The Middle East: Hope for people fleeing their homes
The Middle East is plagued by ongoing crises. Millions of people have lost their homes. They face the enormous challenge of stabilising and rebuilding their region.
With your donation, you will help strengthen support for refugee families on the ground and support Misereor’s global work for people in need.
- Middle East
Emergency aid for refugees
The plight of many families in the Middle East is acute. For those who have had to leave everything behind, reliable support is vital. Misereor’s partner organisations provide medical care, food, drinking water and basic everyday necessities.
The Jesuit clinic, for example, is one of the few healthcare facilities in Aleppo that remains open continuously. It treats the injured and those with chronic illnesses, assists with births and provides medical care for pregnant women – regardless of their religious affiliation. Christian and Muslim healthcare professionals work side by side here for the benefit of those in need.
Education as a way out of a lack of prospects
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) works in countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq to ensure that children do not grow up to become a ‘lost generation’. In JRS projects, girls and boys can attend nursery, pre-school and primary school. Support programmes, sport, music and theatre round off the programme. This structured daily routine provides the children with stability and gives them space to come to terms with the traumatic experiences of war.
Ahmad's way back to life
When ten-year-old Ahmad arrived at the JRS Bab Al-Sbaa centre in Homs in early 2024, he barely dared to speak. Through targeted language support, psychosocial care and a supportive environment, he gradually regained his self-confidence. Today, Ahmad actively participates in lessons. Here, he has proudly put his own story into words – under the title: ‘I am the hero of my life.’
New perspectives through solidarity in action
Your support helps people who have suffered great hardship to feel that they have not been forgotten. Every donation helps to provide children with an education and to give families a new sense of hope.
Here’s what our local partners achieved last year:
- Targeted support prevented1,700 pupils from dropping out of school .
- 1,000 children learnt the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic.
- 4,100 children and young people received psychosocial support to help them cope with trauma.
- 220 young people were successfully prepared for national school-leaving examinations.
- 4,600 school kits containing rucksacks and learning materials were distributed.
- All pupils at the JRS facilities received a nutritious meal every day.
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When making a donation by bank transfer, please quote the reference ‘S63108/Middle East’ in the payment reference field. This lets us know which project is particularly close to your heart; your contribution will be channelled as a general donation towards this work and Misereor’s overall global mission.
To ensure that your donation has an impact in the long term, Misereor uses a small proportion for important administration an related tasks. This way, we make sure that projects are selected carefully and implemented responsibly and that their effects are regularly monitored. Should it not be possible to use your donation as planned, we will use it where it is currently needed most.
Our local partner organisations
JIYAN Foundation for Human Rights
The JIYAN Foundation for Human Rights is a non-profit and non-governmental human rights organisation that helps internally displaced persons and victims of violence in northern Iraq through medical and psychosocial trauma work. Jiyan is Kurdish and means "life". The trusted Misereor partner also organises legal assistance and social counselling.
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is active worldwide for refugees and internally displaced persons. In the Middle East, it has been active for many years in emergency aid and in social and educational work for refugees in Syria and Lebanon.
Pontifical Mission Lebanon
The pontifical aid organisation Pontifical Mission Lebanon is active in several Middle Eastern countries and was originally founded for the Palestinian refugees of 1948. In Lebanon, the organisation coordinates aid for Syrian refugee families, while in northern Iraq, Pontifical Mission provides important basic healthcare.
Franciscan Relief Organisation ("Associazione di Terra Santa", ATS)
The Franciscan relief organisation ("Associazione di Terra Santa", ATS) is providing comprehensive emergency aid through social centres in Syria. One focus is on healthcare in the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo.
Mona Plate
Donor Communications
- Telephone
- +49 241 442518
- mona.plate@misereor.de
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