Development fund highlights ‘success in 2014’

By Petra - Dec 24,2014 - Last updated at Dec 24,2014

IRBID — The Development and Employment Fund (DEF) “has succeeded in applying its 2014 strategy” aimed at increasing loans to JD31 million, DEF Director General Abdullah Freij said Wednesday.

At a meeting with members of the Jordan Society for Hearing and Speech in Irbid, Freij said Irbid’s share of DEF support in 2014 reached around JD4 million, which created 3,500 job opportunities in the governorate.

The meeting was held within the society’s celebration of opening its third centre, which is supported by DEF.

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