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Poorest Children and Mothers
Save the Children
has been addressing the critical needs of
children and families in the Middle East
since 1953, when our work in Lebanon
began. That work expanded to the West
Bank and Gaza in the 1970s and to
Egypt and Jordan in the 1980s.
In the Middle East, where Save the Children has worked for nearly
50 years, the children and families most in need face . . .
• Poverty and lack of services to the poor, especially among Palestinian refugees and other displaced persons.
• Inadequate educational systems, with poor teaching methodologies, outdated curricula, large classrooms,
and minimal recreational facilities.
• Unsafe water and sanitation systems.
• Rural/urban migration because of unemployment or unrest, separating and displacing families.
• A rapidly growing youth population.
• Limited but increasing citizen participation in governance.
• Political unrest, economic instability, and violence, especially in the West Bank and Gaza.
With extensive programmatic experience and policy
expertise, today Save the Children is a leader and
an innovator in the Middle East, earning the
respect and trust of local communities, partners, and
government ministries that collaborate with us on
behalf of over a half-million of the region’s neediest
residents—children and their mothers.
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