{"id":205,"date":"2016-07-02T18:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T18:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/?page_id=205"},"modified":"2026-01-30T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T22:40:40","slug":"local-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/local-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Emergency Numbers<\/h4>\n<p>During orientation, you will receive an emergency contact card that you should carry on your person at all times. It will contain emergency numbers as well as all numbers of the program administration team. If you are not facing a life-threatening emergency, contacting a member of the admin team should be your first step.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emergency Line for all kinds of emergencies (incl. harassment): 911<\/li>\n<li>Tourist Police : +962 79 550 5755<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>U.S. Embassy in Jordan<br \/>\nAl-Umawyeen Street<br \/>\nAbdoun, Amman<br \/>\nTel: 06-5906000<\/p>\n<h4>Telephone directory information:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Local numbers: 1212<\/li>\n<li>International numbers: 1333<\/li>\n<li>Calling Card Access Numbers<\/li>\n<li>AT&amp;T: 1-880-0000<\/li>\n<li>SPRINT: 18-800-777<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Taxi Service Apps<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Careem, UBER, Taxi Al-Mumayyaz, Jeeny<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>Useful Apps for Jordan<\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>GRID<\/strong> (Required) &#8211; Global Rescue emergency services<\/li>\n<li><strong>GeoBlue<\/strong> &#8211; Health Insurance<\/li>\n<li><strong>WhatsApp<\/strong> &#8211; EVERYBODY uses it, including your host family<\/li>\n<li><b>Vision Bus Amman <\/b>\u2013 covers buses in Amman and to Madaba<\/li>\n<li><strong>Careem, Uber, Jeeny<\/strong> &#8211; Ridesharing<\/li>\n<li><b>Careem, Talabat<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 Food delivery, Groceries<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nabd<\/strong> <strong>\u0646\u0628\u0636<\/strong>, <strong>Roya<\/strong> <strong>\u0631\u0624\u064a\u0627<\/strong> &#8211; Local news<\/li>\n<li><strong>ArabiaWeather<\/strong> &#8211; Forecasts by neighborhood\/city\/town<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diving Aqaba<\/strong> &#8211; Diving and snorkeling guide to Aqaba by Ocean Maps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b>School in Jordan<\/b> <b>Student Guide<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>Prior to the start of the semester the Resident Coordinators will share with you, among other things, a link to the <em>Student Guide<\/em> which will contain a variety of useful resources including a local Guide to Amman and tips to help you navigate your life in Jordan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency Numbers During orientation, you will receive an emergency contact card that you should carry on your person at all times. It will contain emergency numbers as well as all numbers of the program administration team. If you are not facing a life-threatening emergency, contacting a member of the admin team should be your first step. Emergency Line for all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-205","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589,"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/205\/revisions\/589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schoolsabroadhandbooks.middcreate.net\/jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}