The idea of forming Rotaract Perta blossomed in October 2001 when a group of eager Jordanians met for the first time. Their goal was to support existing Rotaract clubs, and carry out projects that serve the community.

Meetings were held, a lot of interested people attended and most of them were university students. A special meeting was organized with District Governor Elect (Mr. Samir Seikaly) and representatives of a potential sponsoring Rotary Club (President Dr. Majed Ghousheh & Incoming President Mr. Pascal Azzam).

The announcement of forming the club was at the District Governor’s visit to Jordan during the GALA dinner of November 9th 2001. Some meetings followed, aiming to structure the club. A jump start was given to the club after a meeting with the DRR (Mr. Ahmad Mashhour) and VDRR (Mr. Gabi Afram) in January 2002.

Objectives were set, some of them were to cooperate with other clubs, and the club should include committed members & projects that reflect their credentials.

These objectives were perfectly met & the application was finally sent for planning in July 2002, with the support and sponsorship of Amman-Petra Rotary Club, (President Mr. Pascal Azzam) our club now officially carries the name: Amman PETRA.

During our first year we managed to structure ourselves in a way that we look at projects in terms of a long-term strategy where our club is committed to delivering best results and achieving the maximum benefit for the community.

Although our club is still young, we managed to achieve a great deal of community services that makes everybody proud and for sure we won’t stop here.