Haqiq initiative board members elected across Kingdom

Amman 18 November, 2017 – Haqiq, an initiative by Crown Prince Foundation (CPF), on Saturday carried out the first elections for the initiative’s boards of directors in the governorates.

The voting took place in seven areas — Irbid, Mafraq, Jerash, Amman, Balqa, Karak, Maan — while the board presidents and members won uncontested in five other governorates; namely, Ajloun, Zarqa, Madaba, Tafileh and Aqaba.

The 70 winners, aged between 16 and 20 years old, are all graduates of Haqiq training programme and their mandate is to organise voluntary youth activities. The boards are expected to arrange a voluntary activity and a project each month in line with a quarterly plan whose main guidelines are set by CPF. In total, the youth bodies will organise 288 activities and functions across the Kingdom. Each board will select the activities that are compatible with their quarterly goal and towards the year-end, the 12 boards will compete for prizes dedicated for the best voluntary project within the set goal for the year in question.