Caritas Jordan
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Caritas Jordan | |
كاريتاس الأردن | |
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| Established | 1967 |
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| Purpose | humanitarian, development, advocacy |
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| Coordinates | 31°56′54″N 35°55′53″E / 31.9482°N 35.9314°E |
Official language | Arabic, English |
Director General | Wael Sulieman[1] |
| Affiliations | Caritas Internationalis, Caritas Middle East and North Africa |
| Staff | around 400[2] (2024) |
| Volunteers | 3000[3][4] (2020) |
| Website | www |
Caritas Jordan (Arabic: كاريتاس الأردن) is a Jordanian Catholic charitable organisation.[5]
It is a member of the global Caritas Internationalis confederation and of the regional Caritas Middle East and North Africa.
Caritas Jordan was founded in 1967 with the purpose of providing aid to the Palestinian refugees arriving in Jordan as a consequence of the Six-Day War. The organisation was officially registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs on 15 June 1968.[6] Since its inception, Caritas Jordan has continued to work with refugees and people from Jordan experiencing poverty.
In the aftermath of the Gulf War (1990–1991), Caritas Jordan assisted individuals arriving from Iraq. The organisation also supported Iraqi refugees following the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and during the Iraqi civil war (2006–2008). The Syrian civil war, which began in 2011, led to a significant influx of Syrian refugees, and Caritas Jordan provided essential aid to many of them. Additionally, during the War in Iraq (2013–2017), the organisation helped Iraqi refugees arriving in 2014 from the Nineveh Plains and Mosul.[6][7]
