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Amidst the devastating context throughout a part of the Middle East, a small group of dedicated practitioners in Jordan over the last two years have found the resilience and commitment to participate in our Distance Learning Programme in collaboration with Musicians Without Borders.

By all 8 DLP participants graduating from last year’s cohort, a total of 226 children have the opportunity to access and benefit from their music sessions; and we heard from the graduates that they were proud of their use of music as it positively helped the children they worked with in various ways, for example with communication, expressing feelings, behaviour and starting new friendships. One of our graduates had a particularly meaningful experience with a child during one of their music sessions for their practical assignment:

We often hear from many DLP participants how fulfilling using music as a tool is to bring enjoyment to children with disabilities. Umniat Abu Hamda, a practitioner working at Al-Masar Child Development Services in Amman and who has most recently completed our course, shared with us her reflections on her own use of music, which you can read in Umniat’s story.

We would like to thank Musicians Without Borders, in particular Fabienne van Eck, for steering students through the course and thanks to Al-Masar for encouraging their members of staff to participate in the course and hosting the past two Intensive Study Trainings.