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Holistic Support for Adolescent Girls in Lebanon

by Anera

Oct 20, 2025

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In the U.S., back-to-school season means crowded store aisles filled with notebooks, pencils, and backpacks. Kids rush to classrooms buzzing with energy and fresh starts. In Lebanon, though, back-to-school can often look very different for some children. For many adolescent girls, the start of the school year is filled with uncertainty. Will they have a…

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Humanitarian Lifeline in South Lebanon

by Anera

Oct 3, 2025

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Cash Support for Families Facing Food Insecurity Even after the November 2024 ceasefire, hunger remains a daily struggle for families across Lebanon. The latest IPC report shows that 1.17 million people are in crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse, including 55,000 in emergency (IPC Phase 4). Another 2.25 million people are “stressed” (IPC Phase 2),…

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Lebanon’s Youth Take Climate Action

by Anera

Oct 2, 2025

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This summer, Lebanon is grappling with one of its harshest wildfire seasons in years, fueled by extreme heat and prolonged drought. Fires have erupted from Akkar’s hills to Mount Lebanon, devastating green spaces, displacing wildlife, and threatening communities. On August 9, 2025, Zahle recorded 45.2 °C, the hottest August day in the country’s history, with…

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Education Can’t Wait for a Crisis to End

Sep 23, 2025

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During a crisis, immediate needs become painfully pronounced. Food, water, shelter and acquiring the basics for life becomes an all-consuming process, requiring inordinate amounts of time, energy, courage, and, if we’re honest, luck. Once the comforts of life are stripped away, it becomes obvious what constitutes a necessity. And yet, amid this urgent struggle for…

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Rebuilding Beirut After the Blast: Anera’s Long-Term Recovery Efforts

by Anera

Aug 1, 2025

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Five years after the Beirut port explosion, Anera continues rebuilding lives in Lebanon through home repairs, job training, education, food security and healthcare.

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Supporting Medical Missions Across Jordan

by Anera

Jul 28, 2025

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With support from Direct Relief and International Health Partners, we recently distributed medical aid and treatments across Jordan, focusing on underserved communities. Necessary Medical Aid Reaches Jordan In a collaborative effort to bring essential healthcare to underserved communities in Jordan, Anera recently supported a series of medical missions led by the Jordan National Red Crescent…

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Meeting Urgent Health Needs in Gaza and the West Bank

Jul 18, 2025

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Delivering health services in Gaza and the West Bank has always been challenging—but since the escalation of violence in late 2023, the situation has become even more complex and urgent. Anera continues to provide essential care through a network of health facilities and in close coordination with trusted local partners. Our work spans from primary…

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Empowering Lebanon’s Next Generation of Nurses

by Anera

Jul 15, 2025

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Anera’s nursing scholarships are helping strengthen Lebanon’s strained healthcare system by supporting young Lebanese and Palestinian students, most of them women, to complete their studies and begin careers in nursing across the country.

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Psychosocial Healing in Gaza

by Anera

Jul 15, 2025

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Since the war in Gaza began in October 2023, Anera has reached more than 10,000 children, teens and adults with psychosocial support, offering healing, care and moments of relief amid fear, loss and ongoing violence.

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Anera’s Emergency Programs in Lebanon: May – June

by Anera

Jun 23, 2025

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Through vocational training opportunities, meal distribution, and sustainable support practices, Anera provides dignity through Lebanon’s emergency sector. Food Preparation Our team is distributing 328,000 meals throughout Lebanon, which are being prepared by participants of our job training program supported by UNICEF. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anera (@aneraorg) Arabic Couches Distribution…

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