Khazma Integrated

Development Pilot Project
As a result of JRF’s high-quality performance in RCCDP the MoPIC funded the CEP to implement a pilot economic empowerment project in the village of Khazma, located in the Deir 'Alla District, Balqa Governorate. Khazma is a village in the Jordan Valley with 5,000 residents who established squatter settlements following the Palestinian exodus during the War of 1948. This community suffers from unemployment, poverty and other socio-economic challenges. This project will partner with Khazma Women’s Cooperative a thriving local community initiative. This Cooperative operates a small dairy processing facility which has had a positive social and economic impact on the lives of its nearly 50 members. This two-year pilot project which began in January 2004 is designed to strengthen and expand the activities of this Cooperative and to increase community-led economic opportunities in the area.