Near East Foundation

Period: 2007-2009
Primary Donor(s): International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Through this 2-year project, NEF worked with Jordanian community-based organizations (CBOs) in low-income neighborhoods in Zarqa, Jordan’s second largest city. The aim was to address problems arising in from endemic poverty and the city’s recent influx of newcomers– both Jordanians relocating from other parts of the country and refugees from the conflict in Iraq.

NEF addressed these difficulties primarily by providing technical training and financial support to develop the capacities of our target CBOs to provide relief aid, social services, and psycho-social support to impoverished members of their communities. NEF provided humanitarian relief to 2,000 families (63 percent of which were Iraqi) through 13 targeted relief distributions campaigns, as well as psychosocial support to 150 children. It also enhanced the organizational capacity of our 6 local partners, and increased coordination among Iraqi and Jordanian community members through 3 sustainable community service projects.