Scholars

Almamoon Almashaqba has seven years of experience in the nonprofit sector and earned a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from Al Albyt University in Jordan. Almamoon worked as a Technical Youth Assistant with a youth capacity building project for community engagement in Jordan under the Norwegian Refugee Council program. In this role, he helped increase the accessibility of the labor market for youth by building their capacity and mitigating local market employment challenges. He provided a set of systematic training for Jordanian and Syrian youth aged between 16 and 26 years old, including: positive thinking, employment skills, and communication skills. Previously, Almamoon worked as a Protection Case Manager with the International Catholic Migration Commission to assist the most vulnerable people in the community. Through these experiences, he developed solid knowledge and experience in project life cycle management, program development planning, setting indicators, implementing, and monitoring and evaluation. Almamoon worked with the International Rescue Committee in the Child Protection Program based in refugee camps in Jordan as a Child Protection Case Worker in unaccompanied and separated children to provide protection and make reunification with their families. Almamoon enjoys focusing on the topics of protection and livelihoods. Almamoon has a strong passion for youth empowerment.

Sadeer Al-Rawashdeh is an automotive engineer, a UGRAD Alumnus, and a Chevening Scholar. Sadeer’s current job is as a lecturer at an engineering college in Jordan. He is passionate about innovation and development. Sadeer worked in different locations focusing on research and development of energy, transportation electrification, and control dynamics. His life’s goal is to contribute significant innovations in the renewable energy sector that can lead to advanced technology and alternative propulsion systems for the sake of a better, greener, and cleaner world. Sadeer dares to lead the change.