AL-AGHWAR AL-JANUBIYAH

Social Status

Poverty, in its general and simplified concept, is the decline in the standard of living below a certain level within economic and social criteria. An individual is said to be living in extreme poverty if they are unable to satisfy their nutritional needs, which are represented by a particular amount of calories, in order to maintain their quality of life within certain limits. [1]

40.8% of residents in Ghor As-Safi live in extreme poverty. [2] The poverty rate in the Al-Karak governorate is 17.1% and 13.3% in Jordan, according to 2010 data from the Department of Statistics.

Poor families in As-Safi are forced to build one-room houses using basic materials, after the Jordan Valley Authority refused to allocate housing units for them. [3] During the rainy season, most of these families evacuate the area out of fear of landslides and floods. [3]

[1] Classification of Poverty in Jordan, Salma Al-Masri, 2002

[2] Department of Statistics, Poverty in Jordan, 2010 Study

[3] https://en.royanews.tv/news/15618/Ghor_Al-Safi_suffers_mudslides

[3] Data Source: Ministry of Health and Department of Statistics in 2007

[4] Icons source: Flaticon