Najwa Al-Bdour
Manager, Princess Basma Development Centre, Al Nuzha, Amman
Najwa Al-Bdour began as a volunteer on a parenting programme at the Shobak centre, became its coordinator in 2001 and its director in 2003. In Shobak she set up a garment factory and a farm, founded the Tourism Villages Union, opened the area’s first tourist hotel and ran the Castle Visitors’ Centre. Since 2010 she has also looked after the women’s committees across all our centres. Today she leads the Nuzha centre in Amman, which works with Jordanians and refugees alike.