To repsond to the humanitarian crisis affecting the West Bank, World Vision launched an emergency operation on the 13th of October 2023. Over the past year, we have collaborated with over 300 volunteers and 250 village councils to deliver life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable. To date, we have supported more than 233,000 people.

Through capacity building, Word Vision is strengthening the capacities of local communities affected by climate change to find the solutions that will protect their children and their livelihood.

World Vision International has introduced a new training programme aimed at bolstering mental health support for adolescents in West Bank. This initiative marks the first time participants in the West Bank have been trained on the Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE) intervention, an innovative, evidence-based approach derived from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Annual review of World Vision's Middle East Crisis Response impact figures, in Lebanon and West Bank

World Vision International and the Teacher Creativity Centre have launched the project "Safe Access to Inclusive, Dignified Education and Protection Services for Children in Crises”, with financial support from the European Union.

Violence, movement restrictions and administrative barriers have devastated the economy of the West Bank. A growing part of the population is struggling to cover their essential costs, including food. More and more children are going to bed hungry. World Vision has been responding to this emergency by providing support to the most vulnerable families.

Over the summer 2024, World Vision organized 73 summer camps attended by 9,400 children in the whole West Bank. The camps allowed them to have fun in safe places, forget their worries and enjoy moment of innocence. They also received mental health and psychosocial support to help them deal with stress, anxiety and trauma in these difficult times.

For the past 12 months, children in the West Bank have faced an unprecedented crisis. In response, World Vision launched an emergency operation on October 13, 2023. Over the past year, we have collaborated with over 300 volunteers and 250 village councils to deliver life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable. To date, we have supported more than 233,000 people.

World Vision International, in partnership with MA’AN Development Centre, has launched a new project titled “Towards Climate Change Action with Nutrition Co-Benefits for Vulnerable Families in Areas B and C in the West Bank.” This 36-month initiative, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) with a budget of 1.5 million euros, will target 30 communities across the West Bank and is expected to benefit approximately 33,000 individuals.

Because of violence, checkpoints and the economic crisis, the right to education of Palestinian children has never been so threatened. As they are expected to go back to school on the 9th of September, they face formidable barriers.