Goodwill campaign seeks further cooperation with engineers association

AMMAN — HRH Princess Basma, president of the National Goodwill Campaign’s higher committee, on Monday paid a visit to the Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) and met with its president and members.

During the visit, Princess Basma stressed the need to further enhance the partnership between the campaign and the JEA, particularly in benefiting from the syndicate’s experience in the area of home renovations to serve underprivileged households.

She commended the association’s achievements in developing the profession and improving the capabilities of Jordanian engineers to become leaders in the region.

JEA President Abdullah Obeidat noted that a memorandum of understanding will be signed soon between the association and the goodwill campaign to set a framework for their partnership, especially in carrying out maintenance work on houses of underprivileged people.

Meanwhile, Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development              (JOHUD) Deputy Executive Director Reem Zaben highlighted the National Goodwill Campaign’s accomplishments since its launch in 1991, noting that a total of 296,500 people have benefited from the campaign’s services so far.

Some 720 university students received educational assistance from the nationwide campaign in the year 2013/2014, while 107 individuals were presented with aid to establish their own income-generating projects during the same period.

In addition, the campaign supported 78 societies and presented urgent assistance to 11,683 families in the past year.

The campaign, implemented by JOHUD, also focuses on areas hit hard by the influx of Syrian refugees.