Flagship Program · ACCESS

Inclusion as infrastructure,
not as charity.

AID 012970/01/8 — a 24-month program improving socio-healthcare services for children and youth with neuropsychomotor disabilities across six Jordanian governorates. Coordinated by ProSud; co-funded by the Italian Cooperation (AICS).

Duration
Jan 2025 — Jan 2027
Coverage
6 governorates
Beneficiaries
250 children · 250 families
Lead partner
ProSud · with AICS & RIIFS
Overview

A two-year framework, six governorates.

ACCESS equips six first-aid centres across Jordan with neuropsychomotor rehabilitation (NPR) equipment, trains healthcare staff on disability-inclusive care through a Training-of-Trainers model, and supports children and youth (0–17) and their families through coordinated rehabilitation programmes. It is the Order of Malta Jordan's flagship engagement through January 2027.

The programme is led by Progetto Sud (ProSud) as the applicant entity, with Order of Malta Jordan NGO and the Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS) as project partners. Local implementation runs through OLOPC (Our Lady of Peace Center, five centres) and JOHUD (Jordanian Hashemite Fund for Human Development, Mutah centre), with the Italian Hospital of Karak as clinical reference. Co-funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS).

Implementation covers six governorates — Amman, Mafraq, Zarqa, Ajloun, Aqaba, and Karak — with centres located in Amman, Mafraq, Zarqa, Anjara, Aqaba, and Mutah. The programme has two pillars: a socio-healthcare pillar (equipment, training, rehabilitation services) and a social inclusion pillar (an SH-HUB providing orientation, community seminars across all six governorates, and an international forum on health rights and inclusion).

Where we work

Six governorates, one standard.

I.
Amman
Capital governorate — partner first-aid centre and central training site.
II.
Mafraq
Northern governorate with a large refugee population — partner OLOPC centre.
III.
Zarqa
Industrial belt north-east of Amman — second-highest population density in Jordan.
IV.
Ajloun
Northern hill country — partner centre in Anjara.
V.
Aqaba
Southern coast on the Red Sea — partner centre serving the south.
VI.
Karak
Southern governorate — partner JOHUD centre in Mutah; Italian Hospital of Karak provides clinical supervision.
Three outcomes

What inclusion as infrastructure means.

I.

Equipped centres

Six first-aid centres equipped with medical and assistance devices for neuropsychomotor rehabilitation. Direct target: 250 children and youth (0–17) and approximately 250 families across the six governorates.

II.

Staff capacity

A Training-of-Trainers (ToT) curriculum on neuropsychomotor rehabilitation — directly trains 9 healthcare operators (7 OLOPC, 2 JOHUD) who in turn train ~60% more across the partner network.

III.

Community reach

An SH-HUB (fixed and mobile) provides orientation and information to families. Twelve community seminars and one international forum reach approximately 5,000 participants on health rights and social inclusion across the six governorates.

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