Core Functions:
TAO undertakes a wide range of projects and services to promote human well being and social welfare throughout the following sectors :
1. Protection Sector
TAO long-term interventions aim to prevent communities from risks that may plunge them into devastating implications of poverty, inequity and any reversal prospect of long-term growth. TAO priority interventions is majorly in community-based programs, educational, physical and psychological protection programs.
2. Health Sector
TAO is aiming to achieve healthy communities through essential health and related services needed to promote healthy and productive life. Physical and mental aspects of health are highly correlated and dependent, therefore they are both considered in TAO interventions.
3. Climate Action Sector
TAO will perform several interventions to reflect priorities and objectives toward environmental development in Jordan. The interventions will be in protection of natural resources, encouraging renewable energy and recycling, and a variety of agricultural programs.
4. Cross Cutting Theme
In all the above sectors targeted by TAO, TAO will integrate cross cutting themes into its programs besides women and gender equity are children, elder people and people with disabilities, which are considered as most vulnerable communities. TAO will also participate into programs to ensure adequate and equitable opportunities for these communities, promote all services access and ensure their social, economic and political inclusion.
TAO has its own organizational capacity to perform operational and campaigning activities with the support of partnerships, financial donations and volunteer labor. The variety forms of activities targeted to be performed by TAO for small and large scale projects are as follows :
1. Operational Activities
TAO has already performed and will continue to perform operational activities for the development of different facilities and services to protect, enhance and empower communities in different aspects and reduce vulnerabilities through building and rehabilitation activities, training, and building Capacities activities
One of the most important operational activities TAO is capable to perform is third party monitoring to provide information and analysis through establishment of monitoring system and dashboards for measuring indicators and achievements in order to promote accountability.
2. Other operational activities
targeted by TAO are logistics services, to include but not limited to procurement, coordination, movement, distribution, and allocation of resources.
TAO also has the capacity for events management activities and to act as a steering group. The activities include planning and managing operational and administrative tasks, also creating, developing and implementing an event model for other organizations.
3. Campaigning Activities
Awareness and Lobbying programs are targeted by TAO to change the mindset of the community through partnership and/or cooperation with governmental and non-governmental bodies, media, other NGO’s and other type of organizations and corporate. The campaigns’ initiatives aim at enlightening, informing and raising the awareness and consciousness of communities with particular idea or belief, norms, issues and problems. The type of campaigns will be selected according to the needs targeted beneficiaries to ensure a maximum reach.
4. Other Activities
Counseling and psychotherapy sessions to improve the personal identity and well being of special groups and individuals who went through compelling circumstances such as warfare, force displacement, sexual harassment, social isolation, or any abuse or threat on a person’s life. The sessions aim for prevention or treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. As well as refugee’s psycho social adjustment due to cross-cultural perspectives.