Strategy
Access to Education
Summary
This is a multi-year, general support grant to build organization capacity for nafda as they scale. It includes program delivery across schools, training of educators and expanding youth-led community projects with stronger inclusion of girls.
Who
nafda is a national grassroots movement reimagining schools as drivers of social change in Lebanon. Through values-based citizenship education, leadership development and school community partnerships, they empower principals, teachers and students to take collective action and rebuild the social fabric across the country.
Founded in 2021 in response to Lebanon’s deepening social and economic collapse, nafda equips students, educators and principals with the agency, leadership skills and values needed to drive change within their schools and communities.
What
In three years, nafda has: built a nationwide network of 117 schools, engaged more than 2,000 educators and reached over 37,000 students across Lebanon’s diverse regions. They’ve strengthened school leadership and governance, with 85% of participating schools reporting significant overall improvements in school life and community engagement. nafda has deepened values-driven education, with 92% of schools demonstrating stronger integration of justice-oriented citizenship, empathy and shared responsibility in their classrooms.
Strategy
Women focused health initiatives & facilities; Knowledge and awareness-building initiatives; Capacity building initiatives of healthcare systems
Summary
This grant is to establish the region’s first FemTech Hub – a regional platform advancing women’s health through science, technology, education, and innovation – at the Women’s Pavilion, Expo City Dubai.
Who
The Women’s Pavilion, within Expo City Dubai, is a purpose-driven platform for women’s leadership, wellbeing, and impact. The Women’s Pavilion has run many women-focused programs including the FemTech Hackathon, and Return-to-Work Programme (in partnership with HSBC).
What
The FemTech Hub is envisioned as the region’s first platform advancing women’s health through innovation, education, research translation, and entrepreneurship, where Meem Foundation will act as an Impact Partner, PeriCare as Technical Partner, and American Hospital as Healthcare Partner.
The Hub’s purpose is to
- Advance women’s health innovation by supporting startups and researchers developing evidence-based solutions for female-specific health needs.
- Empower women and communities through culturally relevant, bilingual, science-backed health education.
- Translate research into impact by bridging academia, healthcare systems, and the private sector to bring solutions from lab to market.
In addition, this grant supports digital awareness on under-addressed women’s health topics in both English and Arabic, enabling sustained audience reach and long-term engagement with priority communities.
Strategy
Access to Healthcare: Women focused health initiatives and facilities; Capacity building initiatives of healthcare systems that impact women and girls
Summary
This grant aims to support approximately 16,000 refugee and displaced mothers with a healthy pregnancy and safe delivery. Additionally, the program will provide supplies to 4 health facilities and capacity training to local health workers in Gaza and Lebanon.
Who
Every Pregnancy is a partner-driven initiative dedicated to saving the lives of mothers and babies globally by expanding access to maternal and newborn health interventions in crisis-affected communities. They will be partnering with MedGlobal and Humaniti International to deliver this program.
What
Maternal mortality remains unacceptably high; every day, over 700 women and babies die during pregnancy, childbirth or the first weeks after birth (WHO, 2025). Most deaths occur in Muslim majority countries. Approximately 60% of preventable deaths occur in conflict areas, where women face barriers to care, including weakened or collapsed health infrastructure and systemic gender inequities (WHO, 2025).
Every Pregnancy, Humaniti International, and MedGlobal will deliver an integrated package of services for expectant mothers, that addresses the underlying factors for poor health among mothers and infants, with a prevention-first approach that focuses on early intervention. By implementing new low-cost innovations with applications in last-mile health, Every Pregnancy is bringing improved approaches to crisis affected areas. The implementing partners focus on the ollowing objectives:
- Healthy Pregnancy: Timely diagnosis of high-risk pregnancies through portable AI-enabled ultrasound, complemented by anemia testing and treatment when possible, to reduce the risk of complications such as postpartum hemorrhage (PPH).
- Healthy Delivery: Training local health workers on the WHO-endorsed E-MOTIVE1 bundle for PPH management, coupled with essential equipment and supplies, to ensure timely diagnosis and treatment of mothers with PPH.
The program will include rigorous monitoring and evaluation, with quarterly reports prepared for donors and local authorities.
