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Learn how NEF UK’s Empowering Women Through Non-Wood Forest Products (NWFP) project is working with women’s associations to harvest and sell forest produce to alleviate poverty and improve agency for women in rural villages in Sudan.

Qaiser is 41 years-old, a husband and father of four, who moved his family to Jordan from Iraq in 2013 after violence erupted in his home of Baghdad. Finding work where he can, he has also started a small business producing honey with training and a cash grant from NEF which he says has raised …

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Micro and small enterprises play a central role in Morocco’s economy, but youth face a number of challenges in entrepreneurship, including: the absence of a strong entrepreneurial culture; a lack of access to credit; lack of access to networks; low risk tolerance by both youth and financial stakeholders; and a lack of personalized coaching and …

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Bourgou is an aquatic grassland that occurs in Sub-Saharan Africa and helps prevent soil erosion and lake evaporation. NEF works with local communities to regenerate and expand these valuable pastoral resources. Bourgou is planted during the dry season and flourishes during the rainy season—providing important fodder as floods recede. On top of producing excellent animal …

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A look at how an entrepreneurial project is helping female victims of gender-based violence become financially independent in Armenia.

In Lebanon, NEF is working with Syrian refugees and struggling Lebanese women to help them start or expand income generating activities in order to help support their families.

Near East Foundation helps build more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the Middle East and Africa. NEF has worked with refugees since it was founded in 1915 in response to the Armenian Genocide, and has organized relief and development projects in Lebanon and Jordan since the 1930s. For the past 100 years, NEF has …

A Lasting Impact: NEF Celebrates a Century of Service Read More »

As a result of NEF’s partnership with Syracuse University, several accomplished students accompanied by two distinguished professors, Ken Harper and Steve Davis, traveled this year to the West Bank and Israel to report on NEF’s work. The purpose of their visit was twofold. For the students, it was an opportunity to experience working outside of …

Finding Common Ground Read More »

The 2012 Crisis in Mali, compounded by the detrimental effects of climate change, strained the existing food production systems and capabilities of many villages. The NEF staff in Mali, all native Malians, stayed during the entire crisis. After the rebels withdrew and the internally displaced started to return to their homes, NEF began to help …

Mali: Restoring Agriculture After Conflict Read More »