In 2025, the MENA region faced overlapping crises including conflict, displacement, economic collapse, disease outbreaks, and climate shocks, placing children at risk and disrupting access to services.
As Israel escalates its extermination campaign in Gaza, Israeli military attacks in Gaza City continue to resultin mass killings and displacement of Palestinians. Famine now affects hundreds of thousands of people as a result of Israel’s starvation policy and systematic denial of lifesaving aid.
UNOCHA reports that over 9.3 million children are expected to suffer from high levels of acute malnutrition between June 2024 and May 2025 in Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda.
تعمل المنظمة الدولية للهجرة، بتمويل من الحكومة الألمانية عبر بنك التنمية الألماني، على تحسين الوصول إلى المياه النظيفة لحوالي 118,000 شخص في مدينة مأرب، بما في ذلك العائلات النازحة التي تعيش في مخيم الجفينة، أكبر موقع للنزوح في اليمن. يشمل المشروع ربط بئر مياه جديدة بشبكة المياه الرئيسية في المدينة ومد خطوط أنابيب لتوفير مصدر موثوق للمياه النظيفة لآلاف العائلات.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), with funding from the German government through KfW Development Bank, is improving access to clean water for nearly 118,000 people in Ma’rib City, including displaced families living in Al Jufainah Camp, Yemen’s largest displacement site.
The Erasmus+ project CINEMATOMEDIA: Teaching Democracy through Cinema
is excited to announce its launch. This innovative project aims to empower youth
organizations across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by harnessing the
power of cinema to foster political and democratic engagement among young
people.
