OLYMPIC REFUGE FOUNDATION AND GENERATIONS FOR PEACE ANNOUNCE NEW PARTNERSHIP IN JORDAN

HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein commends support for programme which will benefit 53,500 Jordanian

and Syrian refugee youth

Thursday April 11th 2019, AMMAN / JORDAN – Generations For Peace has announced a new three-year partnership with the Olympic Refuge Foundation in an effort to improve overall status of the

vulnerable female and male Syrian refugee and Jordanian youth from host communities in Amman,

Irbid, Mafraq, and Zarqa. Working within the frameworks of the existing Generations For Peace

Nashatati ("My Activities") and Maharati ("My Skills") Programmes, this new programme will increase

equal access to sport-based activities for refugee and Jordanian youth in 108 schools and 76 youth

centres across the four Jordanian governorates with the highest number of Syrian refugees.

The partnership includes a grant, which will help Generations For Peace to sustainably engage at-risk

female and male refugee and Jordanian youth through a series of weekly GFP Clubs activities, a

Summer Camp designed to expose youth to a wide range of new sports during the summer breaks,

and the integration of a "Sport For Protection" component developed by the International Olympic

Committee (IOC), the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and

Terre des Hommes. Furthermore, in each aspect of the programme, specific efforts will be taken to

maximise inclusion of hard-to-reach youth, including those with disabilities.

The number of anticipated direct beneficiaries will near 12,000, including 216 teachers and 156 youth

centre workers trained and mentored by Generations For Peace, in addition to 11,600 children and

youth directly participating in activities. An additional 41,600 children and youth are expected to be

indirectly impacted beneficiaries of this programme.

Dr. Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee President and Chairman of the Olympic Refuge

Foundation, stated, "The launching of the Olympic Refuge Foundation in 2017 originally aimed to

support the protection, development, and empowerment of children and youth in vulnerable situations

through sport, and we are proud to be partnering with Generations For Peace to continue working

toward that goal. This partnership helps contribute to the creation of safe and accessible spaces in

which all children and young people can engage in sport and take advantage of its many benefits. The

innovative approach of Generations For Peace only serves to further the impact of such spaces on

those who most need them."

Generations For Peace Founder and Chairman HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein said, "Generations For

Peace is proud to partner with the Olympic Refuge Foundation, working together to expand the unique

impact of our Sport For Peace vehicle to build life skills and social cohesion among male and female

Syrian refugee and Jordanian youth. This collaboration will allow us to further use sport to increase

vulnerable Syrian and Jordanian youth’s resilience to violence, foster their feelings of protection and

belonging, support them in the process of empowerment, help them actively contribute to the betterment

of Jordanian host communities, and strengthen their overall tolerance, acceptance, and social cohesion

between and among one another."

The Olympic Refuge Foundation was jointly established by the IOC and UNHCR to build on a longstanding relationship aimed at bringing sports to some of the world’s most disadvantaged children and

youth. With its continued support, this programme will run until late 2021 and impact over 53,500 male

and female Syrian refugee and Jordanian children, youth, and adults.

GENERATIONS FOR PEACE

Generations For Peace (GFP) is a Jordan-based global non-profit organisation founded by HRH Prince Feisal Al

Hussein, dedicated to sustainable peacebuilding 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 sport-based

activities provide a vehicle for integrated education and behaviour change. In addition to the sport-based

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 11 years, we have trained and mentored more than 11,447 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 522,251 children, youth and adults.

GFP is ranked 30

th in the "Top 500 NGOs in the World" for 2018 by NGO Advisor and is the second-highest ranked

peacebuilding NGO in the world. It is also the number one Jordanian NGO on the list. The ranking assesses nongovernmental 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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