50 Photos for 50 Years
by Anera
May 21, 2018
Anera is delving into our photo archives and featuring one emblematic photo for each year of our existence. The series will cover one decade at a time, starting in April and finishing in August, when the organization first opened its doors 50 years ago. #anera50for50 The Second Decade: 1978-1987 Anera supporters gave grants to dozens of local…
Read MoreLetter to My Mother in Gaza
May 13, 2018
Dear Om Mazin, it’s been more than five years since we were in the same room together and I miss that very much. Every passing day, I think about the joy of being in your company and in your eyesight. As a little boy growing up in Gaza, things did not always make sense. Back…
Read MoreAnera Then and Now
by Anera
May 8, 2018
This page will revisit some of the thousands of projects and people who Anera has worked with over the years to see where they are now — from universities that got their start with Anera’s help to teachers who changed their classroom with new skills they gained. #anerathenandnow In 2010, with funding from IFAD and support…
Read More11 Years of Visiting Gaza, Seeing it Deteriorate
by Liz Demarest
Apr 25, 2018
Since December 2007 I have visited Gaza nine times. It is April 2018 and I just got back from a trip there. Over the course of 11 years, I have seen this beautiful strip of land deteriorate to the point where it is hard to imagine how much worse it can be. On my first…
Read More5 Ways Anera Helps Protect the Environment
by Anera
Apr 23, 2018
Did you know that one of Anera’s priorities is protecting the environment? We incorporate green practices into a variety of projects, from building with recycled materials to irrigating with treated water. Here are five ways, thanks to our community of supporters, we are helping to address pollution, climate change and limited resources in Palestine (Gaza/West…
Read MoreTo Whom Much is Given, Much is Asked
by Anera
Apr 5, 2018
by Murad Siam A little over 15 years ago, my parents’ home in California burned to the ground. I drove up as the rubble was being cleared away and asked the workers to stop so I could rummage through and see what was salvageable. In a small frayed pouch I found all of my deceased…
Read MoreUpdates from Gaza for Water Day 2018
by Sean Carroll
Mar 22, 2018
How often does one see government officials continue as planned with a scheduled public appearance after an assassination attempt against them en route? Last week, after a bomb detonated near the convoy of the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, he continued on to inaugurate the Northern Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment plant. That tells us how important…
Read More7 Years On: Remembering Syrian Refugees
by Anera
Mar 15, 2018
After seven years of war in Syria, more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees live in informal tented settlements, abandoned buildings, or cramped spaces in decades-old Palestinian camps within Lebanon. Among them are the “twice refugeed”—displaced Palestinian refugees from Syria. They join the half-million Palestinian refugees already living in formal camps in Lebanon. Syrians living in…
Read MoreWhen women are empowered, everyone benefits.
by Anera
Mar 8, 2018
“No society can be just, and no human or economic development even-spread and sustainable if women, who represent half of the population, are left behind, if their needs and aspirations are not addressed.” – Dr. Lamis Abu-Nahleh, founder of the Bir Zeit University Women’s Studies Program Women and girls are a powerful force in…
Read MoreI’ve never left that hospital room in Burj El Barajneh
by Anera
Mar 1, 2018
Throughout 2018, our blog, will publish the words of Anera supporters, who have amazing and inspirational stories of why they are passionate about helping in Palestine and Lebanon and how they came to be part of our wonderful community. by Ellen Siegel I was born toward the end of the Holocaust. I went to…
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