A Visit to Deir Al Balah, Gaza
by Sean Carroll
Oct 17, 2022
I just finished a visit to some of our projects in Deir Al Balah, Gaza. Anera is doing a lot there and I’d like to share here some self videos from three sites I visited. The Mise Al Reem Preschool in Deir Al Balah With funding from Dubai Cares, the Alumbra Innovation Fund and the…
Read MoreExpanding Educational Opportunities in Gaza
by Sean Carroll
Oct 11, 2022
Adapted remarks delivered by Sean Carroll at the ceremony marking the completion of the expansion of the Rosary Sisters School in Gaza. It is a great pleasure for me to be back in Gaza today for this wonderful occasion. To celebrate the completion of the new floor at the Rosary Sisters School. Hearing just now…
Read MoreCombatting Donor Fatigue With Solutions That Bring Hope
by Sean Carroll
Oct 10, 2022
Seemingly never-ending downward spirals make some people lose hope and provoke talk of donor fatigue. But Anera’s work combats donor fatigue.
Read MoreThank You for Your Support in 2021
by Sean Carroll
Jan 7, 2022
You, our amazing Anera community of supporters, stepped up once again and made a commitment to help hope find a way in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. You and 663 other donors helped surpass our end-of-year fundraising match goal to bring in over $250,000! I can’t tell you enough how grateful we are for your generosity this…
Read MoreBuilding A Better Future in Palestine – What’s Your Vision?
by Sean Carroll
Apr 29, 2019
A message from Anera President & CEO, Sean Carroll… During a recent visit to Palestine, I visited some fields laced by sanasil, stone wall terraces, in the West Bank. For millennia, these sanasil have protected the land they are built upon from erosion and farmer’s crops and orchards from flooding or grazing wild animals. While…
Read MoreAnera’s Impactful Programs in Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza
by Sean Carroll
Oct 15, 2018
In July 2018, I traveled to Lebanon, Jordan, Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza. I visited 24 current and past Anera projects in Lebanon and Palestine, including eight in Lebanon, six in the West Bank and 10 in Gaza. This trip came at critical moments in each country. In Lebanon, even as it is still…
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 MoreTo Help Refugees, Help the Whole Community
by Sean Carroll
Dec 21, 2017
On a recent trip to Lebanon, my first to the region as the new head of Anera, I met with a group of youth. Two were Syrian refugees, one a Palestinian refugee from Syria (a refugee twice over), one a Palestinian refugee who’s grown up in Lebanon, and one a Lebanese. Though their stories and…
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