One Year of Emergency Response in the West Bank
For the past 12 months, the West Bank has faced an unprecedented crisis. Escalating violence, constant movement restrictions, and economic devastation have affected every aspect of the lives of children.
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.
Read our one year report to learn more about our emergency response.
Early Childhood Development: Overview of World Vision Programmes 2024
Early childhood experiences have a profound impact on brain development, which serves as the foundation for all subsequent learning, behaviour, and health outcomes. 80% of the brain develops in the first three years of life, but this development can be interrupted if children are poorly nourished and nurtured, if they are not stimulated properly, or if they are not protected from violence.
To support children in reaching their full potential, World Vision Jerusalem - West Bank - Gaza implements a comprehensive Early Childhood program that directly benefited 22,000 children in 2023.
Osama Finds His Voice
.How a shy child finds his voice through the child club supported by World Vision in the West Bank
Entertainment for Social Change in the West Bank
.World Vision is promoting good practices on Water, Hygiene and Sanitation in schools in areas B and C of the West Bank through theatre
Preparing Young Palestinian Children to Transition to School
The earliest years of a child's life are a window to acquire literacy, numeracy, social-emotional and life skills that will provide a foundation for lifelong learning and improvement. Early Childhood Development Programmes are essential for children who live in resource-poor settings, and play an important role in breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty. However, a UNICEF's report from 2022 found that only 25% of Palestinian children aged three to six years take part in early childhood education programmes. Additionally, a 2020 baseline study conducted by World Vision revealed that merely 62% of all Palestinian children under six years of age are on track developmentally in all domains. To address these challenges, World Vision implements the Learning Roots project model which is a play-based learning approach that fosters the comprehensive development of children aged three to six years. It establishes the groundwork for successful transitions to primary school and lifelong learning.
How a small change in a woman’s life can transform a whole family and community
When Faten volunteered to join World Vision as Community Health Worker in 2015, she thought it was only a small step to help her local community. Now an elected member of the municipal council of Jenin, she reflects on a journey that transformed her and her family.
Jerusalem–West Bank–Gaza
World Vision started to work in the West Bank and Gaza in 1975. Since then, World Vision JWG has developed one of the largest community-based presences of any organisation operating in the West Bank with 85 dedicated staff and an annual budget of US$11 million in 2023. Last year, our programs directly benefited over 136,000 individuals, including 95,000 children residing in 150 villages across the West Bank.
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Celebrating Over 45 Years of Working Here
It Takes a World
to end violence in and around schools
85% of Palestinian children report experiencing
psychological or physical violence in the past 12 months.
The Well-being of Children is our Priority
Early Childhood Development
Early childhood experiences have a profound impact on brain development, which serves as the foundation for all subsequent learning, behaviour, and health outcomes. 80% of the brain develops in the first three years of life, but this development can be interrupted if a child is poorly nourished and nurtured, if she/he is not stimulated properly, or if she/he is not protected from violence.
A UNICEF's report from 2022 found that only 25% of Palestinian children aged three to six years take part in early childhood education programs. Additionally, a 2020 baseline study conducted by World Vision revealed that merely 62% of all Palestinian children under six years of age are on track developmentally in all domains.
To support children in reaching their full potential, World Vision Jerusalem - West Bank - Gaza implements a comprehensive Early Childhood program that directly benefited 22,000 children in 2022.
Child Protection & Advocacy
In partnership with the MoE and the MoSD, we implement a holistic child protection and advocacy programme across all targeted areas in the West Bank. The programme uses a ‘systems approach’ to strengthen the protective environment around children as well as strengthen the capacities of children themselves. Interventions focus on improving governmental policies and accountability, improving social services, catalysing behaviour and attitude change, and strengthening child resilience.
Education in Emergencies and WASH
We partner with the Ministry of Education and village councils to ensure children living in vulnerable areas, particularly Area C, have a continuous access to quality education even in times of conflict and crisis. Activities within the programme are designed to provide children with physical, psychosocial and cognitive protection that can be life sustaining and lifesaving.
Child and Youth Resilience and Life Skills
World Vision JWG aims to build the resilience of children and youth, especially the most vulnerable, into adulthood as active citizens empowered with competencies, values, confidence and social connectedness through two evidence-based models for different age groups, IMPACT+ (12-18 year old) and Makani (6 - 14 year old). Through Makani, children acquire and effectively apply knowledge, attitudes, and skills necessary to set and achieve goals, show empathy towards others, establish positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. IMPACT+ builds the resilience of adolescents and empowers them to become active citizens, equipped with competencies, confidence, and social connectedness.
Sponsorship
Child Sponsorship inspires communities, locally and globally, to consider the well-being of children, through life-enriching experiences with children and supporters, and their families and communities.
