 24 wheelchairs for individuals
and community rehabilitation centers in the
camps; provision of 42 hearing aids; construction
and furnishing of multipurpose center in Sukneh
camp; 2 awareness campaigns promoting the
integration of persons with special needs and the
rights of persons with special needs.
Major Donors: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Implementing Partners: The Holy Land
Institute for the Deaf (HLID); Our Lady of Peace
for Individuals with Special Needs (OLOPC);
Community Base Rehabilitation Centre for
Disabled – Talbieh refugee camp.
-Emergency aid to support the integration of the Iraqi guestsin the areas of Zarqa and IrbidLocation: Zarga and Irbid
Date: 2009-2010
Description: Three pronged intervention in
Education, Vocational training and Health. In
Education renovate or equip 3 school rooms;
teacher training in mathematics for 11 teachers;
teacher training in approach to vulnerable
children for 21 teachers; provision of didactiv and
recreational material for 160 Iraqi children; two non
formal programs and remedial courses for 289
children; recreational activities for 160 children;
scholarships covering school fees provided
for16 children. Vocational training courses in
computer maintenance, graphic design, sewing
and plumbing and carpentry to the benefi t of 95
iraqis. In Health fully equip Caritas dental clinic in
Hoson allowing more than 1600 Iraqis to receive
outpatient care; provision of emergency care for
322 Iraqis; provision of dental care for 138 Iraqis.
Conduct awareness campaigns in Zarqa and
Hoson on health and dental care for Iraqi families.
Major Donors: Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Implementing Partners: Caritas Jordan
-Improving the living conditionsof people with physical disabilities through the useof ICT tools and applications (Phase 1)Location: Amman and around the Country
Date: 2003-2005
Description: Creation of fully equipped
specialized IT Knowledge Station for people with
physical disabilities; training courses for people
with physical disabilities on IT skills and basic
English language, public awareness campaign on
the rights and equal opportunities of people with
physical challenges; business skills courses.
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Towards better integration of Persons with Disabilities through ICT and networking (Phase 2)Location: Amman and around the Country
Date: 2006-2008
Description: Provide staff training for staff of IT
Knowledge Station; establish the Information,
Education and Communication Unit (IECU) at Al
Hussein Society (AHS) to collect information about
PWDs who received training courses and fi nd job
opportunities; train local partners on: a) the use
of assistive tools and software, b) the Knowledge
Attitude Practice (KAP) study and c) how to
develop an awareness campaign; raise awareness
among PWDs and their families on their rights and
services available to them through the publication
of Erada (the fi rst national newsletter devoted
to conditions of PWDs that was fi rst published
in the fi rst phase); public awareness campaign
promoting equal opportunities in six different cities
in cooperation with local partners; training courses
for PWDs on mobile phone maintenance, English
language and International Computer Driving
License (ICDL)
Major Donors: UNDP, Italian Ministry
of Foreign Affairs
Implementing Partners: Al Hussein Society
for the Habilitation/Rehabilitation of the Physically
Challenged (AHS); Ministry of Planning and
International Cooperation (MOPIC); Ministry
of Social Development(MOSD); Ministry of
Education(MoE); Ministry of Health (MoH); Ministry
of Labour (MoL); The Holy Land Institute for the
Deaf (HLID); The Landmine Survivors Network;
The Employment and Development Fund; The
Higher Council for the Affairs of Persons with
Disabilities; Our Lady of Peace Centre for Individual
with Special Needs (OLOPC); The Cerebral Palsy
Foundation; The Jordanian Hashemite Fund for
Human Development (JOHUD)
Conduct focus groups
for more information about AVSI in JordanAVSI JORDAN www.avsi.org
Marj Al-Haman Street, 2 - P.O. Box 3004 - Amman, 11821 - Jordan Telefax 962 (6) 5517765 - [email protected]
AVSI who we areAVSI Foundation is a global non-governmental organization based in Italy. Its mission isto support human development in developing countries according to the social teaching of the Catholic Church: every person, as a unique being, should not be reduced to a number within anonymous categories like “the poor, the sick, the disabled”. Furthermore, any person andany community represent a resource, regardless of their vulnerability. This is why AVSI worksto help people in becoming aware of their own value and dignity.AVSI is involved in more than 100 cooperation projects in 38 developing countries worldwide in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Asia. AVSI’s main activity areas are socio-education, urban development, healthcare, labour, agriculture, food security and water, energy and environment, humanitarian emergency and migration, reaching more than 4.000.000 direct benefi ciaries.The personnel implementing these activities included around 1.450 persons (100 expatriated staff, 1.300 local staff and 50 inthe headquarters). More than 1.250 are the volunteers supporting AVSI in Italy in awareness and fund raising.In 2011, AVSI received contributions for a total amount of around 28 million euros (around 35 million euros is the amount raised by AVSI-system in the world), both from institutional and private donors. Between its major institutional donors the Italian Government, the European Union, USAID, FAO, UNICEF, the World Bank and ILO.700 are the partners of AVSI in the world (NGOs, public and local institutions, CBOs, informal groups, enterprises etc.).More than 60 organizations among them set up an informal “AVSI network”, which works systematically on the implementation of projects, sharing methods and experiences, discussing development issues, enhancing capacities in organizational, managing and contents. The network includes the 27 founding members and participating members of AVSI, but also partners.A network bound by operative friendship.
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