Jordan’s volunteerism celebrated as winners of Prince Hussein Award honoured

AMMAN — Deputising for HRH Crown Prince Hussein, Minister of Youth and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Prince Al-Hussein Ibn Abdullah II Award for Voluntary Work Yazan Shdeifat on Wednesday honoured the winners of the award in its second edition.

Shdeifat highlighted that the Jordanian society has embraced the values and principles of volunteerism since the establishment of the Jordanian state, fostering a social fabric characterised by solidarity and mutual support, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The minister added that the Crown Prince launched the award to celebrate International Volunteer Day, aiming to promote the culture of volunteerism and recognise the efforts of individuals, teams, and institutions contributing to sustainable community development.

The highest recognition award in the field of volunteer work, organised by the Ministry of Youth in partnership with the Crown Prince Foundation and UNICEF, received over 8,000 applications in various fields, including social, health, educational, sports, artistic, cultural, environmental, tourism, entrepreneurship, and training sectors.

The winners were evaluated based on the four categories of the award: individual volunteer work, group volunteer work, volunteer work by non-profit organisations, and volunteer work by for-profit organisations.

In the individual volunteer work category, Mahmoud Nabulsi won first place for his initiative "Ezwetti", which provides free daily meals to those in need.  

In the group volunteer work category, the "Litazhou Madarisuna Al Tatawia" (For Our Schools to Flourish) initiative won first place for its efforts to improve public schools through renovation and maintenance.  

In the non-profit organisations category, Himmetna Charitable Association won for its initiative "Rehabilitation and Development of Health Centres and Hospital Departments", aiming to provide high-quality healthcare for underprivileged communities.  

In the for-profit organisations category, Orange Company took first place for its "Coding Academy" initiative, which offers free programming language training and employment skills for students.