Outings for disadvantaged children. Combining learning and fun. Offering new experiences. Teaching new skills.
Thanks to Bank of Jordan’s invitation we were able to take 16 children from an orphan society in Al Hussein Camp on a fun and educational visit to The Children’s Museum Jordan, followed by snacks (kindly provided by Shepherd Hotel), games and gifts. STEPS volunteers made sure everything ran smoothly. Read more…
Thanks to Chef Quraish Resto Cafe in Abu Nsair (Amman) we were able to invite children from Al Hussein Camp for an activity-filled FUNDAY of cooking, food and games. Thank you to Chef Quraish and the STEPS volunteers who made the outing possible and helped the children to learn so Read more…
Al Nisr Al Arabi Insurance sponsored us this Summer and some of their staff had the chance to join us on follow up FUNDAY visits to Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ Libraries which we set up over the past couple of years in all the Jordanian governorates. Today we went Read more…
With the support of Al-Nisr Al-Arabi Insurance and the participation of their staff we made a visit to another library, this time in Dhaher Al Saru, Jerash at the Jordanian Society for Human Development. The Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ library had been set up there since 2016 and received Read more…
Thanks to the generous support of Al-Nisr Al-Arabi Insurance and the participation of their staff we were able to organize a lovely visit with the children of East Arenba Ladies’ Cooperative Society near Madaba where we had set up a Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ library last year. Among the Read more…
A great time was spent in Baqaa camp with a fun Magic for Smiles show by a magician visiting from England. Thank you to Magic for Smiles for the great opportunity and for all those who had a part in making this special FUNDAY possible, including the group of volunteers Read more…
A great time filled with joy and smiles for the lovely children of the Healing and Health Bank Society in Ruseifeh. Thank you, Magic for Smiles, for the great opportunity. Magician Jamie Jibberish, who had come all the way from Oxford, England, brought lots of fun and excitement that day. Read more…
This lively FUNDAY was dedicated to renewing children’s interest in a library set up by STEPS in 2010 in Sal near Irbid, sponsored by Mr. Osama AlSharif. Thirty children joined the quizzes, read and enjoyed discovering – or re-discovering – books full of fun stories and information. Thank you to Read more…
Thank you to Aboud from Stereo 48 Dance Troupe for teaching another class of hip hop at an orphan society in Al Hussein Camp. Thank you also to STEPS volunteers Hedaia, Luzan and Khaled Karam (who took the photos). All the best with your upcoming dance tours in Europe, Aboud Read more…
Thank you again to the main sponsor of the Yalla Niqra / ‘Let’s Read’ initiative this year, Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation’s 2018 Grant. The initiative includes the setting up of and follow up visits to 7 libraries in 7 governorates, as well as a donation of 125 additional books each Read more…