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Jordan Times
20-04-2025
- Business
- Jordan Times
JRF, Aqaba Governorate Council sign agreement to empower women, youth
The Jordan River Foundation and the Aqaba Governorate Council sign a collaboration agreement to promote trainings in women and youth empowerment (Photo courtesy of JRF) AMMAN — For the third year in a row, the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) and the Aqaba Governorate Council (AGC) have signed a collaboration agreement to promote trainings in women and youth empowerment across the southern port city. Supporting the foundation's Community Empowerment Programme, the agreement was signed by AGC Chair Harb Aloweidat and JRF's Director General Enaam Barrishi, according to a JRF statement. The agreement paves the way for interventions aimed at enhancing the capacity of women, youth and adolescents across a variety of social, economic, and technological areas under the AGC-funded Empowering Local Communities in Aqaba project. Through this partnership, the project will equip adolescents with tools for social innovation and entrepreneurship, while fostering a culture of creativity and providing safe learning environments. Economically, the agreement supports providing financial grants and diverse technical trainings to enable women and youth to establish their own projects in agriculture, handicrafts, and food processing. It also aims to create job opportunities for university graduates by building their capacities in graphic design and data management using AI tools. The project aims at empowering communities across Aqaba, from urban centres to remote villages, by promoting innovation, sustainable development, and social change, particularly in shifting perceptions about women and youth's societal roles. The project has so far funded 68 women-led businesses in various sectors including services and tourist enterprises since 2023. For 87 women, it offered a variety of training courses in content production, project management, and self-empowerment. Also, over 1,400 children and teenagers benefited from the project via events held at JRF's Queen Rania Al Abdullah Centre for Community Empowerment in Aqaba, while 15 Aqaba-based community volunteers received social innovation trainings, and went on to mentor over 3,200 children via the centre's mobile social innovation station.
Jordan Times
27-02-2025
- Health
- Jordan Times
King inaugurates King Hussein Cancer Centre's building in Aqaba
In Aqaba, His Majesty King Abdullah II inaugurates the new King Hussein Cancer Centre's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein building, which aims to provide medical services for cancer patients who are beneficiaries of the KHCC, as well as early detection services for residents of the southern governorates (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated the King Hussein Cancer Centre's King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein building in Aqaba, which aims to provide medical services to cancer patients who are beneficiaries of the KHCC, as well as early detection services for residents of the southern governorates. The four-floor building includes chemotherapy and radiology departments, an early detection unit, oncology clinics, a laboratory and a pharmacy. It was built and equipped with the latest technologies at an estimated cost of JD15 million, according to a Royal Court statement.. His Majesty toured the new building, where 100 medical and support staff from local communities in the south are employed. HRH Princess Ghida Talal, chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation and Centre's Board of Trustees delivered a speech during which she noted that the Aqaba-based centre embodies His Majesty's vision to provide advanced medical care to cancer patients in the south of the Kingdom, and will enable them to receive treatment close to their homes, families and support systems. Princess Ghida highlighted that the rising number of cancer patients necessitates expanding the KHCC's services as part of a treatment network that extends to all parts of the Kingdom, the statement said. 'Over the past twenty-four years, the King Hussein Cancer Centre has become a source of pride for Jordan and the Arab world. It stands today as the cornerstone of care, safety, and hope for the thousands of patients who are treated each year, with the most advanced care available,' she added. Her Royal Highness also noted that, thanks to the support of Their Majesties King Abdullah II and Queen Rania Al Abdullah, the KHCC continues to receive cancer patients from Gaza for treatment, until they can return safely to the Strip. For his part, Aqaba Governor Khaled Hajjaj, a cancer survivor who received treatment at the KHCC, spoke about the importance of establishing the centre in Aqaba to save time and effort for cancer patients in the southern governorates, while also boosting medical tourism services. In the presence of His Majesty, Princess Ghida honoured the donors and institutions that supported the new project.
