Reconnecting Families in Beirut, Lebanon to Water After the Blast
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 MoreAn Anera Love Story in Lebanon
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
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
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
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…
Read MorePalestinian Families in Gaza Can Now Buy the Food They Need
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
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
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
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.
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