AmmanWomen Entrepreneurs
Women's Digital Centres with Orange Jordan
From Date Stones to Warmth and a Livelihood
“People throw these things away. I wanted to show that waste can have a second life, and so can an idea, when a woman has the tools.”
Stories of Change
Change, told by the people who made it
Numbers tell you how many. These stories tell you what changed, and who changed it: women who started a business, young people who took the lead, volunteers who kept going, and communities that fixed something where they live.
Stories of Change
19 stories
IrbidWomen Entrepreneurs
Goodwill Campaign
A Small Plot That Grew a Livelihood
“A plot of ground that fits in a camp, made to produce a living.”
IrbidYouth Leaders
Johud Innovation Labs
A Small Machine, a Cleaner Future
“My ambition is to contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable future through innovation.”
ZarqaFrom the Community
Al-Rajaá School for the Deaf
Half a Century Listening to Silence
“Silence is a language of light.”
ZarqaVolunteers
Women's committee, Princess Basma Development Centre
When a Title Became a Responsibility
“Everyone who strives gets their share. My volunteering and my work at this centre is a service to Zarqa, and to the women of Zarqa.”
BalqaFrom the Community
Water Wise Women / Raidat Al-Taghyeer with GIZ
Ferial: Knowledge That Drives Change
“Before, we waited for water and hoped. Now we plan for it, and I can show another woman how.”
MadabaWomen Entrepreneurs
Women's Digital Centres · the Marah Hamdeh initiative
From Madaba's Soil to a Heritage Enterprise
“Digital skills did not move her online. They made her local work reachable.”
MafraqFrom the Community
Goodwill Campaign, with partners
Khadija Chooses Where She Goes Next
“The difference between a chair that must be pushed and one she can operate herself is the difference between being taken somewhere and choosing to go.”
MafraqWomen Entrepreneurs
Women's Digital Centres with Orange Jordan
Ikram: A Business Built for More Than One Season
“In a rural economy, one product is a bet. Several is a business.”
JerashFrom the Community
Goodwill Campaign
Five Days That Opened the Door to the Market
“He was already running a business. What he lacked was equipment and a market, the same two things any other small trader lacks.”
JerashYouth Leaders
WorldCoaches Project (implemented by Johud in partnership with the Royal Netherlands Football Association and with support from the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
When Layan and Dalia Stepped into Leadership
“In my community, at first, people did not accept the idea of a woman being a leader, because they believed that women are guided more by emotion than by reason.”
AjlounWomen Entrepreneurs
DANNER project via Princess Basma Development Centre, Al-Wahadneh
From Asking Permission to Reclaiming Her Independence
“Complete dependence does not only take a woman's money. It takes her estimate of herself.”
AjlounYouth Leaders
Princess Basma Development Centre
From the Back of the Room to Centre Stage
“He arrived wanting to serve, and reluctant to speak. The gap between those two things is where youth work actually happens.”
KarakWomen Entrepreneurs
FPS/Spanish project, Karak centre
When the Neighbours' Voices Fell Quiet
“She did not need to be told what to do. Everyone had already told her what to do.”
TafilehYouth Leaders
Queen Alia Centre for Social Work · youth committees
Osaid: Roots in Tafileh, a Future in AI
“The rarest resource in a small governorate is not talent. It is somebody deciding that a particular young person's talent is worth backing.”
TafilehYouth Leaders
Queen Alia Centre · Knowledge Caravan
Malak: Where Law Meets the Digital World
“Rights are not abstract once they are the rights you are currently losing online.”
Ma'anYouth Leaders
“Towards Good Governance in Ma'an” (EU-funded) · Princess Basma Development Centre, Ma'an
From Facilitation Training to the Governorate Council
“He was taught to run a room. Then he was elected to one.”
Ma'anYouth Leaders
Princess Basma Development Centre, Ma'an · youth committees
From a Little Girl in the Centre's Corridors to Its Leader: Hiba's Story with Johud
“I am Hiba. My story began here, as a little girl learning and discovering. Today I have come back to the same place as its leader.”
AqabaYouth Leaders
youth committees
From a Youth Committee to Wadi Araba Municipal Council
“The point of a youth committee is not to keep young people busy. It is to make them electable.”