Since 1988, Questscope has partnered with vulnerable youth, women, and children, many of them refugees, to transform lives and communities in the Middle East. Our motto – “putting the last, first” – reflects our radical commitment to those at the margins.
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Non-Formal Education (NFE) | Jordan & Syria
Access to quality education has the power to transform the lives of marginalized youth. To be uneducated is to be sidelined and excluded from vocational and personal opportunities - often for life. In Jordan, Questscope pioneered a learning program in partnership with the Jordanian Ministry of Education (MoED) that enables out-of-school youth to continue their education – restoring youth to the same opportunities that their peers achieved through the formal system. NFE provides creative approaches for youth needing a second chance at education, including a pathway to educational credentials – an outcome critical to reintegration of young people into economic and social opportunities. NFE is the first and only General Education Equivalence Degree Program (GED) in the Arab world and has enrolled more than 25,000 youth since 2003. The Syrian Society for Social Development (SSSD), our Syrian national partner, cooperates with the Syrian Ministry of Education, and, over the past year, has restored 73,000 youth to education. SSSD provides group and individual courses for youth in 125 formal schools and informal education at 60 community centers and shelters. Over the past year, SSSD has provided 92,000 school supplies and books for students and contributed to the restoration and rehabilitation of more than 45 schools.
Key Statistics
Currently Serving:
• 4,200 youth in 130 centers around Jordan
• 73,000 youth in 185 centers around Syria
Questscope Youth Center | Za’atari Refugee Camp
Questscope Youth Center for teens – led by Syrian young adults for Syrian youth – was established in 2015. Today, Questscope’s Youth Center serves more than 250 youth daily. Young Syrians struggling to build a new life in the camp can access mentoring programs, training in life skills and on issues critical to youth in the camp, and classes in poetry and creative writing, music and music therapy, visual and creative arts including photography and multimedia, language study, and sports. In a vibrant setting, the Youth Center also offers a library, computer center, art studio, and sports pitch.
Key Statistics
- 250 youth served daily
Aqaba Food Voucher Program
In Jordan, Aqaba is host to a growing and desperate population of refugee families. There are no jobs, no resources, and no safety net. Their suffering is mostly unseen and few people know they even exist. Many parents are left with the unbearable choice of subjecting one of their daughters to early marriage so they can feed their younger children - the most desperate of choices. There are only hard decisions left for refugee families in Aqaba. But the Aqaba Food Voucher Program serves 120 of the most vulnerable families in Aqaba by providing integrated support for food, medicine, and education. Families can take back control of their lives – and parents don’t have to face choices that no parent should ever have to make.
Key Statistics
- 120 families served monthly
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Your gift will provide emergency assistance, alternative education, and mentorship. And places to bloom again where hope is possible.