{"id":2551,"date":"2018-11-28T15:10:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2018-11-28T15:10:14","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T15:10:14","slug":"jordan-receives-1-3-million-in-aid-from-hungary-for-community-projects-jerusalem-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2018\/11\/28\/jordan-receives-1-3-million-in-aid-from-hungary-for-community-projects-jerusalem-post\/","title":{"rendered":"JORDAN RECEIVES $ 1.3 MILLION IN AID FROM HUNGARY FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS: Jerusalem post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The embassy of Hungary in Amman recently announced in a statement that Hungary had donated $1.3 million for several community projects across Jordan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The projects, implemented in cooperation with churches and Caritas Jordan, include contributing to the construction of a Latin church at the Baptism Site. The statement added that similar programs under the banner Hungary Helps have been conducted with local churches and humanitarian organisations in the areas of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Jerusalem.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The embassy statement added that the construction of the church should attract more tourists, as it coincides with establishment of new direct flights to the Kingdom from across Europe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other projects supported by the grant include a new church for the Melkite community in Amman, and renovations for a school, which was recently inaugurated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The statement added that Caritas <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/Middle-East\/Jordan-requests-more-water-from-Israel-amid-rising-need-from-Syrian-refugees-572720\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jordan <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was a supporting force in creating employment opportunities for refugees, and the government of Hungary planned on contributing to extend their facilities. Efforts were also underway to grant market access for the organisation\u2019s hand-made products in Hungarian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Hungarian-sponsored scholarship program has also offered Jordanians 400 spots annually since 2014 to study at a university in Hungary, according to the statement. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The embassy of Hungary in Amman recently announced in a statement that Hungary had donated $1.3 million for several community projects across Jordan. The projects, implemented in cooperation with churches and Caritas Jordan, include contributing to the construction of a Latin church at the Baptism Site. The statement added that similar programs under the banner Hungary Helps have been conducted&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/2018\/11\/28\/jordan-receives-1-3-million-in-aid-from-hungary-for-community-projects-jerusalem-post\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/middleeastandnorthafricablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}