McGill Middle East Program in Civil Society and Peace Building (MMEP)
McGill Middle East Program in Civil Society and Peace Building (MMEP) McGill University
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The McGill Middle East Program (MMEP) was founded in 1997, committed to the belief that the reduction of inequality and the promotion of civil society and social justice are intricately related to peace building.
The MMEP, in cooperation with its Jordanian, Israeli, and Palestinian institutional partners, has established eight rights-based community practice (RBCP) centres in some of the most disadvantaged areas of Palestine, Jordan and Israel. The MMEP's International MSW Fellowship at McGill University has nearly 50 alumni who have built the centres and continue to work, in agencies across the Middle East, to advance social justice.
Despite the deepening violence and uncertainty of the past decade, the MMEP network's centres have implemented innovative programs to promote empowerment, equality and civil society amongst disadvantaged communities coping with conflict and economic hardship.
The eight centres already assist more than 120,000 people each year with two that recently opened: a new mobile centre serving the Nablus region and a new centre in Eastern Amman's Ashrafiyah neighbourhood.
The Canadian Jewish News reports on the MMEP's plans for a major expansion in the coming years, a step which should see the program grow tenfold. Read more...
