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<strong>2003</strong> INITIAT I V E S<br />

E G Y P T<br />

D J I B O U T I<br />

◊ NEF launched a pilot project to<br />

i n c rease farm pro d u c t i o n ,<br />

i m p rove transportation and<br />

marketing, promote the<br />

development of on-farm<br />

enterprises, and improve health<br />

and nutrition for over a thousand<br />

rural families.<br />

◊ NEF is working to enhance and upgrade nursing schools in<br />

Aswan Province and promoting nursing as a career thro u g h<br />

community-based organizations and local radio, television,<br />

and newspapers. With support from the Governor of Aswan,<br />

N E F ’s eff o rts have raised enrollments in local nursing<br />

schools, and the 276 nurses who graduated from Aswan’s six<br />

nursing schools in May <strong>2003</strong> all secured immediate<br />

employment.<br />

◊ NEF worked to expand its youth involvement program by<br />

making available reliable, Arabic-language information on<br />

re p roductive health and sexually transmitted diseases,<br />

p a rticularly HIV/AIDS, and to provide an Egyptian youth<br />

o rganization with the training and technical assistance to<br />

disseminate this information locally.<br />

◊ Funded by the Ford <strong>Foundation</strong>, NEF began a two-year<br />

study of Egyptian philanthro p y.<br />

over forty tons of bottled water, food, water purification<br />

systems, and medical supplies from Jordan and Kuwait.<br />

◊ The <strong>Near</strong> <strong>East</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> was a member of a consort i u m<br />

led by Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) that<br />

won a multi-million dollar USAID contract for local<br />

g o v e rnance work in Iraq. As a member of this consort i u m ,<br />

NEF will send up to ten staff members to work with the<br />

local governance team to advise on issues concern i n g<br />

p rogram development, rule of law, public administration,<br />

community development, and urban management and<br />

d e v e l o p m e n t .<br />

J O R D A N<br />

◊ N E F ’s long-term investment in fish farming continued to<br />

p rovide re t u r ns for small farmers in the Jordan Va l l e y. By the<br />

end of the 2002 season, 200 families were raising fish in<br />

small, on-farm irrigation ponds, providing income for them<br />

and better nutrition for their neighbors.<br />

◊ In Amman, NEF’s "Cans for Kids" collection and re c y c l i n g<br />

p roject resulted in more efficient pickup and gre a t e r<br />

community awareness; collections reached nearly 90 tons<br />

per month.<br />

◊ NEF completed the setup of 17 new rural, communitybased<br />

credit funds. By the end of <strong>2003</strong>, these funds had<br />

p rovided $365,000 in loans to 300 small businesses, 35<br />

p e rcent of which were owned and operated by women.<br />

E T H I O P I A<br />

◊ NEF began work on an integrated rural development<br />

p roject south of Addis Ababa. The project centers on natural<br />

re s o u rce management, water use, rural sanitation, and<br />

income-generation, together with initiatives in re p ro d u c t i v e<br />

health care, maternal and child health services, and girls’<br />

education.<br />

I R A Q<br />

◊ To address urg e n t<br />

humanitarian needs, NEF’s<br />

J o rdan office assumed<br />

responsibility for a<br />

p rogram of emerg e n c y<br />

assistance, coord i n a t i n g<br />

with other partners to<br />

p u rchase and ship to Iraq<br />

L E B A N O N<br />

◊ NEF and its partner Human Concern International are<br />

p roviding access to credit for low-income borrowers and for<br />

b o rrowers with disabilities chiefly caused by land mines. A<br />

loan fund of $180,000 made possible over 250 loans ranging<br />

f rom $700 to $2,000.<br />

L E S O T H O<br />

◊ Because so many adults<br />

have died of AIDS, leaving<br />

many children with no<br />

extended family, NEF’s<br />

GROW began a program to<br />

help these orphans<br />

develop survival skills and<br />

to train community<br />

members to provide care .<br />

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