Relief International-Schools Online-Jordan Country Office

National Network
Jordan
Address

P.O. Box 815491
Amman 11180
Amman
Jordan

Telephone
+962 6 5531323
Telephone (other)
+962 6 5539823
Fax
+962 6 5524323
E-Mail
karishma@ri.org
E-Mail (2)
daniel.gerstle@ri.org
Website
http://www.ri.org
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Fields of Activity
  1. Youth and education
General Information
The Jordan Country office currently consists of aprpoximately 40 national employees. Programs are implemented directly in local community centers that host RI-SOL efforts. RI-SOL is currently receiving grants from a variety of partner agencies including the United Nations, US Department of State etc and is able to access local foundations. RI-SOL's efforts in Jordan are inspired by local communities and result in the availability of concrete services and opportunities for those local communities.
Mission and Objectives

Since 1990, Relief International – Schools Online (RI-SOL) has been responding to humanitarian
crisis and providing development services worldwide, combining long and short-term
interventions and covering a range of sectors, with a strong emphasis on education and
community development through capacity building, in over twenty countries across Africa, the
Middle East, Eastern Europe, Asia, and recently South America.
RI-SOL has broad experience in the Middle Eastern region, with extensive operations in Iraq,
Jordan, Lebanon, and Palestine. In Jordan, RI-SOL aims to provide persons of concern with quality programming that will strengthen their human and social capital, via a rights-based protection approach that empowers them to identify their needs, negotiate constraints and sustain their lives.

Main Projects / Activities

Education Programming
Community and Capacity Development Programming
Research and Development

Contact (1) Full Name
Karishma Budhdev Lama (Acting Country Director)
Head of the organisation
Country Director
Contact (2) Full Name
Daniel Gerstle (Program Director)