AMMAN —
Minister of Agriculture Khaled Huneifat and Director General of the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) Enaam Barrishi Monday signed agreements to provide
grants to Syrian refugees and Jordanians participating in the joint project
“Small-Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transitions”, the
Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.اضافة اعلان
The project aims to
enable and guide beneficiaries as they establish productive projects or expand
their existing projects to improve their living and economic conditions. It
also seeks to support the stability of the families of beneficiaries after
rehabilitating them and enhancing their capabilities.
The project will be
implemented in two phases. The first phase includes agreements with 795
beneficiaries in the governorates of Mafraq, Jerash, Ajloun, Amman, Irbid, and
Madaba within the agricultural, production, construction, service, and trade
sectors.
In the second
phase, the project provides financial grants to beneficiaries to establish
sustainable and income-generating small projects and create suitable job
opportunities.
The project focuses
on improving the small ruminant sector (sheep and goats), helping Syrian
refugees and Jordanian host communities, supporting people with disabilities,
empowering women economically and socially, and fostering a culture of
entrepreneurship.
The project’s
second phase aims to create job opportunities for no less than 222
beneficiaries through networking opportunities with the private sector.
JRF has signed
about 50 strategic agreements with private sector companies to provide suitable
job opportunities for local community members.
According to
Huneifat, the project succeeded in reaching target groups, including the
children and residents of the Jordanian countryside and the Syrian refugees.
Through the
project, the ministry has already provided financial grants to about 1,154
beneficiary families in the Mafraq, Irbid, Jerash, Ajloun, Madaba, and Amman,
and 136 young men and women from these families became part of the labor market
and were paid through the project.
The project’s
activities, said Huneifat, are part of government efforts to achieve a 5
percent growth in the GDP by focusing on developing the agricultural sector and
supporting the Jordan Response Plan to the Syrian Crisis.
Barrishi, during
the signing, stressed the importance of following up on the beneficiaries after
receiving the grant or getting hired to help them address and overcome any
challenges they may face.
The project is
funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
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