(Amman, Jordan – 14 November 2022)
Bank of Jordan recently signed a partnership agreement with The Children's Museum Jordan to support the Children's Mobile Museum Program and development of the Bank's interactive exhibit within the various exhibits of the Children's Mobile Museum, with the aim of spreading and increasing financial literacy and awareness among children in various Jordanian governorates.
The Bank's interactive exhibit will be developed and added to the "City Square" station located in the mobile museum to enhance its entertaining and educational experience offered by it. While also explaining and communicating basic financial concepts to children in a fun interactive way, for instance the conceptual terms include, concepts of spending, saving, and sharing, why money is used, different currencies, and other concepts of financial literacy.
The exhibits and activities of the Children's Mobile Museum simulate part of The Children Museum's entertaining exhibits and educational activities, and carry it to children in the Jordanian governorates who cannot reach the museum in the capital, Amman, and free of charge for its visitors whether families or school groups, as it displays its many educational stations, such as the planetarium, the power station around us, the art station, the city square station and others. It offers fun scientific and interactive exhibitions, activities, and presentations.
The Children’s Mobile Museum conducts two main tours every year, the first during the first school semester, and the second during their second, in addition to a third short tour during the summer school vacation period, targeting children of cultural and community centers and orphanages in various regions of the Kingdom.
Mr. Saleh Hammad / General Manager of Bank of Jordan said: "We are pleased to strengthen our partnership with the Children's Museum Jordan, which comes as a reflection of Bank of Jordan's social responsibility strategy, through which it seeks to spread and promote financial literacy and ideals among children in various Jordanian governorates."
Sawsan Al-Dalaq, General Director of the Children's Museum Jordan, appreciated Bank of Jordan's continuous support for the interactive learning initiatives that the Museum is constantly developing to enrich children's learning through games, free interactions, and exploration.
Bank of Jordan cooperated with the Children's Museum last year by developing and launching the "110" game, which aimed to introduce children to basic financial concepts and enhance their arithmetic skills, as 8,000 games were produced with the support of Bank of Jordan and distributed to children in several governorates.