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Transforming Lives Through Vital Support: UMR and Careem for Business Unite to Make a Difference

[Amman, Jordan] — A powerful partnership between UMR and Careem for Business has been forged, igniting a wave of positive change that is set to transform lives. With a shared commitment to making the world a better place, this collaboration is putting a spotlight on a cause that deeply resonates – improving the lives of kidney dialysis patients who depend on daily treatments. Together, these two entities are leveraging their resources and expertise to create a seamless transportation solution that is revolutionizing access to critical care.

The impact of this partnership is especially significant for kidney dialysis patients who rely on treatments at the Prince Hamza Hospital. Through this innovative alliance, the gap between home and medical facility is being bridged, leading to unprecedented ease in accessing vital care. With a united vision of a more compassionate and healthier world, UMR and Careem for Business are breaking down barriers and opening doors to new possibilities.

Each ride facilitated by this partnership is more than just a means of transportation – it symbolizes a lifeline infused with hope, resilience, and unwavering support. These patients, often the most vulnerable members of our community, are finding their journeys to medical care transformed into moments of positivity and promise.

Through this innovative partnership, UMR and Careem for Business are exemplifying the potential for private entities to drive positive social change. By aligning their missions, they are not only transforming the experiences of kidney dialysis patients but also setting an inspiring precedent for the broader corporate world.

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As refugees, women have to serve as the main breadwinners and caretakers. They support themselves and their families without community support. 

The majority of Syrian women in Jordan have skills in many things. Such as – handicrafts, clothes, school uniforms, soaps, and cosmetic creation and recycling.

Story of Fatima

Fatima* sought refuge in Jordan with her family in 2020. She tried looking for job opportunities. But unfortunately could not join the market due to government restrictions.

UMR has sensitized its network with the private sector, youth, and social entrepreneurs. All of us should work together to solve the social and economic problems that young women in Jordan face. UMR’s Jasmine Program empowers women financially through skills and business training. 

UMR aims to teach women how to turn their abilities into marketable skills. This will allow them to survive and prosper. Fatima joined UMR’s Jasmine Project and is now the breadwinner of her family. She is the team leader for the project. She makes enough money each month to support her family. Besides, she helps other women like her.

Direct Impact

225 women will directly benefit from the Jasmine Project, aged 18-50. 80% of them are Syrians, and 20% are Jordanians from Amman.

Indirect Impact

1,125 family members of this project will benefit indirectly. Another 10,000 private and business Jasmine customers will also benefit.

In Future

Jasmine’s future goal is to build its participants’ capacity and accredit its courses. UMR also plans to teach them practical entrepreneurial skills to develop a website. Teach them e-marketing, and visit some international exhibitions so that they can promote Jasmine’s activities as a women-led company.

Jasmine’s training is not limited to community women. But also targets the youth in universities and schools during summer break. The goal is to teach them professional crafts and handicrafts.

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Cataract Missions – Life with Blindness

Cataract accounts for 30%-50% of blindness in most African and Asian countries. In impoverished countries, eliminating blindness and repairing vision returns four times the investment. This places eliminating avoidable blindness among the most effective interventions available. Cataract surgeries are life-changing and require no follow-up visits.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) “Cataracts are the primary cause of blindness and visual impairment. It has about 20 million cases and 5 million new cases each year.”

Life With Hearing Loss and Deafness

Loss of hearing can happen for many reasons. Such as –

• Genetic Causes, 
• Complications At Birth, 
• Certain Infectious Diseases, 
• Chronic Ear Infections, 
• The Use Of Particular Drugs, 
• Exposure To Excessive Noise, and 
• Aging.

Loss of hearing means that you can’t hear as well as someone with normal hearing. It means that your hearing level is at least 25 dB in both ears. Loss of hearing can happen in one or both ears. This makes it hard to understand words or hear loud noises.

Hard of hearing means hearing loss ranging from mild to severe. Hard-of-hearing people communicate using :

• Spoken language, 
• Hearing aids, 
• Cochlear implants, and 
• Other equipment.

Deafness is profound hearing loss. It implies very little or no hearing in an individual. They often use sign language for communication.

• 60% of hearing loss is because of preventable causes, in children under the age of 15.

• 1.1 billion individuals are at risk of hearing loss due to exposure to high noise. High risk for ages between 12–35 years.

• Over one-third of people over 65 years of age are affected by disabling hearing loss. Greater prevalence in South Asia, Asia Pacific and sub-Saharan Africa.

• The current production of hearing aids meets less than 10% of the worldwide need.

UMR Interventions

Since 2016, UMR has sent cataract surgery missions to Kenya, Jordan, and Bangladesh. UMR provides quality medical care to the elderly, disabled, refugees, and vulnerable. Many of them live without family or government support. We have helped them by healing curable blindness. Our kind contributors have funded over 1,000 cataract procedures. In this process, we have collaborated with partner NGOs and Ministries of Health. Our $100-per-eye operations are 100% successful with no problems.

Since 2016, UMR has sent cataract surgery missions to Kenya, Jordan, and Bangladesh. UMR provides quality medical care to the elderly, disabled, refugees, and vulnerable. Many of them live without family or government support. We have helped them by healing curable blindness. Our kind contributors have funded over 1,000 cataract procedures. In this process, we have collaborated with partner NGOs and Ministries of Health. Our $100-per-eye operations are 100% successful with no problems.

Hearing Aid in Palestine/Jordan

UMR partnered with Community Rehabilitation Centre for the Disabled/Gaza camp (CRCD) – UNRWA. Our aim is to integrate disabled people into their communities. Also, we are trying to improve their living conditions. The center assisted UMR with its local program team and project need assessment. Phonak Jordan performed all medical exams, measurements, and modeling before distributing the hearing devices and gave UMR a considerable discount. It offered 2 years of device maintenance and monitoring in Jordan.

UMR’s Hearing Aid project helps Palestinian refugees in Gaza/Jerash camp and Syrian refugees in random camps in Al-Mafraq. We have helped people with no health benefits and social security numbers.

Lastly

When thousands of people in a community suffer from health issues, it can be nearly impossible for a society to grow and become self-sustainable. At UMR, we believe that in order to improve the quality of life in a community, everyone must have access to primary healthcare. That’s why we have launched this cataract & hearing aid mission.

As we continue our mission to help beneficiaries, we will be providing free cataract surgeries and hearing aids to as many people as possible.

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“The number of people fleeing war, persecution and conflict exceeded 70 million globally last year – the highest number in the UN refugee agency’s almost 70 years of operations.” – UN

Refugees and displaced people are the most vulnerable people on the planet, suffering daily without sufficient housing, access to medicine, doctors, food, or clean water. As the crisis worsens, more and more people are depending on humanitarian agencies like UMR to fill the gaps.

Each year during Ramadan, UMR delivers food packages filled with nutritious items such as beans, rice, flour, oil, canned goods, and more to reach people that have absolutely nothing. We have spoken with families begging for help, telling our field staff that without these resources, they will die.

“Me and my children are fasting. What will we eat to break our fast? My children are begging me for food and water!”

This Ramadan, these families desperately need your help. Please #PassThePlate to a child in need!

Where We Are Working

What We Are Providing

We are providing many necessary items to the helpless families. Here are some of them-

Food Baskets

UMR delivers food packages containing items such as rice, flour, sugar, oil, beans, lentils, tomato paste, pasta, bread, and canned goods.

Water & Sanitation

In addition, we will be building water wells in Pakistan, Somalia and Kenya to ensure that some of the poorest communities are able to find clean drinking water, and prevent the spread of diseases.

Orphan Protection

Children are some of the most vulnerable among these already struggling communities. That is why UMR prioritizes the safety and well-being of children and orphans by providing them with healthcare, education, nutrition and a chance at a future.

Iftars

Each year UMR hosts iftar dinners throughout the month of Ramadan. Last year we were able to serve thousands of people in Yemen and Gaza with warm, nutritious meals.

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More than 28,000 Palestinian refugees reside in the Irbid refugee camp. This is one of the four camps established in Jordan following the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Over time, the camp has also become a temporary home for hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees. They have fled their homes due to the ongoing Syrian civil war. 

The convergence of two refugee populations is causing strain. Jordan’s public resources are significantly affected. These resources include health and education.

Socio-economic Challenges and Poverty

A FaFo report from 2013 states that around 31% of Palestine refugees in Irbid camps live below the national poverty line. These families’ economic struggles make proper education for their children challenging. This, in turn, leads to higher dropouts and low retention rates among school children in the camp.

Strain on Public Resources

The influx of Syrian refugees has stretched Jordan’s public resources to their breaking point. Around 80 Jordanian schools, mainly in impoverished areas in the north, have implemented two daily school sessions. This is done to accommodate the increased number of students.

This strain has caused concerns among the local population. Because they are witnessing the negative impact on their hospitals and schools also.

Education Challenges and Lack of Life Skills

Children in Irbid camps face various challenges related to education. Early marriage and labor over schooling worsen the situation. 

There is a lack of emphasis on teaching interpersonal and social skills. These are crucial for the holistic development and psychosocial well-being of children.

UMR’s iFuture Project

UMR’s iFuture project aims to take necessary steps for the children in the Irbid camp. It addresses the education and overall development challenges faced by children. 

The project focuses on empowering children through education, interpersonal skills, and leadership training. To achieve this, UMR will utilize an electronic and digital platform. It will provide students with tablets to access online lessons prepared by coaches.

Alignment with Development Goals

The iFuture project is designed in alignment with Sustainable Development Goal 4. It aims to ensure inclusive, equitable quality education for all. It also promotes lifelong learning opportunities.

The project also aligns with the Ministry of Education’s strategic plan. This is for lifelong learning and non-formal education, ensuring its relevance and sustainability.

Target Beneficiaries and Support

The project aims to help 100 orphaned children. There will be 50 girls and 50 boys, with 30% being Syrian and 70% being Jordanian-Palestinian. Twenty percent of these kids have quit school to go to work. Eighty percent have trouble in school because of their family’s financial situation. 

Refugee families will get money from the project every month for a year. This will help them to pay for their children’s schooling and daily needs. UMR will also work with UNHCR, UNRWA, the Ministry of Social Development (MoSD), and other INGOs. The goal is to help families find more ways to get money.

Holistic Approach to Child Development

UMR will help children with their schoolwork. We will also give them- 

• Mentors, 
• Psychosocial and awareness classes, 
• Sports, 
• Games, and 
• Other things to do. 

The goal of these programs is to help children grow physically and mentally. We want to make sure they are healthy in every way.

Dropouts and retention are on the rise between school children in Irbid camps. In addition to the socio-economic conditions that force families and children to resort to negative coping mechanisms like early marriage and mis-prioritizing work over education. Another significant challenge is the lack of introducing interpersonal and social skills to school children and refugees for the advancement of life skills and psychosocial growth.

UMR’s iFuture project aims to resolve challenges regarding education and the overall progress of the child’s social and intellectual health. UMR hopes to empower children by providing them with education, interpersonal skills, and leadership skills.

UMR designed iFuture in line with the Sustainable Development Goal.4: To ensure inclusive, equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all and the MoE strategic plan for lifelong learning and non-formal education.

The project targets 100 orphan children (50% girls and 50% boys, 30% Syrians and 70% Jordanians-Palestinians, aged 7-16) 20% of them are dropped out of schools to join the market, and 80% have poor school performance due to socio-economic conditions. Therefore, financial support will be provided to refugee families with monthly cash assistance for 12 months to accommodate school and life cost challenges. To sustain the project, UMR will link families with other financial assistance systems through its cooperation with UNHCR, UNRWA and MoSD, and INGOs in Irbid. UMR will provide children with mentors, psychosocial and awareness sessions, sports, games, and other activities to help the physical and mental development of a child.

[1] http://www.dpa.gov.jo/page.php?85-85

[2]https://www.unrwa.org/where-we-work/jordan/irbid-camp

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