AMMAN — Deputising for His Majesty King Abdullah, Agriculture Minister Khalid Hneifat on Monday inaugurated the Global Land Forum at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention Centre in the Dead Sea region. The first day of the Global Land Forum (GLF) highlighted the importance of integrating land governance into sustainable development strategies, and securing land rights to build “pathways to climate solutions”. The forum, the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa, brought ...

The Jordan Times- Wednesday marks the birthday of HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal, a long-standing advocate of women and children’s rights and pioneer of sustainable human development in the Arab region. Princess Basma established and chairs the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), the non-profit NGO which this year celebrates its 45th anniversary. Today, JOHUD represents a unique participatory model that relies on a national network of 51 locally-managed community centr...

Goodwill Campaign hosts iftar for volunteers HRH Princess Basma on Sunday attended an iftar banquet hosted by the Goodwill Campaign for the volunteers in youth and community support committees of Maan and Tafileh development centres affiliated with the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD). During the event, which witnessed the participation of a number of underprivileged families, the princess was briefed on the committees’ plans during the holy month of Ramadan. Talk...

The Goodwill Campaign (GWC), a flagship initiative of the Jordan Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD), on Wednesday launched this year’s Ramadan programme which aims to alleviate the impact of rising living costs on some of the country’s poorest families during the holy month of Ramadan, targeting 4,040 families across the Kingdom. Beneficiaries will receive 1,845 food parcels, 550 clothing coupons, 825 iftar meals, in addition to 820 cash transfers of JD60 per household, according...

AMMAN— HRH Princess Basma on Wednesday honoured the participants and supporters of the Queen Alia Competition for Social Responsibility for the year 2021, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The princess handed over competition proceeds to the Ministry of Education, which amounted to JD15,386, and JD70,000 to Al Rajaa School for Teaching the Hearing Impaired, affiliated with the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD). Her Royal Highness also awarded the first female deaf d...

AMMAN — CITESJO, a smartphone application which regulates tracking and unsustainable trade of wildlife, was launched on Thursday, in the presence of HRH Princess Basma and HRH Princess Alia. The application is part of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and resulted from a cooperation between the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN) and the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development (JOHUD).