OUR MODEL
Ever since its launch in 2007, MECI has aimed to bring hope, peace and prosperity to struggling communities in the Middle East through a range of comprehensive and innovative programs.
Our programs focus on children’s education and wellbeing, women’s empowerment and economic and community development. MECI hires locally to help the community generate income and buys locally to stimulate the community’s economy.
MECI’s presence is felt though community services tailored to each community’s needs.
Over the years, we have measured our impact in numbers but also in the many success stories shared with us by the children, young adults and women whose lives have been changed through MECI’s programs.
Click here to view our 2019-2020 Annual Report
Click here to view our 2020-2021 Annual Report
West Bank
In February 2007, MECI launched its pilot comprehensive after-school program Beit Rima, a village in the West Bank. Today, the program serves over 1,400 girls and boys from grades 1 through 10, in three elementary and two secondary schools.
In 2015, MECI established a Girls University Scholarship Program to support its most promising and most financially vulnerable students in their efforts to pursue their education and achieve their dreams.
In 2019, MECI has awarded scholarships to 2 outstanding young men for the first time. To this date MECI has awarded 23 scholarships.
In 2020, MECI launched the first internet café in the region, in response to pressing educational needs offering computer courses to students, teachers, and mothers.
In 2021, MECI partnered with Muvik Labs, to launch a unique digital therapy breathing program to address the significant increase in anxiety and stress (post-COVID/War).
Jordan
In 2014, MECI established a regional office in Jordan implementing a remedial education program for Syrian refugees. In 2019, it launched the Non-Formal Education Program, enabling out of school adolescent to go back to education. MECI Jordan works in partnership with UNICEF and the Jordanian Government (Ministry of Education and Social Development) bringing education to Jordan’s most destitute children including a significant portion of refugee children.
To date, the program has worked through a school based network, peaking at 49 schools across the country, serving over 20,000 children and youth. From January 2022, the Ministry of Education has assumed responsibility for delivery of all adolescent NFE as a permanent part of its programs, an important outcome for Jordanian youth at risk and a testament to MECI’s impact. MECI will continue to work in Jordan on the next set of challenges facing highly marginalized children - NFE for very young children, and Remedial Education programs, centered on healing. Both of these will address the emerging long term negative impacts of COVID exclusion from school in 2020 and 2021.