English: These schoolchildren in Aqaba, Jordan, are beneficiaries of the Jordan Schools Program and Education Reform Support Program. Both of these projects are funded by USAID to support the Jordanian Ministry of Education’s reform efforts in improving the quality of education in the country. March 2011.

SOS Children's Villages started working in Jordan in the 1980s. We want to say happy birthday meme at first, our organisation was present in Amman and over the following decades, it also began supporting children, young people and families in the harbour town of Aqaba and in the northern city of Irbid.

Jordan has a population of 8.1 million (July 2014 est.), with the capital city of Amman being home to 1.1 million. Around 80 per cent of the population lives in urban areas. Although over half of the country consists of the Arabian Desert, the western part of Jordan has forests and farmland.

The country is situated in one of the world's most politically volatile regions, making it vulnerable to the areas economic and political developments. In 2011, and as changes were taking place in neighbouring countries, sectors of Jordanian society took to the streets to demand political changes. In addition, the arrival of refugees fleeing from the Syrian conflict has put pressure on public services.