Livelihood Programs

Given the importance of promoting youth and supporting entrepreneurship and income-generating initiatives for people in need, Saint John intends to create livelihood projects and employ vulnerable Jordanians.

Saint John has ideas for holding workshops in Madaba Governorate to support work in the tourism sector, food processing, handicrafts, and mosaic making. A building was rented from the Jordanian government to implement projects to support the local community to work in tourism to generate income, as well as provide community services to the Jordanian community. The proposed intervention will enhance the ongoing efforts of Saint John that have market links with local centers in each sector. The project will conduct vocational training for participants developed in consultation with sector experts. They will then receive practical training in the center's workshops where they will receive immediate technical support and the opportunity to apply the skills they have learned in the training courses, We will restore the tourist site for which the agreement was signed with the Ministry of Tourism

This project seeks to build on the current livelihood projects in Madaba Governorate.

The overall goal of this project is to create economic and civic engagement opportunities for youth in Jordan through self-employment and collaboration with CBOs and local officials.

The project will achieve this goal through the following objectives:

1. Increase employment and entrepreneurship skills of 30 youth from Madaba

2. Increase 3 Community-based organizations (CBOs) response to youth economic growth issues by actively coordinating with youth and local governments to create an enabling environment for youth employment.

The project will result in:

1- Enrolling 30 youths in the entrepreneurial soft and technical skills training program handcraft and cuisine

2- Restoring an archaeological site dating back to the Ottoman era through the participation of the local community in the restoration work and increasing community awareness of the importance of the antiquities through their participation in the restoration work

That aims to secure vulnerable Jordanians by providing cash for training and work throughout the existing Business Definition Area at Dar Al Saraya. This initiative is not only beneficial for the vulnerable population but also helps in promoting the site as a tourist destination and contributes to the Jordanian economy.