In Wadi Rayan, Jordan, MCC supports women in income generation projects through the Wadi Rayan Women’s Benevolent Society. Ratiba Abdula holds a handful of thyme that she grows in her yard. She started the project with a loan from the Wadi Rayan Women’s Benevolent Society. 

Kwaleh Ebdah stands beneath an olive tree on her land in the Jordan Valley. She is part of the Wadi Rayan Women’s Benevolent Society, which is supported by MCC, and she used a loan from the society to buy plants to cultivate on her small piece of land. 

Zarifa Khatib holds her grandson Hamzeh at her home in the village of Wadi Rayan. She received a loan from the Wadi Rayan Women’s Benevolent Society, an organization supported by MCC, to start a yogurt business out of her home. She also makes a type of cheese called labneh. 

Children at Wadi Rayan Women Benevolent Society Kindergarden in Wadi Rayan board a school bus to go home. Written in Arabic on the bus is the name of the society. 

Camels wander through ruins in the ancient city of Petra, one of Jordan's most famous landmarks.. 

Thraya Amarin sifts grains into a pan outside her home in the community of Gregrah, located in Wadi Araba, Jordan. Her grandchildren Mohammad Amarin (in red) and Amani Amarin (in orange) help her. MCC supports a water project and a goat project in the community. 

A goat project in Wadi Araba provides income and food for poor families. Khulood, 11, holds one of the offspring of the goat that her father received. MCC partners with the Wadi Araba Benevolent Society to provide goats for families. 

Ali Amareen is chairperson of the Wadi Araba Benevolent Society and helps to distribute goats to needy families in the community through an MCC-supported project. 

A water catchment project in Wadi Araba provides water for crops. By collecting water in a large cistern on top of a hill, farmers can use gravity to move water to their crops – an important benefit because the gasoline used to power pumps for the water is becoming very expensive. 

Salmeh Seideen is vice chair of the Wadi Araba Benevolent Society that partners with MCC. He overlooks a green valley that receives water from an MCC-supported water catchment project. 

Mahmoud Hassan sorts tomatoes he picked in the field where he works in Wadi Araba. The crops were grown with water from an MCC-supported water catchment project. 

A glowing sun sets behind plants that are growing tall with the help of water from the water catchment project. The land is filled with a thriving tomato and corn crop.