Al-Aman Fund for the Future of Orphans has received a grant from the World Bank Youth Innovation Fund in support of “Woman-to-Woman Mentoring and Capacity Building” initially targeting orphaned young women in Jordan.

“Woman–to-Woman” aims at helping 18-21 year old orphaned young women develop their professional and life skills.  With the support of the project, these young women are introduced to job opportunities and successful women as role models, while working in a secure environment. 

The project places female graduates of orphan care centres in paid internship programmes within organisations managed or led by women professionals, where they are coached on life and employability skills.

Al-Aman Fund was selected on the basis of its experience in managing post-orphanage support programs for graduating youth. All interns targeted by the initiative are Al-Aman Fund beneficiaries.

In addition to working with the project team to identify suitable internship opportunities, Al-Aman Fund also manages the relationships between business owners and the young interns. The Fund is responsible for the application and selection process, monitoring interns’ attendance and overall management of the project.

A number of businesses have already offered interns full-time and part-time jobs. Other businesses have promised future job opportunities to the interns upon receiving their education diplomas.

Based on its initial success, Al-Aman Fund is planning to extend the initiative to include orphaned male youth. The knowledge the beneficiaries will acquire during the course of the project will be transferred to other orphans through peer learning workshops and seminars.

In addition, Al-Aman Fund has organised an out-of-office training workshop to complement the skills the interns are learning at work.

“Sustainability of the initiative is an important drive for these young men and women to become productive members of society. Our partnership with Al-Aman Fund and members of the business community has demonstrated the criteria for success and scaling up the experience to benefit and empower disadvantaged youth,” said World Bank representative in Jordan Ziad Badr. – TradeArabia News Service