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Sean Carroll’s Remarks on Acceptance of InterAction’s Julia Vadala Taft Outstanding Leadership Award

Jul 2, 2024

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I am humbled. To be given an award named after and honoring Julia Vadala Taft, a towering lighthouse of humanity and leadership, is a huge honor. As it is to follow in the steps of several in this room who received it before me. And also to know that I am fortunate to be among…

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Conference Calling for Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza

Jun 12, 2024

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The “Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza” Conference was held in Jordan yesterday, June 11, 2024. Co-organized by Jordan, Egypt, and the UN, the event included heads of state, government representatives and key organizations, including Anera. The purpose of conference was to enhance the international response to Gaza’s crisis, establish standardized measures, address…

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Statement From Anera’s President on Resuming Operations in Gaza

Apr 11, 2024

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After a temporary pause announced last week, Anera is resuming all aid operations in Gaza. As you know, the decision to temporarily pause our operations was not an easy one. We followed the direction of our staff in Gaza, who’ve faced death, loss, and destruction since the start of the war. After the killing of…

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Gaza’s Stark Reality

Jan 5, 2024

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Anera President & CEO Sean Carroll was recently in Gaza from December 19-21, bearing witness to the horrors Palestinians are facing daily.

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There Are No Words – The 2023 Gaza War

Dec 4, 2023

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Even after this war is over, the decimation of life and infrastructure in Gaza will take many years to overcome.

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A Visit to Deir Al Balah, Gaza

Oct 17, 2022

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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…

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Expanding Educational Opportunities in Gaza

Oct 11, 2022

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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…

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Combatting Donor Fatigue With Solutions That Bring Hope

Oct 10, 2022

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Seemingly never-ending downward spirals make some people lose hope and provoke talk of donor fatigue. But Anera’s work combats donor fatigue.

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Thank You for Your Support in 2021

Jan 7, 2022

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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…

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Building A Better Future in Palestine – What’s Your Vision?

Apr 29, 2019

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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…

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