ANERA in the News

Palestine Note

Kuwait donates $1m to US Palestinian relief and development org

An article about the Kuwait government's recent donation to ANERA's relief and rehabilitation efforts in Gaza.

 

Palestine Note

'Gaza One Year Later' paints a desperate and depressing picture

An article discussing ANERA President Bill Corcoran's briefing at The Jerusalem Fund and the role of ANERA in Gaza by Palestine Note reporter, Sarah Harlan.

 

The Jerusalem Fund

"Gaza One Year Later: Picking up the Pieces" with Mr. Bill Corcoran

ANERA President Bill Corcoran briefs an audience at The Jerusalem Fund in Washington, D.C. on the situation in Gaza.

 

Chicagoland Radio

Gaza

ANERA President Bill Corcoran discusses the challenges of those living in Gaza on Chicagoland Radio with Ray Hanania.

 

Viewpoint - TV Program

Gaza: One Year Later

ANERA President Bill Corcoran discusses conditions in Gaza on Arab American Institute's ‘Viewpoint with James Zogby.’

 

Palestine Note

Gaza: Picking Up the Pieces

An article written by ANERA President Bill Corcoran regarding the situation in Gaza on the website, Palestine Note.

 

Al Jazeera International / English

An Interview with ANERA President

ANERA President Bill Corcoran was interviewed on Al-Jazeera English on December 24, 2009 to discuss Gaza, one year later.

 

The Daily Star

UNRWA determined not to scale back amid crippling funding crisis

An article focusing on the impact of UNRWA on NGOs working with Palestinians, featuring ANERA Lebanon Country Director, John Viste.

 

The Daily Star

NGO organizes health festival for Palestinian children

Children at a Palestinian school in Bar Elias were treated to live theater and educational games over the weekend at a health festival organized by Children of Al-Jaleel Center together with ANERA.

 

Americans for Peace Now

ANERA President on Gaza

A podcast with ANERA President Bill Corcoran about conditions in Gaza, one year later.

 

Al-Ayam Newspaper

Gaza's El-Najd Society and ANERA have distributed 466 hygiene parcels to poor families

An article focusing on ANERA's collaboration with one of Gaza's humanitarian societies to distribute hygiene parcels to the neediest families. As part of the project, ANERA has partnerships with 23 institutions and delivered 11,000 parcels to people all over Gaza. The article was also featured on Maan News, Nablus TV, and Al-Quds.net.

 

The Arab American News

Celebrating healthy living

An article focusing on ANERA's Creative Health Campaign in Lebanon.

 

Arab News

A beautiful surprise

Eight Palestinian children dance their way from Jerusalem to Washington.

 

PBS World Focus

Jerusalem schoolchildren dance their way to the U.S.

A group of Palestinian schoolchildren headed to Washington for what may have been the performance of their lives.

 

Washington Times

Palestinian youths dance their way to Washington

An article about a Palestinian folkloric dance troupe's visit to the United States. This group of nine and ten year olds came to dance at ANERA's Annual Dinner.

 

IMRA - Independent Media Review Analysis

Fayyad, US consul unveil USAID financed Samaritan water project

ANERA, with USAID financing, builds a water network on Mount Jerzim, near Nablus.

 

The National

Not one penny has reached Gaza

ANERA is extensively quoted in this article about foreign aid in Gaza.

 

Al Jazeera International / English

Day camps help bring Gaza's traumatised children back on track

A short video piece about ANERA's psychosocial work in Gaza.

 

Arab Week Magazine - Lebanon

Tourism in the Lebanese countryside finds its way - Online - into the hearts of tourists

A nice magazine spread in an Arabic publication about the network of bed and breakfasts participating in ANERA's DHIAFEE program.

 

American University of Beirut Alumni Magazine - Lebanon

The Doctor who Delivers Before the Delivery

An article about Dr. Alfred Khoury, a long-time ANERA Board and Medical Committee member, who attended the American University of Beirut.

 

Interaction Monday Developments

Coping with the Invisible Wounds of War

Program creates safe environment for children and families to address trauma. Article by Michael Austin, ANERA Director of Online Giving and Direct Mail.

 

The Plain Dealer - Cleveland

Goodwill for Gaza?

President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world was a welcome goodwill gesture toward healing relations. So was his recognition of the humanitarian crisis for Palestinians in Gaza. He was not alone. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter also voiced concern during his June trip to Gaza...Right now though, the children of Gaza need action more than just words of goodwill.

This op ed was also published in the McClatchy News Service, Kuwait Times and Gulf Times.

 

The New York Times

MUSIC: Ensemble Ambitions in a World Divided

For four players from the Middle East, the hard part is finding neutral ground for rehearsals.

 

The Toledo Blade Newspaper

Hearing aids sent to children in Gaza by area audiologist

As an audiologist of Palestinian descent, Randa Mansour-Shousher jumped at the chance to help when she learned children in Gaza needed hearing aids.

 

Al Hayat Al Jadidah Newspaper - Jerusalem

Executive Director of ANERA Bill Corcoran: Gaza... Half of the Children are Barefoot

Interview with Bill Corcoran about his May 2009 trip to Gaza.

 

Manbar Al Rai Newspaper - Jerusalem

Corcoran Returns from the Capitol of Hell... Conditions in the Gaza Strip Detoriorate

Interview with Bill Corcoran about his May 2009 trip to Gaza.

 

Bokra.net

Chief Executive of ANERA described the situation in Gaza with horror

Interview with Bill Corcoran about his May 2009 trip to Gaza.

 

The Daily Star - Lebanon

NGO organizes health festival for Palestinian children

Children at a Palestinian school in Bar Elias were treated to live theater and educational games by Children of Al-Jaleel Center and ANERA.

 

National Public Radio - All Things Considered

Aid Groups in Gaza Complain of Pressure

Bill Corcoran is quoted in a story about the challenges of delivering relief to Gaza. 

 

The Daily Star - Lebanon

Plight of Palestinian refugees remains ignored - NGO chief

Bill Corcoran is interviewed about the plight of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon. They continue to be largely ignored by the international community, especially in the wake of recent violence in Gaza. 

 

What's Happening - an Arab-American TV talk show for young people

An Interview with Mary Kate Chaath, ANERA's Director of Donor Development

Mary Kate speaks about ANERA's history and current work in Gaza, Lebanon, the West Bank and Jordan.

 

Christian Science Monitor

Pope's urging brings Gaza blockade to forefront

An article about the Pope's visit to the Middle East. Bill Corcoran is quoted talking about the hurdles to getting relief aid into Gaza.

 

Nukes & Spooks|McClatchy

Life in Gaza

A blog entry by Warren Strobel, foreign affairs correspondent for the McClatchy Company, who interviewed ANERA President Bill Corcoran on April 17, 2009.

 

Arab News: The Middle East's Leading English News Daily

Gaza's Broken Spine

An interview with Bill Corcoran, President of ANERA, on his recent trip to Gaza.

 

WPSW Radio

Interview with Suhail Khoury of the Oriental Music Ensemble

Suhail Khoury speaks about the performance at the Kennedy Center and the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music-Palestine where the ensemble members are faculty.

 

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

A performance of Arab Music

Oriental Music Ensemble of the Edward Said National Conservatory of Music-Palestine performs classical and contemporary Arab music with oud, nay, clarinet, qanun, and percussion. Part of ARABESQUE: Arts of the Arab World. ANERA has partnered for 10 years with the Conservatory to bring music education to the
West Bank.

 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A how-to of how to bypass Hamas in getting aid to Gaza

 

Washington Report on the Middle East

Gaza’s Traumatized Children Can’t Wait For Borders to Open and Violence to End

As soon as Israeli authorities granted a Gaza entry permit to Bill Corcoran, president and CEO of ANERA, he was on the next plane out. When he returned to Washington, DC, still stunned by the devastation he had seen in Gaza, Corcoran spoke at an informal lunch co-hosted by Foundation for Middle East Peace and the Middle East Institute on Feb. 23.

 

KBOO FM - Oregon

Impressions from a trip to Gaza

Radio host Hala Gores interviews ANERA President Bill Corcoran on her weekly show, "One Land Many Voices". He describes ANERA's work in Gaza and his impressions from his recent trip there.

 

Viewpoint - TV Program

Impressions from a trip to Gaza

ANERA President Bill Corcoran speaks with James Zogby on his weekly TV show, “Viewpoint with James Zogby”. Watch Bill's segment (which begins at 31:15).

 

The Middle East Institute - Washington DC

The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza

ANERA President Bill Corcoran has just returned from a visit to Gaza where he reviewed ANERA's programs and the economic and humanitarian needs of Gazans after the recent war. He visited damaged schools, hospitals, and water facilities as well as temporary shelters for families whose homes were destroyed. He met with local NGOs to talk about immediate and longer term needs.

 

Al Quds - Jerusalem

ANERA president expects the continuation of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza Strip

Transcript of a meeting between ANERA President Bill Corcoran and media representatives in Jerusalem (story is in Arabic).

 

Al Ayyam - Jerusalem

What happened in Gaza during the war is worse than Tsunami

ANERA President Bill Corcoran calls for the borders to be opened in order to allow the flow humanitarian aid and materials for the reconstruction, and to secure the freedom of movement (story is in Arabic).

 

The Daily Star - Lebanon

Community center reopens in battered Nahr al-Bared

Amid the ravages of the Lebanese Army's three-month 2007 battle with Fatah al-Islam militants in this northern Palestinian refugee camp, a hint of the long-awaited reconstruction effort was unveiled last week with the re-opening of the Beit Atfal Assamoud community center.

 

Washington Times

A Future for Gaza's Children

We are especially concerned about those who may have survived but who have suffered physical injury and, more disturbing, invisible wounds that will haunt them for years to come.

 

BBC World News
"Our ANERA staff is in psychological and emotional shock right now. The bombing has ended and now they are seeing the full extent of the damage."

 

Middle East Interviews - Todd Feinburg

"The bombing has subsided substantially and people are able more to get out into the streets. They are getting a sense of what the damage is and are beginning to pick up some of the pieces."

 

ABC News

"Hospitals are having to resterilize their syringes and reuse pieces of gauze. People are being turned away from hospitals because there is nothing that staff can serve them with."

 

Americans for Peace Now

"Right now, ANERA's staff in Gaza is just trying to stay safe - it's shear survival. The shrapnel and the bombing are both so intense."