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Fighting Food Insecurity and Unemployment with Farms to Fosool
Empowering and supplying farmers to bring fresh and nutritional meals to children in Gaza Across Gaza, families are struggling with food insecurity and unemployment, making it difficult to provide adequate meals for their children each day. Without a properly nutritious diet, children often have poor concentration in school, and suffer from eating and sleeping disorders….
Farms to Fosool Provides Fresh Meals to Children in Gaza
Anera’s President & CEO Sean Carroll heads to one of the preschools that has been positively impacted by Anera. The program serves 12 preschools across Gaza, reaching 1,428 children. It hires 100 local farmers to provide fresh produce and 40 local women, who work overnight to prepare the breakfast meals fresh every morning. The program…
Farms to Fosool
Anera’s new Farms to Fosool program delivers healthy, fresh breakfasts to Gaza preschoolers every school day. We’re building on sustainable, long-term community partnerships connecting family farmers, working women and schools. Farmers participating in Anera’s greenhouse program earn income selling produce to women’s cooperatives. Members of women’s cooperatives earn an income preparing fresh, health breakfasts for…
What I Saw in Palestine, Jordan and Lebanon
I joined Anera in 2015. When I first started, I was taken aback at just how impressive and thoughtful Anera’s programs were (and still are!). The humanitarian and development needs in the communities where Anera works are frequently all too visible, and often it is tempting to rush in with stopgap measures to address acute distress.
2023 Anera Annual Gala
EVENTS Friday, October 13 in Washington, DC Stitch by Stitch: Interwoven Solutions WHEN: Friday, October 13, 6:30 pm ET SHARE THIS EVENT Details Tickets Be a Sponsor Details Anera invites you to our 2023 Annual Gala! Mark your calendar! You don’t want to miss the evening we are planning.It’s at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington,…
Health Education
OUR PRIORITIES Health Education Poverty and Conflict Make Good Health Difficult In refugee camps and vulnerable communities in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan families often have limited access to basic necessities for health and hygiene. Families living on low wages, or none at all, can’t afford essential items like toothbrushes and soap. In the crowded Syrian…
Anera in Deir Al Balah, Palestine
GAZA Anera in Deir Al Balah, Palestine Anera has deep roots and over 25 years of history in Deir Al Balah. Deir Al Balah (دير البلح) governorate is located in central Gaza. A monastery was built there in the mid-fourth century AD, giving it its name which translates to Monastery of the Date Palm. The…
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in the Middle East
Human-centered development and expanding quality of life In a planet of 8 billion people, with finite natural resources, life looks very different for those lucky enough to be economically prosperous. Billions of people right now are living in circumstances that sharply limit their aspirations, of material deprivation, of limited access to healthcare and many of…
Palestinian Teachers’ Day 2022
Today is Palestinian Teachers’ Day, a time to recognize all those who play an integral part in the development of children, such as Anera’s program officer in Gaza, Suad Lubbad. “Having a personal mission to invest in the development of young children to reach a better tomorrow for Palestine has inspired me to persevere in…
Health Education for Gaza Mothers
HEALTH Health Education for Gaza Mothers Anera Helps Raise Awareness about Good Nutrition In the Kids of the Future Kindergarten, in central Gaza, a group of mothers listen attentively as health specialists explain the basics of healthy nutrition for kindergarteners. The educational sessions are part of Anera’s Farms to Fosool program, which aims to raise…