The National

In Gaza and West Bank, Seeds of Sustainable Development

What is sustainable development really?...sustainability means giving people the tools to help translate a dream into reality...

Kuwait Times

Kuwait Donates $1 Million to Support Gaza Children

ANERA received a $1 million donation from the Kuwaiti government to provide nutritional support to children in Gaza.

Kuwait News Agency

Kuwait Donates $1 Million to Support Gaza Preschool Children

Kuwait has donated $1 million to support children in Gaza where World health Organization statistics show nearly four out of ten children under five suffer from anemia and malnutrition.

Huffington Post

Food for Thought

Putting food on the table for American families may be a pleasurable experience but for many around the globe it is a major challenge.

Al Quds

Specialized Course for Mothers and Kindergarten Teachers in Nablus

A special workshop on early childhood development was held in Nablus for mothers and teachers, in cooperation with ANERA.

Al Ayyam

Home Gardens in Gaza

ANERA's Home Gardens project was featured in an article about food security programs in Gaza to ease problems associated with unemployment and other struggles.

Publishing Perspectives

Hayya Naqra! (Let's Read) Brings Books to Palestine's Neediest

ANERA's Early Childhood Development program in the West Bank includes a multi-pronged initiative to promote reading and storytelling that also develops teacher and parental interest and skills in reading.

As Safir

Anti Smoking Exhibit

PARD organized a mobile anti-smoking exhibit with ANERA to highlight effects of cigarettes on second-hand smoke and the environment.

Al Quds

Sewage Lines in Beit Jala Extended

ANERA has extended the sewage network in Beit Jala in the West Bank as part of USAID's EWAS II program.

Al Rai

Books donated to Jordan Schools

ANERA distributes thousands of books donated by the International Book Bank to 40 Jordanian schools to help teach English to young students.

Al Arab Al Yawm

ANERA and Holy Land Institute Sign Agreement for Program with Disabled

ANERA and Holy Land Institute collaborate on project for those with handicaps in Madaba Camp, Jordan.

PNN (Palestine News Network)

ANERA Renovates School in Jenin

Under USAID's EWAS II program, ANERA completely renovated Fatmeh Khatoun Basic Girls' School.

Gulf News

A Light in Dark Places

An interview with ANERA president Bill Corcoran about ANERA's start, its mission and current projects.

Interaction Blog

Overcoming Challenges of Breastfeeding

ANERA-Lebanon staffer Dima Zayat tells how she learned about breastfeeding through Creative Health Campaign's awareness program.

Maan News Agency

Telemedicine Session in Gaza

Participating doctors and medical experts received certificates for completing ANERA's telemedicine classes in Gaza.

Addustour Newspaper

Breast Cancer Awareness Project in Al Hussein Camp

In partnership with the Jordan Breast Cancer Projgram ANERA's awareness campaign includes home visits to increase awareness on early detection of breast cancer for 6,000 women in Al-Hussein Camp.

Post Jordan

New Health Project for Disabled in Madaba Camp

ANERA and the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf are implementing a health project for deaf persons in Madaba Camp.

The Forward

Should USAID Use Public Funds for Religious Entities Overseas?

In an article about the debate over funding for religious institutions overseas, ANERA president clarifies that some religious groups have helped fund repairs to schools and hospitals but not houses of worship.

PNN (Palestine News Network)

Uncovering the Future

Thanks to ANERA’s (American Near East Refugee Aid) plastic mulch program, some 70 workers have been hired from March to July to remove the plastic sheeting and clean the land for planting.

KUNA (Kuwait News Agency)

ANERA Launches Initiative to Meet Education Needs of Palestinian Children

In an exclusive interview to KUNA, ANERA's Education Program Manager Sulieman Mleahat stressed the importance to work with key educational stakeholders and ensure that preschool education as an integral part of an overall national early childhood strategy which ANERA is helping to develop.

ArabDetroit

ANERA Names New Country Director for Lebanon

ANERA is pleased to announce that Samar El Yassir has joined the organization as Country Director in Lebanon. Ms Yassir is an experienced development professional who has worked in Lebanon in the field of social development for more than 20 years.

GlobeNewswire

NAAMA Establishes Emergency Medical Relief Fund; Appeals for Donations

The National Arab American Medical Association announced the creation of the Emergency Medical Relief Fund relying on partners like ANERA to deliver relief supplies to the Middle East.

Arab Detroit

ANERA Launches Arabic Website

The Arab Detroit website has featured ANERA's news about the launch of the Arabic language website.

The Huffington Post

Egypt Tremors Felt in Gaza

An article by ANERA President Bill Corcoran about the recent events in Egypt and its impact on Gaza. With the decrease in supplies coming from Egypt through the tunnels, its more important than ever that necessary supplies get to families in need.

Palestine Note

Dreams for Nahr El Bared Camp

A blog by Dr. Tawfiq Asaad, who works at Nahr El Bared's Al Shifa Clinic. The clinic, which last year served 14,200 patients, receives donated medicines delivered by ANERA.

Wafa Palestine News & Info Agency (Arabic)

ANERA Creative Health Campaign - Rational Use of Medicine

ANERA's Creative Health Campaign is helping thousands of Palestinians in Lebanon, where 1/3 of refugees suffer from chronic diseases, to understand how to use medicine wisely.

Yasour (Arabic)

ANERA Creative Health Campaign - Tour in Tyre

Through the Creative Health Campaign, ANERA is spreading health messages throughout Lebanon, including this festival in Tyre. Also featured on SourSawa, SaindaOnline and Yasa Web.

Almadenah News (Arabic)

ANERA celebrates the completion of its Academic Support Program

ANERA and its local partners celebrated the successful completion of a one-year program of academic support to Jordanian and Iraqi refugee teens from underprivileged communities to improve their academic performance. Also featured on Post-Jordan and Nebras News.

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Interaction

West Bank Families Need More Support

Mohammed Abu Rajab, ANERA Area Director in Hebron talks about the needs of West Bank families on the Interaction blog.

Palestine News Network

New Equipment is Life Line for Gaza Blood Bank

ANERA's story on the new shipment of vital medical equipment to the Gaza Blood Bank was featured on the PNN website.

Care2.com

West Bank Families Need More Support

The website featured a guest post by Mohammed Abu Rajab, ANERA Area Director, Hebron about the hardships facing West Bank families.

The Star

ANERA teacher honoring ceremony

ANERA honored those teachers and partners who were vital in implementing the “School Readiness Program for Vulnerable Iraqi and Jordanian Youth” in Amman, Jordan.

Jordan Times

American aid agency to expand outreach in Kingdom

ANERA is expanding its programs in education and health in the Kingdom of Jordan, including after-school tutoring for Iraqi and Jordanian students and breast cancer awareness.

Palestine News Network

An Entrepreneur In The West Bank

The Social Activity Center, funded by IFAD and constructed by ANERA, has lent a helping hand - through a variety of social and educational opportunities - to the 10,000 residents of Beit Liqia.

Kabobfest.com

The Challenge of Feeding a Family in Gaza

The website featured an article by ANERA Communications Officer, Rania Elhilou, about the struggles of daily life in Gaza.

Palestine News Network

Special Milk Is Formula For Survival

ANERA, through its In-Kind Program, delivers special food to children in Gaza and the West Bank who are unable to digest milk and who would otherwise be unable to eat.

Ifpress.com

Celebrate the holiday season by giving

ANERA was featured on columnist Amy Dickinson's list of her favorite charities.

Palestine News Network

Building a School in the Desert

ANERA has reinvigorated an entire community by entirely rehabilitating the local school and installing a water drainage system.

Relief Web

USAID and the PWA Inaugurate a Newly Built Water Reservoir in Bani Nai'm

ANERA has completed a new water reservoir with funding from USAID.

Free Library

ANERA Tells an Important Story to Americans and Palestinians Alike

An article about the ANERA 2010 Annual Dinner, which featured hakawati entertainment and honored the states of Kuwait and Qatar.

Washington Report on Middle East Affairs

ANERA Tells an Important Story to Americans and Palestinians Alike

An article about the ANERA 2010 Annual Dinner, which featured hakawati entertainment and honored the states of Kuwait and Qatar.

Petra.gov

Breast Cancer Awareness Project in Jordan 

ANERA's expansion of the Breast Cancer Awareness Project was featured on Petra.gov, Jordan's news agency.

The Peninsula

$280,000 ROTA grant for refugees in Lebanon

Reach Out To Asia (ROTA) has awarded a $280,000 grant to ANERA to advance the scope of training for Palestinian and Lebanese refugees. The grant will improve formal and non-formal education of tens of thousands of displaced Arabs...over a period of 18 months.

Arab News

ANERA - The story of one is the story of all

"In an interesting twist to this season of Washingtonian gala events, ANERA, the American Near East Refugee Aid, 42nd annual dinner staged a series of five narratives, “Hakawati” in Arabic, taken from Middle Eastern farming communities that were poignantly performed before the dinner guests..."

Federation of Arab News Agencies

Kuwait News Agency - ANERA

ANERA honored Kuwait, along with Qatar and the Firedoll Foundation, at the 2010 Annual Dinner. Kuwait donated $1 million to the Milk for Preschoolers Program in Gaza earlier in the year.

Middle East Conflict

Special Milk Is Formula For Survival

ANERA, through its In-Kind Program, delivers special food to children in Gaza and the West Bank who are unable to digest milk and who would otherwise be unable to eat.

This Week in Palestine

Beginning in Gloom, Ending with Hope

ANERA, with funding from USAID, has renovated hospitals throughout the West Bank.

Relief Web

Progress Report on Early Childhood Initiative in West Bank

An update on ANERA's Early Childhood Education Initiative.

Palestine News Network

An Entrepreneur In The West Bank

ANERA, along with IFAD, has constructed the Social Activity Center, which provides social and educational opportunities for the residents of Beit Liqia.

Emirates Tribune

Serving Ein El Helwah Camp in Lebanon

ANERA is providing health and education services in Ein El Helwah Camp, a refugee camp with over 70,000 residents squeezed into an area roughly 1.5 square kilometers.

Relief Web

ANERA - Serving Ein El Helwah Camp in Lebanon

The website featured ANERA's article about working in the refugee camp in Lebanon. Also seen on WAFA.

Huffington Post

The Environmental Toll of the Gaza Siege

Huffington Post contributor, Hani Almadhoun, discusses the impact of closing Gaza on the local environment and people.

Daily Star - Lebanon

Agriculture project looks to revive war-ravaged land

ANERA is working with the YMCA to revive land damaged during war in Lebanon by planting fruit-bearing trees, helping the environment and local farmers.

Palestine Note

Small loans empower Gaza women

An article about ANERA's Gaza Women's Loan Fund and the empowerment of women through small loans, helping their business ideas come to fruition. Also featured on Palestine News Network.

Palestine News Network

In the Shade of Olive Trees

ANERA's renovation of the Al-Hussein Bin Ali Secondary School for Boys included a new auditorium, light fixtures and an emergency exit. There were also several unique additions - a dozen 30-year-old olive trees.

ReliefWeb

Lebanon: Planting to Provide

ANERA is working with farmers in southern Lebanon to rehabilitate their lands and grow a variety of crops, from olive trees to wheat.

Palestine News Network

No More Flooding in Tubas

An article featuring ANERA's project in Tubas, with funding from USAID, which installed a city-wide drainage system for its 70,000 residents.

Aljazeera.com

ANERA: $250,000 for Gaza Development

ANERA announced new funding for Gaza development projects. The money, raised by ANERA from private donors, will be used to expand existing ANERA programs dealing with health, sanitation and food security. Also featured on Arab Detroit and Palestine News Network.

Palestine Video

Is there a crisis in Gaza?

Watch ANERA President Bill Corcoran talking about conditions in Gaza on the show "Viewpoint with James Zogby." It was also featured on VodPod.

Palestine News Network

ANERA Spreading The Word About Breast Cancer In Palestine

ANERA has created a 12-page booklet, in close consultation with the Ministry of Health and ICF International, to distribute to women in the West Bank on how to check for signs of breast cancer and how to react if something suspicious appears.

Arab Detroit

ANERA Names New Country Director

ANERA's press release regarding the new Country Director, based in Jerusalem, Dr. Kenneth Lizzio was featured on the website, Arab Detroit.

Palestine Note

Making Gaza "one huge summer camp"

An article about ANERA's upcoming summer camps in Gaza for children. The program, which will reach over 500 children, will include supplies for fun activities, t-shirts and hats, and all transportation and give the "children...a place to express themselves in a very creative and positive way."

Arab Detroit

ANERA Helps Disabled Children of Sukhneh, Jordan

ANERA has announced its year-long, three-phase program, to help disabled children in the Sukhneh Camp, which will identify cases of hearing and visual impairment and other physical disabilities and provide appropriate diagnostic and rehabilitation services.

Al-Quds Newspaper

Jericho Hospital, Ground Breaking Ceremony, April 14

The Palestinian Ministry of Health and USAID have announced a $2.5 million project to renovate Jericho Hospital, which serves more that 60,000 residents of Jericho and the Jordan Valley. ANERA will implement the project which should be completed by February 2011. This event was also featured in Maan News and Wafa News.

Al-Hayat Newspaper

Jericho Hospital Renovations

ANERA is implementing a project to renovate Jericho Hospital through The Palestinian Ministry of Health and USAID. This event was also featured in Al Ayyam Newspaper.

Huffington Post

Easing Gaza's Blockade?

ANERA President Bill Corcoran has written about the impact of the border closure on Gazan families.

Palestine Note

Gaza notebook: One candle is not enough

Read about ANERA's Media Relations Officer, Rania, and her remarkable story about life in Gaza... in her own words.

WAFA News Agency

Delivering Medicines to West Bank

ANERA's has made a recent shipment of antibiotics for children in the West Bank, thanks to a donation from AmeriCares.

Palestine Note

ANERA project pipes water to West Bank town

ANERA's recent project in the West Bank town of Dar Salah has connected 100 homes to clean water.

Arab Detroit News

Kuwait Donates One Million Dollars to ANERA for Gaza Children

The Kuwait government's $1 million donation to ANERA will go toward Milk for Preschoolers and preschool rehabilitation projects in Gaza.

Brunei News

Kuwait Donates USD 1 Million for Children of Gaza

The Kuwait government has recently donated $1 million to ANERA to help children in Gaza.

Kuwait Times

Kuwait gives $1m for Gaza children

An article about the Kuwait government's recent $1 million donation to ANERA to help children in Gaza. This topic was also featured on Palestine Note, ReliefWeb, Kuwait News Agency, and Muslims.net.

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.

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.

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

Middle East Interviews - Todd Feinburg

ABC News

Americans for Peace Now