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Promoting Menstrual Hygiene & Health in Arsal, Lebanon’s Syrian Refugee Camp

by Anera

Mar 12, 2021

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In the remote Syrian refugee camp located in Arsal, Lebanon, Anera has begun promoting menstrual hygiene and health through our UNHCR-funded waste and recycling program.

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#HerStory: Meet Najwa, A Small Business Owner from Beit Hanoun, Gaza

by Anera

Mar 8, 2021

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As a small business owner in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, Najwa persists amid the COVID-19 pandemic. She was able to establish a small grocery in her community thanks to a grant from Anera — part of our women’s empowerment program in partnership with the Cooperative Society for Savings and Lending (CSSL) in Beit Hanoun.

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Opportunity is the Biggest Difference

Mar 5, 2021

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Last week Khalid launched a fundraiser to help vaccinate Palestinian refugees. Here he tells us the story behind the campaign. My dad is a decades-long supporter of Anera and my two sisters and I have supported the organization more recently by following its impact on social media, donating to its campaigns, and attending its annual…

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#HerStory: Meet Dalia, An Anera PLUS Career Accelerator Graduate from Gaza

by Anera

Mar 1, 2021

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Anera’s People Leveling Up Skills (PLUS) program is a career accelerator giving young people the technical skills they need to begin successful careers. Students go through a 20-week training in full-stack software development followed by career mentorship.

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A Family Touched by Wartime Internment Supports Refugee Education

Feb 26, 2021

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Rachel, Tony, and Adrian Kitzinger recently donated to Anera and shared the following moving story to provide background on the donation. Our father, Ernst Kitzinger, fled Germany in 1933 and ended up in England some years later.  As you may know, at the start of WWII, the British rounded up and deported all Germans living…

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Food and Hygiene Aid for Refugees and Vulnerable Families in Lebanon

by Anera

Feb 25, 2021

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Anera recently distributed food and hygiene aid to vulnerable families in Beirut, Lebanon that was generously donated by our friends Refugee Solidarity Group

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Miriam’s Palestinian Farming Family Preserves Their Way of Life in Gaza

by Anera

Feb 12, 2021

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For Palestinian farming families like Miriam’s, a small greenhouse can make a huge difference in Gaza.

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The Inspiring Doctors Brown

by Anera

Feb 11, 2021

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Anera mourns the loss of the Browns, two beautiful people, who made the world a better place with their endless enthusiasm for living life to the fullest and for giving back to those less fortunate.

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Cleaning Up Lebanon’s Garbage Crisis, One Community At A Time – Bekaa Valley

by Anera

Feb 9, 2021

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Anera’s solid waste management program in Lebanon builds recycling and composting facilities while helping create sanitation jobs.

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Planting Trees in Lebanon

by Anera

Jan 29, 2021

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In the Khirbet Rouha area of the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, Anera coordinated volunteers to fan out and plant 1,500 trees that were generously donated by the Association for Forest, Development & Conservation.

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