How we're adapting to COVID-19

We're responding fast, and so are the young people we work with in some of the most fragile regions.

We’ve launched funding support for SMEs in Iraq

As well as financial grants, businesses also get expert technical support, including mentoring! This support is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and we hope soon to expand this pilot project to other regions.

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قصة Abdulrahman Haddad

قصة Shema Pacifique

قصة (31) Nowar Rahmouni

قصة (34) Emrullah & Wael

قصة Hamza Alouini

قصة (29) Regis Umugiraneza

قصة Bekri Kehlavi

قصة (25) Roudaina Bou Shahine

قصة Marwen Cherni

قصة Rugie Barry

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“GuideMe – a new way to study during COVID-19”

With the support of hired digital developers, Haddad launched his new company, GuideMe, this week. It is a student-led initiative, where academic high-achievers offer…

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لبنان

خدمات
المنح الدراسية

البرامج
خدمات التعليم العالي (HES)

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“Software to stop the spread”

Pacifique and his team noticed that many people still often use physical registration (writing using a pen and paper) when checking into hotels or…

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رواندا

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“Aleppo soap sales soar during COVID-19”

Former scholarship student, Nowar Rahmouni, recently graduated from the Lebanese International University in Beirut. After attending several economic empowerment workshops, Nowar established a small…

موقعك
لبنان

خدمات
مراكز دعم المشروعات الريادية

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“Turkish/Syrian-owned company producing ventilators”

Syrian and Turkish founders of İkiz Gen Mühendislik (Twin Gene Engineering) are now supporting the battle against COVID-19 by building ventilators.

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تركيا

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“Factory workers isolate to produce face masks”

With supplies of personal protective equipment, such as masks and overalls, quickly diminishing throughout Tunisia, factory workers in the northwest of the country have…

موقعك
تونس

خدمات
مراكز دعم المشروعات الريادية

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“Special delivery! Entrepreneur finds new ways to reach his customers”

Regis Umugiraneza, a 29-year-old Agribusiness graduate, had recently launched his company’s most successful product, Vitabread - a soft bread made from sweet potato. Umungiraneza…

موقعك
رواندا

البرامج
منظمة MFS-II

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“Syrian student testing for COVID19 in Gaziantep”

Bekri Kehlavi, a Syrian medical laboratory student, is spending his evenings standing on the highway checking the temperature of travellers entering the city of…

موقعك
تركيا

خدمات
المنح الدراسية

البرامج
خدمات التعليم العالي (HES)

اقرأ

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“Company supporting rural women during COVID-19”

“Being a social entrepreneur requires me to find new strategies and approaches". Roudaina is delivering online training in food safety to boost the skills…

موقعك
لبنان

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“Entrepreneur donates protective suits to police”

Like businesses everywhere, Cherni was forced to close his factory when Tunisia introduced a lockdown in late March. Then he saw an opportunity to…

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تونس

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“Women-led farming incubator don PPE”

Rugie is the female founder of Liberia Business Incubator (LBI), a food-processing agri-business that trains women farmers. She is relieved that her sector can…