UK Ambassador to Jordan, Philip Hall, met on Tuesday with the Executive Director of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), Farah Daghistani, and a group of participants in the “Youth Connect” project, implemented by JOHUD in cooperation with the British Council in Tafilah and Shoubak.
The project aims to develop the skills of 90 young men and women who volunteer for youth committees in JOHUD’s centers in Tafilah Governorate and Shoubak District, southern Jordan. The program seeks to enhance the capabilities of the participants and promote the spirit of cooperation and civic participation among them, in addition to educating them on how to search for solutions to their community issues within a team environment.
The project also focuses on promoting stability and community cohesion, which contributes to making positive changes in the lives of youth and local communities.
During the meeting, held at the Queen Alia Center for Social Work in Tafila, Daghistani highlighted JOHUD’s role sinc
e its establishment in 1977 in promoting human and community development through its network of 52 centers spread across the Kingdom.
She explained that JOHUD seeks to network with civil society organizations and stakeholders to enhance the role of youth, help them face challenges, and provide training opportunities to think of innovative solutions to challenges related to unemployment and sustainability.
Ambassador Hall emphasized the importance of JOHUD’s work, lauding its creative thinking in addressing challenges, as well as the “Youth Connection” project, which provides an opportunity for young people in Tafila and Shoubak to put forward entrepreneurial ideas and initiatives.
For his part, Alex Lambert, Director of the British Council, commended the partnership with JOHUD and the importance of the Youth Connection project, which involves about 300 young men and women in Tafilah, Al Shoubak and a number of other governorates such as Madaba, Zarqa and Jerash.
Lambert said that the council has been work
ing for nearly 80 years to equip Jordanian youth with the necessary skills and knowledge, and to strengthen relationships between them.
The Youth Connection project aims to build capacity through a cutting-edge educational methodology, designing and implementing collective initiatives aimed at solving societal issues and fostering prosperous communities.
The ambassador attended to presentations about youth programs addressing video game addiction, domestic tourism, and artistic theater. The addiction project addressed technology-related difficulties and the impact of digital addiction on mental and physical health, whereas the tourism effort focused on explaining Tafilah’s tourist attractions and how to use them to attract visitors. The creative theater program focused on using the arts to promote awareness of societal issues while also discovering and developing young people’s skills.
Source: Jordan News Agency