AMMAN — The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation (JHCO) is the main artery for sustaining life in the Gaza Strip. Jordan is a key gateway for transporting food, relief and medical aid to residents suffering difficult living conditions due to the crisis in the sector for more than 8 months. Today, Jordan is hosting “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza” conference at the Dead Sea, at the invitation of His Majesty King Abdullah II, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. 

The conference is attended by heads of state, government, and international humanitarian and relief organisations, with the objective to identify ways to bolster the international community’s response to the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip. 

In this context, The Jordan Times conducted a comprehensive interview with the secretary-general of the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation, Dr Hussein Shebli. 

Q: We would like the reader to know about the work of JHCO? 

Shebli: The Jordan Hashemite Charity Organisation is the official local destination for donations to Gaza. Over time, and due to the international community’s trust in Jordan, the organisation has become a regional hub for many countries to send aid by land and air through the kingdom, in cooperation with the Jordanian Armed Forces-the Arab Army, which has mobilised all its capabilities to transport relief materials to Gaza.