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Who We Are Our Mission The Near East Foundation helps transform the lives of vulnerable people each year by building more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities in the Middle East, Caucuses, and Africa through education, community organizing, and economic development initiatives. Our Vision To address the immediate needs of vulnerable, conflict-affected people while enabling their self-sufficiency and economic resilience. Our Approach Empowerment and Self-Sufficiency • Identify local needs and priorities through deep relationships and trust with communities. • Build the capacity of local communities to solve their own development challenges through long-term solutions. • Invest in local people, organizations, and governance systems to deliver inclusive, sustainable solutions that are appropriate to the local context. NEF focuses its efforts on three main program areas: Microenterprise Development Peacebuilding through Economic Cooperation Natural Resource Management and Adaptation to Climate Change Microenterprise development is one of the most effective ways to create jobs and generate income for disadvantaged communities in the region, while also improving the economy as a whole. NEF promotes the economic independence and social resilience of vulnerable individuals who must overcome social barriers, lack of job skills or business management experience, and limited access to credit through entrepreneurship, microcredit, and peer networks. Many of the communities where NEF works are characterized by recurring conflict. NEF’s approach to build peace in these communities focuses on core livelihood issues in a given area and helps populations find mutual interests to benefit through economic cooperation. By focusing on these issues, NEF frames conflict mitigation and reconciliation in terms of practical and immediate concerns for average citizens. NEF enables communities to use their resources more efficiently to better adapt to and prepare for shocks caused by a rapidly changing climate. By harnessing nonconventional water resources, introducing water-efficient crops, and adopting improved irrigation technologies, NEF is increasing local capacity to manage agriculture and natural resources sustainably in the long-term. Near East Foundation UK NEF UK was established in 2012 to advance the shared values and mission of NEF. Guided by an independent Board of Directors, NEF UK shares a common vision and approach to building more sustainable, prosperous, and inclusive communities through economic development, community organizing, and education. Current programs include improving children’s access to primary school in Morocco, helping survivors of gender-based violence in Armenia gain economic independence, introducing WASH (access to clean water, sanitation, and hygiene) to vulnerable communities in Sudan, and supporting aspiring women entrepreneurs in Palestine to grow their businesses. For more information visit: www.neareast.org/uk NEF 2016 Annual Report | 2
Where We Work NEF’s innovative and cost-effective programs are led and staffed by established local teams who partner with local organizations to find homegrown solutions to their development problems. NEF currently has active projects in eight countries: Armenia, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Morocco, the Palestinian Territories, Senegal, and Sudan. Teams based in Syracuse (New York) and London (England) provide program development, communications, project management, and administrative support. NEF’s grassroots approach helps to make it a unique and impactful partner. ARMENIA LEBANON MOROCCO PALESTINE MALI SUDAN JORDAN SENEGAL Knowledge, Voice, Enterprise At the heart of everything NEF does is the conviction that for people to participate in the development of their communities and countries they need: KNOWLEDGE to participate effectively in civic and economic life; a VOICE in public decisions that affect their well-being; and meaningful and dignified ways to make a living—ENTERPRISE. 3 | NEF 2016 Annual Report
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