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Lebanon
Resilient and inclusive agricultural production for local economic recovery in Lebanon
Lebanon's agriculture lacks a vision to revive the sector at a time when the country is experiencing its most severe economic crisis in decades. Many young people are leaving the country in search of a more dignified life abroad or simply to feed their families.
The project is articulated around 3 complementary axes:
- An agricultural atlas
Development of an atlas of the regional soil for traditional, sustainable, organic and alternative agriculture (aquaponics, permaculture...)
The project will set up a geographic information system capable of including climatic hazards and determining the crops with optimal potential according to the regions.
Project duration: January to December 2024
Budget: €75,000
- Valorization and management of abandoned land in rural areas
In order to optimize abandoned land and avoid its liquidation, the project will develop a management model that will allow for a targeted voluntary consolidation of abandoned land in order to increase usufruct, offer work opportunities to local people and thus preserve the social fabric in rural communities.
- An agricultural platform.
In order to market agricultural and agri-food production, an agricultural platform will be established to provide advice to farmers, cooperatives and SMEs to improve productivity and product certification and ensure access to local, regional and international markets.
Ukraine
Project to support families of displaced persons and refugees with disabled children in Ukraine.
Project duration: April 2024 to March 2025
Budget 2024: €100,000
Due to the invasion of Ukraine, bombings, including of civilians, thousands of people are seeking refuge and protection in other parts of Ukraine and in various border and western countries.
Faced with the chaos caused by the conflict, children and people with disabilities are the most affected, as they face additional challenges and difficulties. With physical or mental disabilities, they are unable to go to bomb shelters alone.
Families with people with disabilities are still present throughout the country and are in great need of protection.
They need expensive medicines, special food, additional equipment, specially equipped transportation and housing.
Within the first week of the war, Emaus organized a project to evacuate disabled people and their families from dangerous places in Ukraine. A call center was established to coordinate the care of disabled refugees and their families.
The main immediate challenges are the transportation of disabled people, the accommodation of displaced families, the provision of general and specific medicines, the psychological support of children and their families.
South Africa
Skills development for school-leavers from disadvantaged areas to obtain well-paid and fulfilling jobs (Western Cape – South Africa)
Project duration: January 2023 to December 2025
Budget 2024: €550,000
The project addresses the IT skills shortage by using blended learning: a 6-month interactive course that combines lectures, online self-study and projects with a 6-month professional immersion in a company (paid internships). The intervention combines lessons in computer science, programming and computer graphics with personal/professional development training during the first 6 months.
The young person is then oriented towards a practical internship in a company where he will be able to implement what he has learned and discover the reality of a professional job.
Having already a foot in a company, he will have a better chance of being hired, as the internship is a kind of trial period. During this period, he will continue to be supported by the project team in his personal development.
There is an urgent need to create Innovative models to educate and equip youth for employment in areas of high demand and decent earnings (fast).
The programme began in 2017, with the goal of developing school-leavers’ skills, so that they can obtain well-paid and fulfilling jobs. It aims to help 120 youth from low-income communities around Cape Town.
The model might easily be replicated in other parts of South Africa.
Philippines
Holistic development for street people in the Philippines
Project duration: September 2024 to August 2027
Budget 2024: 200.000 €
In an approach aimed at transforming people, street people are taken off the streets, fed and cared for, equipped with skills that enable them to become employable.
They are led back to productive, dignified lives as valued members of society.
Upskilling the Youth : Drivers of Philippines’ Inclusive Economic Growth
Project duration: July 2024 - July 2027
Budget 2024: Euros 2.9 Million (19.33 Euros per youth)
The vision of the Project is for the underserved and marginalized youth population experience an improved quality of life in social, economic, spiritual, and environmental dimensions.
The 150,000 youth who are the children of our micro-entrepreneurs, shall be trained on leadership, social entrepreneurship, environment care and digital financial services.
