Who we are
Project Narrate, New Destination Narratives Jordan Chapter, is a Jordanian organization that turns heritage and culture into economic and social opportunity.
Founded in 2021, we build on five years of earlier community work as Shababuna Ezwieh.
We do not simply document culture. We build lasting platforms around it that reach real markets.
Our mission
To empower the local community by using heritage and culture as tools to identify and solve the challenges it faces.
What drives us
Heritage that works
01What we are
We work where heritage meets entrepreneurship. Every project starts with something a community already owns, such as a recipe passed down through generations, a craft, a story tied to a place or a piece of land, and turns it into something that can be taught, sold and sustained.
02Why we exist
Heritage should not have to choose between preservation and neglect. There is a third path: it can work, earn an income and stay alive, because the people who carry it are the ones who benefit from it.
03Built to outlast the funding
Once a product or experience is designed, ownership passes to the artisans and communities who made it, so the income keeps flowing long after our involvement and the funding end.
Monitoring and evaluation
How we measure impact
01Participation tracking
Attendance and completion records for every training, workshop and capacity building session.
02Visitor engagement
Direct interaction counts, such as QR code scans and ratings at the Reveal Madaba floor boxes.
03Product and experience records
Documented output for every design cycle: products created and experiences launched.
04Partner and funder reporting
Regular reports for institutional partners such as UNDP and the Ministry of Youth.
05Follow up after the project
We check in with participants to see whether they still use their skills and still earn from the products they developed.