Region 9 Meeting Amman, Jordan

 

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AGENDA

 

Friday, December 5


9 AM  Welcome and introduction of participants

9:30 -10:30 AM  FAWCO/The FAWCO Foundation/FAUSA

10:30 -10:50 AM  Coffee break

10:50 -11:30 AM  US updates/ UN- NGO updates and Target project

11:30 AM -12:30 PM  Best practice sharing, membership issues, bylaws, Administrative guidelines, media and communication. Individual membership

Lunch 12:30-1:30 PM

1:30 -3:30 PM  Panel of NGO from refugee organizations discussion of displaced persons and needs


Organizations represented:  US Embassy Regional Refugee Coordinator, Collateral Repair Project, Family KitchenMédecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders), Mercy CorpsSyrian American Medical SocietyUnited Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR)

3:30 -3:45 PM  Coffee break

3:45 -5 PM Participant discussion of ways to help refugee projects

5:30 PM meet in lobby for transportation to Wine and Mezzo reception

6-8 PM Wine and Mezze with a view at the home of Amanda Lane and her husband Samer


Saturday, December 6

9:30 -11:30 AM  Workshop: Personal Displacement - Empowering women and clubs in a time of crisis (125 Things that must be done, Caring and Preparing, Emergency Preparedness, Essential Document Locator, GYST Checklist, GYST Details, Master Information Toolkit, Safety Plan, Terrorism-preparing for the unexpected)

11:30 AM-12:30 PM  Woman to Woman gift bag preparation

Afternoon options:

  • The Citadel
  • Jordan National Museum

5:30 -6:30 PM  Wadi Finan Art: Jabal Amman, Rainbow St., Amman, Jordan 11118


Sunday, December 7

  • Delivery of Woman to Woman gifts to Collateral Repair Project
  • Optional visits to one or more of the women's groups benefitting from the handicraft supply collection.





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