The Jordanian Farriers Association

Mission Statement

The Jordanian Farriers Association exists to:

Serve farmers, villagers and Bedouins in camps to look after and care for the health and well-being of their animals hooves, especially equine animals.
Train new farriers.
Make available to farriers the proper tools and supplies needed to perform their trade correctly.
To protect and develop the profession of farriery in Jordan.
To organize and promote the farriery job market in Jordan, thereby ensuring that qualified farriers remain in Jordan.
To educate farriers and horse people about the latest farriery information and techniques. This will raise the level of farriery in Jordan, and promote the understanding and acceptance of new and improved farriery techniques.
To assist in solving farrier's problems.

The Jordanian Farriers Association is trying to achieve the following goals:

Enlist members to be active in the JFA's activities. There are plenty of things to be done, both by full-time members and part-time supporters.
Prepare a brochure in Arabic and English which includes complete information about the JFA.
Work cooperatively with other national farrier associations, such as the WFA, AFA, The Guild, and others, to build itself into an organization which can support and perform all of its activities properly.
To receive a free subscription to the ANVIL Magazine.
To receive a free subscription to the American Farriers Journal.
To hold the first seminar in Jordan concerning equine hoof diseases and shoeing problems, in cooperation with the R.J.E.F.
To hold the first horseshoeing competition in Jordan.
To establish a permanent headquarters which will facilitate running the JFA.
To hold farriery training courses every 6 months to improve the level of farriery in old members, and raise the level in newer members.
To place Jordanian farriers as apprentices in countries abroad, so they may learn advanced farrier techniques and then return to Jordan and teach those techniques to local farriers.

Taking care of our long-earred friends!

The Jordanian Farriers Association would very much appreciate receiving donations of the following equipment:

Gas forges
Horseshoeing tool boxes
Horseshoe nails of various sizes, for nailing on horses, mules and donkey shoes.
Anvils
A shoeing rig.

The JFA committee. Working towards
a better future for Jordanian farriers.

Any and all donations, including funds, will be gratefully accepted. Our address is:
The Jordanian Farriers Association
P.O. Box 630413
Amman, Jordan

Our bank information is:
Jordan Bank - Wadi Alseer Branch
P.O. Box 10
Account #: 8-1-1704436-1-17