Jordan Digital Community Centers

Summary

Directly benefiting the disadvantaged and underserved peoples of Jordanian and Palestinian mixed communities, with special attention to women and youth, ethnic minorities, seniors and the disabled.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,920 was raised for this project.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Amman’s Wahdat district and its adjacent Palestine Refugee Settlement are marginalized through poverty and its accompanying lack of access to further education or job skill training opportunities. The Digital Community Center, linked and outreaching to 2 Jordanian and 2 UNRWA Palestinian schools, mitigates ethnic differences and bridges the cultural divide through inter community support and through skills training and entrepreneurial development to families, minorities and unemployed youth.

Activities

Youth Life & vocational skills; Adult Vocational skills, small enterprise training, women’s programs; School IT education, cultural history, inter-ethnic projects; SENIORS, DISABLED - Communal support, social events, welfare/health services

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,920

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,920.  The original project funding goal was $47,690.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Increases of - 90%: Community access to ICT resources /75%: Small business skills & entrepreneurial knowledge/50%: Further education opportunities/ 50%: Technology & computer skills in community groups/25%: Civic involvement & community ownership

Project Message

"We have worked with HP & RI-SOL, and it is deep impacting programs like these, which target Jordan's community youth as well as working adults that will contribute to the country's economic growth."
- Minister Khalid Touqan, Minister of Education, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Mu’ayyad Mehyar,
Country Program Director, Jordan
Relief International - Schools Online
PO Box 815491
Amman, Jordan 11180
Jordan
962 6 464 2276
Email:

Project Sponsor

HP's e-inclusion initiative

Organization

Relief International - Schools Online
255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 520
Redwood Shores, California 94065
United States
1 650 486 2436
http://www.ri.org

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Jordan and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Jordan, read the Human Development Report on Jordan or the Wikipedia entry for Jordan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on October 01, 2005.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 28, 2004.