Jordan’s Profile• Population 6.4 million• Average annual income per capita U$ 4000• Un-employment 14%• Urban population = 80%• 70% of GDP is Services• 4th or 3rd poorest country in the world in water• 96% of energy is imported – Gas & Oil• 80% of the land (89’000 Km2) is desert• Jordanian external debt reached 22% of GDP. Public Sector debt
reached 80% of GDP in Dec 2012
Who are we - JoFoEJordanian Friends of Environment
• Established in 1995 in Amman - Jordan• Educate and build capacities of the
younger generations on environmental issues. Encouraging them to take a more pro active role in the conservation and improvement of their natural surrounding (GLOBE Jordan)• Women empowerment
Completed Projects:• JENFI: The Jordanian Network for Environmentally Friendly
Industries
• JCPP: The Jordan Cleaner Production Program
Future Projects• National Park Rangers (NPR)
• Environmental Photography for Senior School Students competition (EPSSS)
• Waste Recycling of refugee camps (WRRC)
• Composting of Waste Food to Organic Fertilizers (CoWFOF)
• Awareness of Persistent Organic Pollutants (AwPOP)
• Water Harvesting and Solar Cooking
• Grey Water for the benefit of Forestation
• Water Quality Monitor.
80% of Jordan is desert (Badia)
Jordanian Badia living conditions
• 320 settlements in the Badia - very scattered• 400’000 Jordanians – 25% drop outs from secondary
education• 58’000 houses of bricks and cement• Overall illiteracy 21% but up to 40% with women• Very high unemployment up to 33% (vs. 14% national)
Region Governorate Area Poverty rate
Ruweished Al-Mafraq Rwieshed 74%
Wadi Araba Aqaba Aqaba borough 62 %
Al-Quera Aqaba Alqoerp 47%
Salhia Al-Mafraq Northern Badia 43%
Hosha Al-Mafraq Northwestern Badia 36%
Dair Alkahf Al-Mafraq Northern Badia 34%
Almrigha Ma’an Ma’an borough 27%
J afer Ma’an Ma’an borough 27%
Umelrasas The capital Giza 26%
Aldisi Aqaba Al-Quera 44%
Khaldiya Al-Mafraq Northwestern Badia 36%
Qatraneh Karak Qatraneh 36%
Northwestern Badia Al-Mafraq Northwestern Badia 28%
Environmental impact of poverty
Ghayath village – Ruwashid400km from Amman
WeServ – Solar Mamas project
Barefoot College – 6 months training
Partner – Funding for Capacity Building
Solar Workshop & Women Training Center
Capacity Building
• Simple Management• Simple Accounting• Simple Warehousing &
Inventory (stocks)• Simple Marketing &
Sales
March – April 2014 looking for Stocks FUND U$ 65’000 only for the
20F container
Sustainable Solution
•Solar PV System cost JD 200 – 250 • sold JD 350 installments
•Solar Lantern cost JD 25 – 30 • sold JD 50 – 65 cash
Women’s Co-operative
• A local women co-operative 14 – 20 women•Sales initiated and marketing on a national scale• JoFoE will withdraw completely and go to REPLICATE•Northern Badia•Middle Badia•Southern Badia
Other Badia solutions• Water Harvesting• Solar Cookers• Bio-Mass Cookers
Other Projects by JoFoE – pending funding
Al-Zaatari Syrian Refugees Camp Recycling Projectof
Paper, Carton, Glass, Plastic, Metal, Aluminum
Thank you for your trust and confidence in JoFoEThank you for UN Women for initiating support to our WeServ (Solar
Mamas)