HRH Princess Basma, president of the Goodwill Campaign’s higher committee of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), on Wednesday visited patients receiving treatment through the campaign at the Specialty Hospital and Middle East Eye Hospital. Princess Basma met with patients who underwent various free surgeries performed by a volunteer medical team as part of the campaign, implemented JOHUD in partnership with the private medical sector, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, re...

HRH Princess Basma on Tuesday inaugurated the aquaculture and fish farming project at the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development’s (JOHUD) Sheikh Hussein Development Centre in the Northern Jordan Valley. The project, which was implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jordan and funded by the Canadian government, aims to provide job opportunities for 60 local women, through cultivating three greenhouses with a hydroponic system and establishing three fish p...

AMMAN — HRH Princess Basma on Wednesday launched the 2022 Queen Alia Competition for Social Responsibility, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. As one of the initiatives of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), the competition aims to raise the awareness among students and local communities. It also aims to increase social responsibility initiatives and create a balanced and sustainable relationship with ecosystems. During the launch ceremony, the princess hi...

AMMAN — HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal, chairperson of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), on Monday attended a signing ceremony for a memorandum of cooperation between JOHUD and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on coordination on environmental conversation. The memorandum aims to provide a general framework to enhance cooperation in action related to the conservation and protection of nature, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The memo also aims to prote...

AMMAN — Kicking off with a performance of the national anthem by the Amman Orthodox Scouts and Guides Group, children took centre stage at the 58th Annual International Diplomatic Bazaar of the Mabarrat Um Al Hussein Institute, held at Al Hussein Youth City on Saturday. HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal, inaugurating the bazaar, said in her opening speech that assisting the institute’s children, the beneficiaries of the entirety of the event’s proceeds, is the ultimate goal of the bazaar. ...

AMMAN — Last Saturday marked the fifth electoral cycle of the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development’s (JOHUD) Youth Committee leaders. Elections, which were launched 10 years ago, took place again across the country at JOHUD’s network of 51 Princess Basma Community Development Centres (CDCs), according to a JOHUD statement. These elections simulate the experience of parliamentary, municipal, and local council elections. It allows youth aged 14-25 to become committee memb...