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Lebanon Student Talks About Solar Power Class

by Anera

Jun 10, 2022

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Omar is one of many students who have learned about installing and maintaining solar panels in our UNICEF-funded vocational education courses. These are skills that are in demand and very important, given power cuts and electricity shortages in Lebanon.

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15 Years of Living Under Blockade in Gaza

by Anera

Jun 7, 2022

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Palestinians in Gaza have spent the last 15 years of their lives under blockade. The hardships are great but people continue to live their lives. And Anera continues its work to help people thrive as best they can under the conditions imposed on them. For more than two million people life must go on, despite…

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Because of Your Support, We Are Able to Fight COVID-19 with Vaccinations in Lebanon – Thank You!

by Anera

May 25, 2022

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With generous funding from UNICEF, Anera promotes public health awareness and COVID-19 vaccinations in Lebanon.

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Providing Safe Water for Palestinian Communities in North Gaza, Palestine

by Anera

May 23, 2022

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With generous funding from Muslim Aid USA, Anera put together and installed three reverse osmosis water desalination units at public locations throughout northern Gaza.

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Thank You for Serving Families and Communities in Jordan During Ramadan 2022

by Anera

May 12, 2022

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Because of supporters like you and our Anera community, we were able to provide daily hot meals to vulnerable families and communities in Jordan for the first time during Ramadan. Thank you!

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An Inside Look at Beirut’s Fire Brigade

by Anera

Mar 23, 2022

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Beirut’s Fire Brigade constantly faces high pressure, sometimes dangerous situations. It takes brave people like Al Afraa, a paramedic in the brigade, to safeguard the community.

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Palestinian Farmers in Gaza are Getting Ready for Spring

by Anera

Mar 13, 2022

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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.

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My Garden: Urban Farming in Palestinian Refugee Camps

by Anera

Mar 10, 2022

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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…

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Nusaiba’s Food Business Is Thriving Thanks to Her New Skills

by Anera

Mar 8, 2022

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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…

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Visiting a Preschool Construction Site in Gaza

by Anera

Mar 4, 2022

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Anera president and CEO Sean Carroll reports from an Anera project site in Al Fukhari neighborhood of Khan Yunis, in the south of Gaza, Palestine. Anera is going to build a preschool here that will serve 150 children each year, helping to address the currently inadequate early childhood education services available in this community.

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