Hikmat Road Safety, an initiative that aims to help reduce the number of traffic accidents in Jordan, has completed 500 football fields within public schools serving more than 150,000 children.

It accomplished this in a record six months overcoming many hurdles and obstacles, a statement said.

Through the strict and practical adherence to its "More with Less" philosophy,  Hikmat Road Safety was able to keep the  cost per field to under $300, while serving on average 300 children per field making the average cost per child as low as one dollar.

These fields provide an outlet for Jordanian children to play safely away from road traffic, stay away from any negative influence of streets, lead a healthy life through exercise, learn to team and how to deal with failure, the statement added.

“We are demonstrating that through smart and hard work, effective collaboration with government, local communities and supporters, we can overcome challenges and deliver results on the ground with less talk and complain,” Maher Kaddoura, founder of Hikmat Road Safety.

“We will continue to work closely with our partners Ministry of Education, Greater Amman Municipality, and Central Traffic Department to complete additional 500 fields by early summer making the total 1000 fields serving more than 300,000 children,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service