Over the month of October, World Vision provided humanitarian support to 53,000 people in 35 villages of the West Bank as part of our emergency response.

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.

World Vision 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.

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.

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.

A $6.5M World Bank project screened 1.4M children for nutrition, treated 113K for malnutrition, counseled caregivers, and improved water and gardening for thousands.

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.

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.