Manaseer Group support for Generations For Peace expansion in Jordan

The group’s support will enable Generations For Peace to reach more Jordanian youth

throughout the Kingdom.

12 June 2017 – Amman, Jordan: Generations For Peace today announced a new partnership with

Manaseer Group, which will add crucial support to Generations For Peace programmes in schools and

youth centres throughout Jordan, promoting youth leadership and resilience, to strengthen social

cohesion and reduce violence.

Manaseer Group, the Jordan-based holding company, is a brand recognised nation-wide, and this

partnership furthers Manaseer Group’s commitment to corporate social responsibility and local

communities, with a special focus on empowering youth to lead activities in Governorates throughout

Jordan. Manaseer Group’s support is a boost to Generations For Peace’s expanding activities in more

than 100 schools and youth centres in Jordan.

Mr. Ziad Al Manaseer, Chairman, Manaseer Group, said: "We are very happy to support the important

work of Generations For Peace in schools and youth centres across Jordan. We are impressed to see

that their innovative activities to engage youth are delivering concrete results. Together, Generations

For Peace and Manaseer Group, are looking to the future and building stronger communities by

focusing on youth leadership, community empowerment, active tolerance and responsible

citizenship."

Dr. Mohanned Arabiat, the newly appointed president of Generations For Peace, said: "Manaseer

Group’s support is an example of the Jordanian private sector taking corporate social responsibility

seriously and leveraging the expertise of local non-governmental organisations, such as Generations

For Peace. Through this partnership, more Jordanian youth throughout Jordan will have the opportunity

to work within their communities and to acquire skills that will help them become more active citizens."

This partnership builds on a smaller pilot partnership in 2016 in which Manaseer Group supported the

2016 Generations For Peace Samsung Advanced Training. Generations For Peace programmes work

in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Youth, the Jordanian Hashemite Fund for

Human Development, and UNICEF.

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Manaseer Group support for Generations For Peace expansion in Jordan

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

GENERATIONS FOR PEACE

Generations For Peace (GFP) is a Jordan-based global non-profit organisation founded and chaired by

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, dedicated to sustainable peace building and conflict transformation

through sport, arts, advocacy, dialogue and empowerment.

By providing unique training and continuous support and mentoring to volunteer leaders of youth, GFP

empowers them to lead and cascade change in their communities, promoting active tolerance and

responsible citizenship and working at the grassroots to address local issues of conflict and violence.

GFP uses sport as an entry point to engage with children and youth, and our carefully-facilitated sportbased

games provide a vehicle for integrated education and behaviour change. In addition to our sportbased

approaches, GFP has also developed arts, advocacy, dialogue, and empowerment activities to

support conflict transformation with children, youth and adults in different contexts.

In the last ten years, we have trained and mentored more than 9,652 volunteer leaders of youth in 50

countries in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. With our support, their ongoing programmes

address local issues of conflict and violence, and have touched the lives of more than 380,983 children,

youth and adults.

GFP is ranked 34th in the "Top 500 NGOs in the World" for 2017 by NGO Advisor and is the secondhighest

ranked peace-building NGO in the world. It is also the number one Jordanian NGO on the list.

The ranking assesses non-governmental organisations according to innovation, impact, sustainability

and strong partnerships.

GFP is also the only peace-through-sport organisation officially recognised by the International Olympic

Committee.

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MANASEER GROUP

Manaseer Group’s mission is rooted in a deep commitment towards our citizens and the founding of a

promising future for coming generations that combines quality, knowledge and prosperity. Today

Manaseer Group includes more than 18 companies in addition to partnerships with leading companies

in Jordan, and it employs approximately 10,000 employees in Jordan with investments of up to 2 billion

dollars.

The mission and vision of Manaseer Group focuses on the consolidation of qualitative achievements

that are concentrated in the service of society in Jordan, through the commitment to strengthen the

relationship with the community and its citizens, in addition to support social institutions, charities and

individuals. Manseer Group supports the importance of youth through directing youth potentials to the

field of sport. The group is a sponsor of various championships of Jordanian football at local and global

levels.

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