Palestinian Families in Gaza Can Now Buy the Food They Need
by Anera
Oct 20, 2020
In the midst of rising poverty, 2,700 Palestinian families in Gaza are now able to buy the food and household items they need. Thanks to funding by Islamic Relief USA, Anera is able to distribute grocery vouchers 🛒🧾 to some of Gaza’s most vulnerable and food insecure families. Fourteen grocery stores throughout Gaza are participating…
Read MoreAnera Students in Bekaa Help their Communities
by Anera
Oct 15, 2020
Students in Anera’s UNICEF-funded vocational educational programs in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon are helping their local communities by cooking meals, making face masks and rehabilitating homes. Our students get the best of all worlds: they learn on the job, they earn income, and they help!
Read MoreEmpowering Girls to Build Better Futures in Palestine & Lebanon
by Anera
Oct 11, 2020
Every year, October 11 marks International Day of the Girl, a day to recognize and support the rights of girls around the world. This year’s theme is “My voice, our equal future.” One of the key points of this year’s theme is empowering girls to learn new skills towards the futures they choose. Anera recognizes…
Read MoreAnera in 2020: Responding to COVID and the Beirut Explosion
by Anera
Oct 7, 2020
2020 brought unimaginable challenges to Palestine and Lebanon. Anera had to pivot its work not once, not twice, but three times. From “normal” political and economic challenges to revolution and economic collapse, then to COVID-19, and, most recently, to the terrible explosion that rocked Beirut.
Read MoreGiving Back And Doubling My Impact
by Walid Labadi
Sep 30, 2020
Connecting Communities Through Workplace Giving I am an ardent supporter of Anera. My contributions are made possible through the Community Connections Program at the World Bank: a workplace giving initiative organized to encourage its employees to give back to organizations that support their interests. I was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. My father was…
Read MoreHealth Care System in Palestine
by Anera
Sep 21, 2020
Palestinians struggle to receive adequate healthcare due to strains on their system such as unemployment, utilities & poverty. See how you and Anera can help!
Read MoreRepairing Damaged Homes After the Beirut Blast
by Anera
Sep 17, 2020
Anera is working with partners like Muslim Aid, to repair damaged homes in Beirut, Lebanon. On August 4, 2020 at around 6 PM local time, a pair of explosions rocked Beirut, Lebanon’s capital. In a city of 1.9 million, at least 300,000 people have been displaced from their homes. Initial reports estimate the cost of…
Read MoreFearful, sad and shocked in Gaza
by Ahmad Najjar
Sep 15, 2020
“‘Fearful, sad and shocked,’ this is how I feel right now,” says Ahmad Najjar. Luckily, we received two shipments of PPE shortly before the outbreak in Gaza. An interview with Ahmad Najjar, Anera’s medical donations program coordinator in Gaza I was shocked when I heard about the discovery of the first four cases of COVID-19…
Read MoreDelivering Hot Meals for Quarantined COVID-19 Patients in Lebanon
by Anera
Sep 10, 2020
In Lebanon, Anera is delivering hot meals to COVID-19 patients quarantined in their homes. With the ongoing economic and political crises and the lack of social services, many families have become food insecure. The August 4 explosion at the port in Beirut made matters worse. These deliveries come at a critical time for families trying…
Read MoreDelivery of PPE to Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza
by Anera
Sep 3, 2020
In Gaza, Anera’s medical donations team delivered COVID-19 emergency medicines 💊 and PPE 😷 to Shifa Hospital. These deliveries are vital with coronavirus cases rising in Gaza. Thank you 🙏🏽 Ray of Light Foundation for the funding that made this vital purchase possible.
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