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Volunteers created Mothers Groups to share pertinent information about students education, providing lectures and training on how to best support children with special needs, as well as a forum for parents to communicate with each other about the challenges and successes of raising children with disabilities. Goal 3: Peace Corps Volunteers worked with staff and students at 17 Special Education centers to enhance facilities and resources. Volunteers and their partners obtained grants to create or enhance playgrounds at Special Education centers, providing a place to learn, play and develop social skills and creativity. Volunteers created multiple practical resource materials and games that improved eye-hand coordination and cognitive aspects of students.
Goal 2: Volunteers worked with over 350 staff, community and youth leaders to define, prioritize and address youth and community needs leading to a more effective youth serving organizations. Volunteers and staff created an Extracurricular Room at Al al Bayt University and a Girls Youth Center Gym in North Shouneh, led a Womans Health Campaign in Aye Girls Youth Center in Karak, established a Computer and Language Lab in Wadi Musa Girls Youth Center, and obtained and put to use a Braille Embosser for the visually impaired at Mutah University.
In 2011 Peace Corps Jordan launched the new Enhancing Water Awareness (EWA) program. Throughout the year Peace Corps Volunteers trained over 440 community youth in the areas of water issue awareness, water conservation, and critical thinking. The EWA program also funded joint Volunteer-community grants to build a rainwater catchment and storage system at a village school in Hofa, Irbid, launch a youth film club to create local films about water issues at the Princess Basma Center in Karak, and carry out a water and energy use audit at an orphanage in Marka.
Peace Corps Volunteers Promote Cultural Exchange The second and third goals of Peace Corps are to promote enhanced mutual understanding among Americans and Jordanians. 88% of our Volunteers in 2011 report an impact in increasing Americans understand of Jordanians, all of this before they finish their service, go home, and begin the major goal three work. They do this through blogs read by friends and family in the US, correspondence exchange programs between US and Jordanian students, articles about Jordan in their hometown and University newspapers, speaking engagements while home on leave, etc 95% of our Volunteers report enhancing the understanding of Americans on the part of Jordanians. While many Volunteers hold special events to share American culture, much of the impact in this area is made through Volunteers participation in community events, family dinners, school events, and simply taking the time to drink tea and chat with local friends and colleagues.
Peace Corps Volunteers began their work in Jordan at the invitation of His Majesty King Hussein in 1997. Since that time more than 500 Volunteers have worked in Jordanian communities. 72 Peace Corps Volunteers served in Jordan in 2011.
Contact Information P.O. Box 354, Amman, Jordan 11118 Email: its@jo.peacecorps.gov Telephone: 06-461-9144 Fax: 06-461-9351 Website: jordan.peacecorps.gov
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