Annual Dinner 2026: We Carry Tomorrow
Oct 13, 2026
Last Friday, Oct. 9, Anera held its Annual Dinner in Washington DC. The event raised $1 million in support of Anera’s work serving the most vulnerable communities in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. For 58 years, the Anera community has continued to care for one another and create opportunities for a better life. That work doesn’t…
Read MoreA tailor in Bethlehem gets her dream
Oct 6, 2026
Meet Shoruq, she is a mother of four and runs a small business in the West Bank. Recently, she received support from Anera’s community. This is her story.
Read MoreGaza’s Education Crisis: A System-Wide Collapse Threatens a Generation
Oct 5, 2026
For three years now, most of Gaza’s children have had little to no access to school. A child who was seven when the war began is now nine or ten, and has spent a third of the life they can remember waiting for school to resume. Anera’s new report, Gaza’s Education Crisis, tells the story…
Read MoreWorld Teachers Day
Oct 5, 2026
Today, October 5, is World Teachers Day, an annual UNESCO thematic day to recognize the essential role that teachers worldwide play in creating opportunities and hopeful futures for the next generation. Providing teachers with the skills, recognition and tools that they need to excel is vital to achieving the fourth UN Sustainable Development Goal on…
Read MoreMeet Zainab, the only certified female lifeguard in Aqaba, Jordan
Sep 30, 2026
Meet Zainab. She’s the only certified female lifeguard among 260,000 people in Aqaba Jordan. Zainab is breaking barriers and proving that women can succeed in every profession when given the right opportunities and support. Through Anera’s HIRE Project, youth are equipped with industry-relevant technical and employability skills and connected with real employment opportunities. By working…
Read MoreA Fanzine for Disco Elysium Raises Over $20,000 for Anera
Sep 29, 2026
For us, a group of 49 volunteers – seven moderators, 32 artists, seven writers, and three translators – it started with a shared love of one game: Disco Elysium, an acclaimed 2019 role-playing video game that follows a detective with no memory of who he is. The result is “After Death, Life Again”, a 120-plus-page…
Read MoreI Give Because I Believe in the Future
by Abby White
Sep 28, 2026
As a Jewish teen growing up in Newton, Massachusetts, a trip to Israel after high school felt like a rite of passage. In 1977, I spent seven weeks on a kibbutz in the Galilee, waking at four in the morning to weed cotton fields, trim banana trees, and work in a mirror factory. What drew…
Read MoreRemembering Piney Kesting
Sep 23, 2026
Anera mourns the loss of Piney Kesting, a longtime board member, writer, and friend who died peacefully on Tuesday, September 22, at Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain, Boston. She was 72. Piney is survived by Kevin, her beloved husband of 42 years, and their two daughters, Tea and Zoe. Piney was a longtime Anera board…
Read MoreMacklemore Fans, Your Support Is Making a Difference in Gaza
Sep 16, 2026
Here are just some of the things we’ve been able to accomplish in Gaza recently thanks to your support and the support of Macklemore.
Read MoreAfter Amputation, Qais Found a Path Forward at Al Jalil
Sep 8, 2026
Qais is a young man from Jenin whose injury left doctors with no choice but to amputate his leg. For many, that would have been the end of the road. For Qais, it was the beginning of a different one. Al Jalil Society is a long-standing, community-based rehabilitation and physiotherapy center in Jenin dedicated to…
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