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Every day, the Near East Foundation advances its work in supporting the livelihoods and sustainable development of communities in the Middle East and Africa. News from our eight country offices and success stories from our beneficiaries are updated frequently.

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Weathering COVID-19 in Armenia

With funding from the Open Society Foundations, we provided rapid assistance to former participants in Armenia facing immediate financial need. LEARN MORE

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Standing in Solidarity

We share in the grief and express our condemnation of the structural racism and systemic inequality that has for too long been suffered by the Black community in America. READ OUR STATEMENT

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Adapting Enterprise to COVID-19

An assessment among participants in our livelihoods programs in Armenia, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, and Syria. LEARN MORE

80%

of women in NEF Armenia's gender-based violence assistance projects increased economic independence and make the average income (or better) in Armenia

  • Restoring Lives, Restoring Mali

    For a year, Kaadi struggled to get water to his rice fields. His earthen irrigation quickly fell apart. With some training from NEF, a few donated supplies, and his own hard work, his fortunes turned for the better just as fast.

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