Japan grants bus to Queen Zain Al Sharaf Charitable Association in Tafileh

AMMAN — The Japanese government on Tuesday granted a school bus to Queen Zain Al Sharaf Charitable Association in a handover ceremony held at one of the association’s kindergartens, in Tafileh, southern Jordan.

The deputy chief of the Japanese mission to Jordan, Masahiro Tada, handed the bus over to Yusra Shebailat, head of the association’s administrative board, in the presence of Social Development Director for Tafileh Governorate Abdallah Soqour.

According to a statement that was sent to The Jordan Times, the bus will be utilised for transporting mothers who will participate in the vocational trainings provided by the association as well, the statement said.

In 2018, Japan extended to the association a $49,293 grant for the implementation of “The Project for Provision of Bus to Kindergarten Children in Tafileh”, under the Japanese Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects, the statement highlighted.