AMACC is an entity has integral approach which include both a profit and non-profit activities which consists of a group of experienced individuals working in Mine Action in Jordan
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Email: Yasser@amacc-jo.org
ِAMACC LTD
Pr. Muhammad St. 21163 Irbid, JO
Risk Education
RE team deploy several ways for delivering safety messages to the targeted beneficiaries based on the gender, age of targeted communities -taking into consideration gender balance- like; Acting -Role playing, Indoctrination (direct teaching) Playing (e.g. football), Drawing, Audio and video presentation (clip movies), Discussion groups,…etc. the purpose is to ensure that the safety messages delivered and understood by the targeted beneficiaries in easy and right way.
The role of RE team is to raise awareness of Mine/ERW risks and threats among women, men, girls and boys (civilians, refugees and IDPs) including displaced people through informing them about the hazards of mines and ERWs in the countries that are suffering from the armed conflict, the type of marking signs, exact locations of cleared or marked areas, and how they should deal if they saw any indicators for risk, planned demining activities. Finally, RE team ensure that the targeted beneficiaries (refugees, IDPs, or civilians) addressing the risks they might encounter in the at-risk communities or once they can return to their homes in the future.
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The RE project has been financed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia and its Development Cooperation program through ITF Enhancing Human Security
RE project for Syrian refugees in Jordan designed mainly to achieve the following goals:
- Raising awareness of landmine/ERW risks and threats
- Promoting safe behaviour among the Syrian refugees in Jordan and thereby minimizing the number of possible landmines/ERW victims upon their repatriation.
- Reducing the social and economic impact from landmines and ERW
- Providing targeted group with general awareness and safety messages in order to minimise the risk of accidents
- Establishing proper safety procedures
- Avoiding contact with various explosive devices
- Taking appropriate action in emergency situations involving mine/ERW incidents
- Taking appropriate action in case of accidental entry into a dangerous area
The project targeted Syrian refugees in Jordan as follows;
- Syrian refugees between the ages of 7 and 18 in Jordanian schools.
- Syrian refugees between the ages of 7 and +26 in charities, UNHCR and Azraq Camps
The project period: in Jan 2017 – July 2022
AMACC delivered approximately 1676 sessions for 61964 beneficiaries in Irbid governorate, UNHCR , charities and Azraq Camps till Feb 2022
- The project also aims to create an ideal society, which in turn will educate the rest of the affected communities to eliminate accidents caused by mines and remnants of war and minimize losses and human casualties
- the project works to develop the capacity of communities to interact with mine action services and to ensure that these mine action services are responsive to community requests;
- local people in target areas are mobilized to become focal points for the mine/ERW problems in their communities through the establishment of Mine/ERW Committees at village, sub-district and district level
- the project works to establish links with community development organizations to assist with development projects for individuals, groups or communities at risk, and with victim assistance projects for the reintegration of individuals injured by mines and ERW
Targeted Provinces: Basra, Thi Qar, Maysan, and Muthana
The project started in 1 Aug 16 and still ongoing
