Volunteer Programs

Tkiyet Um Ali offers the chance of volunteering in Amman for those who like to help in serving daily hot meals to 350 - 400 people in need at its headquarters.

Packaging food parcels is a main volunteering program that offers volunteers the opportunity to participate in packaging Tkiyet Um Ali’s monthly food parcels at its warehouses in AlQastal, allowing them to better understand the magnitude of operations inside the warehouses including packaging the food items inside the food parcels and their quantities, depending on the category of parcel.

Volunteering in Amman and even in different governorates is possible for individuals who would like to distribute food parcels to the endorsed families at the partner associations. Volunteers will have the opportunity to be introduced to the distribution mechanism adopted by Tkiyet Um Ali.

Volunteers take part during the holy month of Ramadan in serving Iftar meals to more than 2000 fasting people at its Mawa’ed Al-Rahman tent at the main headquarters.

The Field Visits Program provides volunteering opportunities in the Kingdom’s governorates while witnessing the living conditions of families who have applied for food aid inside and outside Amman in cooperation with the Social Research Department. During the field visit, volunteers will also learn about Tkiyet Um Ali’s endorsement process and criteria

Stemming from its belief in serving the local community in all ways possible, Tkiyet Um Ali volunteers can participate in planting the unprivileged areas to help improve the area where the program is held.

Volunteers will join children from Tkiyet Um Ali’s endorsed families in creating small handicrafts, nurturing their creative thinking through storytelling, and providing them with drawing lessons to help them unleash their hidden creativity and encourage them to generate innovative ideas. The volunteer is responsible for securing the necessary supplies for the volunteer program after coordinating with the staff of Tkiyet Um Ali.

During the program, volunteers will be introduced to the mechanism of the packaging and distribution of food parcels. The program starts with visiting Tkiyet Um Ali’s warehouses, where volunteers are briefed on all stages of the operations, from the endorsement process to packing the parcels and distributing them to the endorsed families across the Kingdom.

Volunteers will help renovate or repair the houses of Tkiyet Um Ali’s endorsed families and help improve the living conditions of these families.

The program volunteers will visit the senior beneficiaries of Tkiyet Um Ali in their homes, spend time with them and listen to their stories.

Volunteers will support different sections and departments while providing the volunteers with new valuable skills that will assist them not only in any workplace but also in day-to-day life.

Volunteering for Tkiyet Um Ali gives university students exposure to the working environment within different departments which relates to their field of study. This also gives them the opportunity to work in a real workplace for a three-month period.