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NATIONAL SOCIETY PROFILE
The Jordan National Red Crescent Society was established in 1947 and was admitted to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (IFRC) in 1950. As an independent organisation, the National Society has its own legislation, and its statues were approved by the General Assembly in 1970.
The National Society is among the leading national organizations working with volunteers in the country and it plays an auxiliary role to the Government in the context of humanitarian assistance. The mandate of the Jordan National Red Crescent Society is to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable groups, people affected by armed conflict and natural disasters, and to protect their dignity and rights in a manner that preserves their lives, safety, security, and wellbeing. The Jordan National Red Crescent Society has a network of 10 branches located in 10 governorates which provides support through the implementation of programs related to relief, health, social services, and youth empowerment to the people in Jordan. The National Society volunteers are composed of a trained team on community-based health and first aid approach (CBFHA), Red Crescent Action Teams (RCAT), and relief volunteers trained on distribution of relief items. The National Society has a core team of 400 leader volunteers, each capable of mobilising at least 10 other local volunteers in case of emergency, raising the operational base up to 4,000.
The Jordan National Red Crescent Society owns and manages a 126-bed hospital in Amman which includes five operation rooms, one intensive care unit, a kidney dialysis unit, an emergency department, an imaging unit, a laboratory, one pharmacy, and one blood bank. The National Society also manages an outpatient clinic for Syrian refugees as well as a mobile clinic for outreach health programs.
The National Society implements programs and humanitarian interventions in the following main domains:
- Relief activities such as relief item distribution, cash and vouchers assistance, winterization projects, and seasonal food parcels distribution
- Health activities which cover primary, secondary, and some tertiary healthcare services
- Social and livelihood activities which includes vocational training programs at the National Society’s vocational centre specially for women, techno-educational program for youth, and community development projects
In 2022, the Jordan National Red Crescent Society reached 2,671 people through its long-term services and development programmes, and more than 140,000 people through its disaster response and early recovery programmes.