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07 December 2003
Jordanian community helps achieve MDGs thru ICT 
Amman: The United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme celebrated International Volunteer Day (IVD) by inaugurating an information technology community centre at the Al Moqarieyh Community Association, Showback in Jordan on 5 December.  Read article
From: UN Volunteers Jordan
08 August 2003
MIDDLE EASTERN COMMUNITIES EMBRACE CLEAN UP 
Individuals and communities from across the Middle East are uniting with a common goal to combat polluted waterways, declining water quality and the growing amount of waste as part of Clean Up the World 2003.  Read article
12 May 2003
Jordan’s Queen Noor planned to be a volunteer 
Williamsburg: The widow of Jordan’s King Hussein, Queen Noor, said that she had earlier planned to become a Peace Corps volunteer before joining the royal family.  Read article
18 February 2003
Jordan announces winner of first Volunteer of the Year Award 
Amman, Jordan: Jordan’s Princess Basma Bint Talal, the sister of the late King Hussein, today presented the first Volunteer of the Year award to Al Tayeb Ahmad Al Zuwairi, a retired head teacher from the southern village of Al Maqar'iyah near Shobak where he runs the local Society for Social Development.  Read article
From: UN Volunteers Jordan
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27 November 2002
Jordan: IVD Preparations "From Heart to Hands" by Duygu Pekmen
The basic principles underlying volunteerism are at the very core of the United Nations concern to meet people's needs, protect their rights, and help give them a voice (Support for volunteering, Report of the Secretary General, title 52, 2001).  Read article
From: UN Volunteers, Germany

 

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Remarkable progress of volunteer movement in Jordan 
HRH Princess Basma, who was an honorary person for the International Year of Volunteers in 2001, on Thursday underscored "the remarkable progress of the volunteer movement" since the UNV programme was introduced to Jordan in 2000.  Visit site
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