One of the most rewarding and empowering feelings is to actively support a cause we feel passionate about. There are many ways to do this, you can always donate money for example, but if you don’t have the finances to do so, you can instead donate your time. If you are looking for a volunteer opportunity in Amman, below you can find a list, organized by category, of non-profit organizations looking for a little extra manpower to run their cause.
See a charity that is missing? Add it in the comments below & I’ll add it to the list.
Sport
Squash Dreamers
Squash Dreamers is dedicated to training Syrian refugee girls in Jordan to become competitive squash players. We also provide English language education.
Reclaim Childhood
RC is a non-profit based in Amman, Jordan which offers sports programs to Arab girls and women from at-risk refugee communities.
Right to Play
Right To Play Jordan was established in 2006, targeting children and youth in the most vulnerable areas of Jordan. Its aim was to enhance the equality of education within the Jordanian formal education frameworks. In addition to using sports for comprehensive child and youth development including psychosocial support, life skills, and community cohesion.
7Hills Skatepark
7Hills Skatepark is a community built skatepark in Jabal al Weibdeh where volunteers organize classes for refugees and Jordanians to give them a safe environment for sport & development.
Refugees
Collateral Repair Project
Collateral Repair Project (CRP) is a grassroots refugee aid organization located in East Amman, a neighborhood home to a growing number of urban refugees from Syria and Iraq. Our bifold programming focuses on providing emergency assistance and community building workshops. Monthly food vouchers, medical support, fuel, and clothing are among the many services covered by our emergency assistance program. Likewise, our community center in Hashemi Shamali is home to several support groups for teens and adults, as well as English classes, a women’s craft co-op, yoga classes, and more.
Volunteer application: collateralrepairproject.org/intern-or-volunteer-with-us/
Greening the Camps
Greening The Camps is a non-profit organization that designs, develops, builds and maintains rooftop gardens in Palestinian refugee camps. The project is driven by our passion for environment and earth care, our understanding of urban design and its toolsets. Sharing and gathering knowledge, as well as creating a truly sustainable livelihood are closely linked with our devotion to enrich impoverished urban and camp areas. The multi-layered process is, on every level, guided by the ideas and desires of the local community with whom we work. Through reconnecting displaced communities with food production from urban agricultural practices, we try to create opportunities for local empowerment and economic development.
Volunteer application: greeningthecamps.com/volunteering/
Education
Paper Airplanes
Paper Airplanes is a nonprofit using Skype to provide free, one-on-one language and skills instruction to people affected by conflict so they can pursue education, secure employment, and ultimately, rebuild their lives.
Volunteer application: paper-airplanes.org/get-involved
I Learn
I Learn is a non-profit initiative that employs a community-based approach to empower youth and children in disenfranchised communities. Through informal education, youth volunteerism, and global partnerships we seek to establish safe spaces that encourage innovation, intellectual growth, and critical thinking.
LOYAC
LOYAC is a nonprofit organization working towards the overall development of the youth. We design and develop many programs to facilitate the professional development and personal growth of the youth, ages 6 to 30.
RBK
Rebooting the lives of refugees and Jordanians through immersive computer programming training.
Animals
Al Rahmeh Association for Animals in Jordan
Al Rahmeh is dedicated to improving the lives of animals through rescue projects, adoption, fostering and education.
The Humane Center for Animal Welfare
The Humane Center for Animal Welfare HCAW was established on September 20, 2000 as a Non for Profit Organization (NPO) to promote the welfare of animals in Jordan.
Malath Canaan Rescue Jordan
Canaan Rescue Jordan-Malath is a non-profit organization registered in Jordan-NGO# 398. We are a foster-based network of volunteers in Jordan and the United States. We rescue, rehabilitate and re-home the local dogs.
Appeal to Support Jordan’s Pets and Animals*
A group on Facebook where you can find ways to help animals in need in Amman.
*Not a registered non-profit, but a good hub to find out more about helping animals in Jordan.
Medical
Operation Smile
Operation Smile’s mission is to mobilize a world of generous hearts to heal children’s smiles and transform lives across the globe. They accomplish this by organizing medical missions to provide free of charge surgeries to children from Jordan and neighboring countries.
Orphans
ONE LOVE
ONE LOVE program is focused on helping key groups of orphans and children in need.
ONE LOVE team is first of all friends of the orphans, we bring them hope and comfort, give them a home with love and a future with promises. The orphans need love first and with love, it makes all the difference!
Society
STEPS
STEPS is a local not-for-profit charitable organization which offers practical aid in many sectors of Jordanian society. STEPS makes a difference by initiating, supporting and implementing projects that benefit children, youth, families, and society at large. STEPS is dedicated to community service by providing Support, Training, Education, Purpose, and Service, to help achieve a dignified quality of life for everyone. In teamwork with like-minded dedicated professionals, donors, and service-oriented organizations, STEPS is bringing hope and change to many.
URI MENA
URI MENA is dedicated to promote enduring and daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence, and to create cultures of peace.
Junior Chamber International (JCI)
JCI (Junior Chamber International) is a worldwide community of young active citizens who are changing the world, one community at a time.
Partners-Jordan
Partners-Jordan is a Jordanian not for profit organization, committed to advance civil society, promoting mediation, conflict management and culture of change, and encouraging citizen participation in Jordan’s social and political development.
Hello Chelsea, very nice site. Can I suggest that you add Ruwwad El Tanmiya community service establishment at Jabal Natheef. It has several projects and is making a big difference in people’s lives
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Hi Rula, thanks! I will reach out to them for more info about how people can volunteer 🙂
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Hello, i’m currently doing my internship in the 7hillsSkatepark @Amman (Jabal al Webdeh). We organize classes for refugees and Jordanians to give them a safe environment for sport & development.
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Hi Korneel. That sounds like an awesome initiative. I will write 7hills to get more info about how others can join!
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