Jabal Amman, 1st Circle, Omar Ben Al-Khatab Street Bld. (10)
Amman 11181
Jordan
- Youth and education
General Director; Mr. Wael Suleiman
Board number: 10 members
Staff employed; 400 staff
volunteers; 3000 volunteers
2020 budget allocation; 15,000,000$
Caritas members organizations, UNHCR
Caritas Jordan, a charitable organization within the Catholic Church, is a member of Caritas International that belongs to the Vatican with its head office in Rome. Caritas Jordan was registered in the Ministry of Social Affairs under the number (371) on 15 June 1968, published in the official newsletter and was issued on 15 August 1968 under number (2114). The first Caritas organization in the world was founded in Freiburg, Germany, in 1897. Other national Caritas organizations were established in the following years in Switzerland (1901) and the United States (Catholic Charities, 1910).
Mission; Promote the integral human development of people, bringing emergency, relief aids,
socio-economic empowerment, and socio-voluntary work to refugees and affected host
communities’ families in Jordan.
GOALS:
•Combat the dehumanizing poverty in all its different types.
• Improve health conditions physical and mental, and welfare for the refugees and
vulnerable host communities’ families.
• Promote better education access and develop the quality of education for the refugees
and vulnerable host communities’ students.
• Enhance sustainable development partnerships between Caritas and the state
departments, private sector, civil society, non-governmental organizations, and
community-based organizations.
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decent work to the refugees and the vulnerable host communities’ families.
• Promote protection and self-resilience safety, dignity, and avoid harmful actions that
negatively affect people of concerns, as well as, secure complaints mechanism and
accountability.
• Encourage youth at all ages and involving them actively in civil society and
social-voluntary works and initiatives.
• Provide Humanitarian Assistance and Emergency Relief.
Help the poor and the needy in society.
Develop the self-potentials of the needy groups to support their right to work and enjoy a decent life.
Provision of primary medical services, maternity and childhood services.
Assistance to refugees and displaced persons and victims of wars and disasters.
Raising Jordanian society's awareness of local humanitarian issues and the need to participate in charity work.
Rehabilitation of local human resources and committees of pastoral volunteers to work in Caritas programs.
Working with government and voluntary institutions and members of the international Caritas organizations to achieve the goals of Caritas Jordan.
seeking for membership at the ALF network will enhance the mutual experiences in different filed s of intervention, looking forward to a sustanible work approach among both organizations,.
Caritas Jordan has an outstanding longterm partnership with the Royal Institute for inter-faith Studies, participating in various events such as refugees, religion, interfaith dialogue, and attended training on interfaith dialogue. Therefore, Caritas would extend its partnerships with the ALE network exchanging experiences and build capacities.