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Save the Children Jordan

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Save The Children
Company typeNongovernmental
Founded1974
Headquarters
Um Al Summaq, Amman
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Jordan
Key people
Omar Shegem , Board Chairman
Muna Hakooz , Vice-Chair
Website[1]

Save the Children Jordan is located in the Jordanian capital of Amman and represents the Jordanian branch of the UK's Save the Children.[1] Save the Children Jordan was founded in 1974.[2]

As of March 2016, the organization was headed by its CEO, Manal Wazani, and Princess Basma bint Talal.[3] Save the Children has operated in Jordan since 1985 and transitioned to Save the Children International in 2012.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Save the Children Jordan". Save the Children. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Our History". Save the Children Jordan. Archived from the original on 2023-09-11. Retrieved 4 March 2016. Founded in December 1974, under the patronage of HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal, Save the Children Jordan... [joined the international] movement of Save the Children in the early 1990s
  3. ^ "HRH Princess Basma Bint Talal :: Official Website". www.princessbasma.jo. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
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