Dear Friends,
Today, we invite you to help us expand into an urgent frontier where the need is profound and the opportunity for permanent transformation is extraordinary.
Our Economic Recovery & Community Lending initiative is designed to transition crisis-affected families from temporary emergency relief to self-sustaining economic independence.
The Challenge: Capital and Equipment to Rebuild
For a carpenter ready to reopen, a tailor needing cloth, or a farmer determined to cultivate fallow soil, the primary barrier is rarely skill or willpower. Displaced families possess resilience and craft in abundance; what they lack is immediate access to equipment, inventory, and fair credit.
To break this cycle, MFA is establishing a community-managed Revolving Economic Recovery Fund. Unlike conventional one-time aid, every dollar lent to an artisan or entrepreneur is repaid back into the fund—becoming available again to finance the next family in line.
Strategic Analysis: "Credit Is Reconstruction Infrastructure"
In his timely policy paper, Credit Is Reconstruction Infrastructure: Lessons from the Region, MFA Financial Operations Lead Khalid Kabeer explains why community credit belongs at the very start of regional recovery.
"Reconstruction cannot wait for centralized macro-agreements. When small businesses and household producers access manageable credit, local markets reactivate immediately—turning survival into dignified productivity."
Choose Your Direct Impact
Help build the foundation for economic recovery. Your gift supports the planning, partnerships, and preparation needed to help businesses rebuild and attract additional financing.
Help us identify local business recovery needs and develop a program grounded in what communities need to rebuild.
Help us bring together local partners, lenders, and funders to develop financing opportunities for businesses rebuilding after conflict.
Contribute seed funding to develop the financing partnerships and practical business support needed for a larger economic recovery effort.
Thank you for standing alongside courageous families as they turn the page from emergency relief toward enduring self-reliance.
With gratitude,
Shadi Martini
CEO, Multifaith Alliance
Across Syria, Türkiye, Lebanon, Iraq, Gaza, Guatemala, and Ukraine, MFA remains committed to serving families in places where other organizations can no longer operate. Learn more at multifaithalliance.org.