Moringa Enterprise Emerges in the Lowest Part on Earth (Jordan Valley Dead Sea Area)
Celebrate Moringa – Day 14
Again we celebrate Moringa in Jordan. This time we go to the lowest part of the earth, the Southern Jordan Valley, near the Dead Sea. It is also known as the greenhouse of the Jordan.
We congratulate the founding members of DMDT (Darrat Almanal for Development and Training), Manal Alwazani & Dr. Sawsan Majali.
This not-for-profit company was established in November 2016. Then in 2018 DMDT started a moringa tree-growing project to support and empower the youth and women in the region. The project proved to be successful in that it provided job opportunities for the local community, and they, in turn, contributed to the whole production chain. Today they sell a wonderful range of Moringa products.
Enjoy their story, and if you want to contact them their details are at the bottom of this article.
“Empowering the communities and developing a sense of community ownership.”
Greetings from Jordan!
We at Durrat Almanal are pleased to tell you our story in the following presentation or watch this video on Facebook
DMDT Moringa Project
DMDT was established as a Not-for-Profit Company in November 2016, registered at the Ministry of Industry and Trade. DMDT has been at the forefront of various successful collaborations and empowerment projects and activities in a business environment of supportive potential donors and participants such as business service providers, government entities, UN agencies, NGOs and INGOs, universities, and international partners to continue its mission of delivering effective development and humanitarian programming.
Founding members: Manal Alwazani & Dr. Sawsan Majali
Our mission is to empower and develop the skills and capacities of individuals, communities, and organizations in Jordan and the Region, taking into consideration the national agendas, 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, and other development strategies.
Our involvement in the community stems from our belief that any development model should follow a bottom-up approach, where the community is the core and owner of its destiny.
Our support will be through:
- assessing the needs of organizations and communities, and individuals,
- strategic and action planning,
- Innovative programming,
- capacity building,
- mentoring and coaching, and
- monitoring and evaluation of our programs and activities.
In addition, also DMDT utilizes research to support all its activities.
We capitalize on our expertise, partnerships, and networks to meet the goals and needs to empower the communities we work in and to develop a sense of ownership and sustainability of the project’s activities. This will be realized by utilizing evidence base and best practices.
ALYSR Project
Since 2018, DMD started with an innovative entrepreneurial project to support the Southern Jordan valley youth and women, and launch a new idea to grow Moringa trees. The project focused on empowering women and the youth through a variety of tools that respect their culture and that leveraged on the location of the Southern Jordan valley in the lowest part of the earth (Jordan Valley Dead Sea Area), the greenhouse of the Jordan.
The project provided job opportunities for women and youth from the local community. In addition to contributing to the management of the project, they are also the mainstay of the production chain, starting from planting to processing, marketing, and sales of DMDT Moringa products.
The initiative of environmental tourism has been introduced to the project to promote the idea of pioneering community agriculture, and as a source of income for the community, in addition to educating community members and project visitors about healthy food and the role of Moringa in their diets and how it can be included in many foods and health products.