Royal Jordanian has started distributing Charity Clothing Bank containers, enabling its employees to donate clothes, shoes and toys to underprivileged families from across the kingdom.

The containers will be placed at the airline's headquarters in Amman, at the Queen Alia International Airport and at the City Terminal, off the 7th Circle, said a statement.

The airline also donated 7,000 uniform pieces that are not used anymore to benefit people in need.

Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) secretary general Ayman Mifleh expressed gratitude to Royal Jordanian for this initiative that aims to support the Charity Clothing Bank project. He also expressed appreciation for the various activities that RJ held throughout the years in corporation with the JHCO to strengthen the charitable efforts of this organization inside and outside Jordan.

Mifleh met RJ president/CEO Amer Hadidi and said the support provided by the airline will contribute to clothing many people in need; .

He said that the Charity Clothing Bank has managed, since its inception in the fourth quarter of 2013, to clothe around 11,000 underprivileged, and that the bank has adopted a plan to clothe 25,000 needy people from all governorates during 2014. - TradeArabia News Service