Baking Up Ma’moul for Ramadan Helps Build A Business in Gaza
May 1, 2022
Kifaah Abu Qamar makes cakes and ma’moul in Gaza’s busy market. With the support of Anera’s community, her baking business can thrive.
Read MoreMenstrual Health Education is a Priority for Young Girls in Lebanon’s Refugee Camps
Apr 26, 2022
Anera’s awareness program helps girls take better control of their own health needs.
Read MoreAn Update on our Community Environmental Health Project in 2022
Apr 21, 2022
Anera’s UNICEF-funded Empowered Communities in Action project in Lebanon organizes activities that promote healthy behaviors. Our outreach includes topics like protecting the environment, menstrual well-being, and COVID-19 prevention. We also distribute hygiene supplies through the project. And young people earn cash-for-work helping us to carry out the activities, including many women leaders. Anera’s door-to-door COVID…
Read MoreWorld Water Day
Mar 22, 2022
No one should be left behind when it comes to water. This year for World Water Day Anera is highlighting water preserving farming practices in Gaza.
Read MorePalestinian Farmers in Gaza are Getting Ready for Spring
Mar 13, 2022
After severe winter storms, many greenhouses in Gaza were damaged. Many rely on the greenhouses to feed their families and sell produce at the market. Thanks to Anera donors, farmers can restore their greenhouses and welcome the new season.
Read MoreMy Garden: Urban Farming in Palestinian Refugee Camps
Mar 10, 2022
With the support of UNRWA and Spain’s Bizkaia regional government, Anera is providing expert agricultural trainings to women in Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon as part of our gender-based violence prevention efforts through community-based initiatives. Eight women in Rashidieh Palestinian Refugee Camp are now tending their own home gardens. Soon they will be teaching 100…
Read MoreNusaiba’s Food Business Is Thriving Thanks to Her New Skills
Mar 8, 2022
Meet Nusaiba. She recently completed our sewing course and our English language course. Both courses are supported by UNICEF and offered through our local partner Ibda’a Wa Najah Association in Akkar, Lebanon. She’s already making use of her new sewing skills to add an artful presentation to the preserved foods, or mouneh, that she makes…
Read MoreLeading the Vaccination Drive in Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugee Camps
Mar 3, 2022
With support from UNICEF, Anera has led a campaign to register thousands of residents in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon for vaccination against COVID-19. Palestinian refugees with COVID-19 have a morbidity rate three times higher than the average in Lebanon. Together with a team of volunteers, we conducted door-to-door visits to help community members…
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