Housing Bank renews support for JRF’s child safety, women’s empowerment projects

AMMAN — Housing Bank (HB) has announced the renewal of its strategic partnership with the Jordan River Foundation (JRF), supporting the latter's projects addressing child safety and women's empowerment.

Under the renewed agreement, the bank continues to support JRF’s Child Safety Programme, launched by Her Majesty Queen Rania in 1997, which is the first of its kind in Jordan and the Arab world, and the primary national reference for strengthening the protection of children and families against all forms of abuse.

The programme focuses on awareness, prevention, and intervention, according to a JRF statement.

HB’s support is expected to extend the programme's reach to 6,000 children and women through the implementation of educational programmes and events aimed at abuse prevention, capacity building in child safety, and promoting positive parenting practices.

The agreement also includes support for two of JRF’s social enterprises empowering local community women: Jordan River Designs, which offers handcrafted products made by women from rural and Bedouin communities, and Al Karma Kitchen, which provides a variety of home-cooked foods prepared by women from local communities.

Through these two projects, HB will contribute to empowering more than 35 women by developing their capabilities as independent breadwinners through specialised technical and entrepreneurial trainings, empowering more than 160 members of their families.

This partnership, an extension of the ongoing collaboration between both sides, aligns with the objectives of Housing Bank's Corporate Social Responsibility programme, "Imkan by Iskan," within the social empowerment sector.

Under this sector, the bank focuses on enhancing the role of civil society organisations through continuous support, enabling them to provide various forms of assistance to local communities in accordance with identified needs and in ways that contribute to addressing key challenges.

JRF, founded in 1995 as a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, continues to pioneer the socio-economic empowerment of local communities while providing all available means to protect children, women, and families from abuse, in line with Her Majesty’s vision for alleviating poverty, supporting empowered generations, and advancing child welfare throughout the Kingdom.

Over more than three decades, the JRF has grown into a national platform for economic and community development, contributing to empowering hundreds of thousands of community members, both Jordanians and refugees.