An Anera Love Story in Lebanon

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Wissan and Iman are a young couple from Bekaa, Lebanon. They met and fell in love several years ago, but couldn’t get married because neither had a job. Thanks to an Anera cash-for-work opportunity, they earned enough money to finally tie the knot.

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