Tkiyet Um Ali () is a

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

ian

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founded by

Princess Haya Princess Haya bint Al Hussein (; born 3 May 1974) is the daughter of King Hussein of Jordan and his third wife, Queen Alia. She is the half-sister of King Abdullah II. Haya is a graduate of the University of Oxford in England and an accomplish ...

in honour of her late mother Queen Alia. It functions as a takiyya, which in the modern

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means a place or institution providing food assistance to people in need. Tkiyet Um Ali also provides other services to the needy and the hungry in Jordanian society.

History

Originally conceptualised by Her Late Majesty Queen Alia more than 40 years ago, Tkiyet Um Ali (TUA) was founded in 2003 by Her Royal Highness Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein. It is an initiative that aims to eradicate hunger in the Arab World.

Programmes

Tkiyet Um Ali is a food relief initiative primarily operating in the Arab world. It is an

NGO A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

in Jordan that serves sustainable hot meals and provide humanitarian aid on a daily basis to the poor and needy within Jordanian society in all locations. Tkiyet Um Ali assists 30,000 households living in extreme poverty throughout the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan through food parcel deliveries consisting of basic life needs such as food and commodities.

References

External links

Official website of the Tkiyet Um Ali (Arabic/English)

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