Providing Vital Equipment to Zouk Mikael, Lebanon’s Volunteer First Responders
by Anera
Dec 15, 2020
Zouk Mikael, Lebanon’s volunteer first responders now have the tools they need thanks to Anera and a recent donation from Direct Relief.
Read MoreCanning Veggies as Humanitarian Relief
by Anera
Dec 11, 2020
This film features students in Anera’s vocational education classes on cooking. They are canning and prepping veggies for vulnerable families in Lebanon.
Read MoreBeirut Explosion: Responding in the Aftermath
by Anera
Dec 10, 2020
A cataclysmic explosion in Beirut on August 4, 2020 killed 180 people and injured another 6,000. It was one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. Emergency rooms are over capacity with badly injured people, and medical supplies are quickly being depleted with no restock available. A large swath of the city has been destroyed…
Read MoreReconnecting Families in Beirut, Lebanon to Water After the Blast
by Anera
Dec 8, 2020
Anera’s plumbing and engineering vocational students recently installed water tanks on apartment buildings and homes damaged by the August 4th explosion in Beirut. Along with installing the tanks, Anera fixed damaged water lines and connections to Beirut’s main water network.
Read MoreWorld Soil Day
by Anera
Dec 4, 2020
Protecting Palestinian Soil for Future Generations “We come from the soil and we go back to the soil. We must safeguard the rights of our children through the soil we are borrowing from them.” These poignant words come from one of our agronomists in Palestine, Naser Qadous. Naser in the West Bank and his colleague…
Read MoreAn Anera Love Story in Lebanon
by Anera
Nov 30, 2020
Thanks to an Anera cash-for-work opportunity, Wissan and Iman earned enough money to finally tie the knot.
Read MoreWishing You a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving from Anera 2020
by Anera
Nov 25, 2020
2020 has been quite a year! But we hope that you and your loved ones are safe, healthy and able to be happy this Thanksgiving. From all of us at Anera, Happy Thanksgiving!
Read MoreNew Greenhouses in Gaza Help Families Provide for Themselves
by Anera
Nov 24, 2020
Anera has built greenhouses for 66 families across Rafah and Khan Younis in Gaza. Now families grow their own tomatoes, cucumber and eggplants.
Read MoreRemembering the Forgotten
by Anera
Nov 12, 2020
How Lebanon’s refugee and other vulnerable communities are coping after the Beirut blast and in increasingly dire circumstances | Anera hosted this webinar on October 7, 2020. The transcript has been lightly edited for clarity.
Read MoreMy Coding Journey in Gaza
Nov 4, 2020
Khaled writes about his transformative experience in Anera’s career acceleration program It all started when my job ended, late in 2019. I was a mechanical engineer by trade, but I ran across a Facebook ad for Anera’s Palestinians Leveling Up Skills (PLUS). The program promised high-demand tech and professional job skills training for Palestinian youth in…
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