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Ammon News - The handover ceremony of cargo-handling and storage equipment was held on Sunday, 10th of September, in the presence of Mr. OKUYAMA Jiro, Ambassador of Japan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and Mr. Hussein Al-Shebli, Secretary General of the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization.

In October 2022, the Government of Japan extended a grant of forty-one thousand and fifty-five US dollars (US$ 41,055) to the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) for the cargo-handling and storage equipment under the scheme called Grant Assistance for Grass-roots Human Security Projects (GGP).

This grant assistance aims to enhance the capacity of JHCO’s aid storage by provision of cargo-handling and storage equipment. JHCO is a multi-functional relief and humanitarian foundation with the mandate to coordinate and manage humanitarian support from national/ international donors and establish logistical support for transportation of aid supplies. Procuring this equipment will contribute to the improvement of approximately 23,000 relief items per year, mainly foodstuff. These relief items will be delivered to around 95,000 underprivileged people and refugees living in central and southern Jordan.

In the speech delivered during the handover ceremony, Ambassador OKUYAMA expressed his gratitude to JHCO for its important contribution to society and stated: “In Jordan, the need for relief goods such as food, medicine and hygiene products has increased among underprivileged Jordanians and refugees who have been severely affected by economic and social difficulties. We hope this project will help strengthen your initiative to deliver relief goods to vulnerable people at the grass-roots level.”

Under Japanese Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects, Japan has extended more than 10 million US Dollars for 157 projects to non-governmental organizations, schools, hospitals, and local governments in Jordan since 1993.