Gaza and West Bank Response Log | September 2025
Sep 26, 2025
In this log, Anera provides updates on unfolding war in Palestine and our response. In some cases, additional activities may be added retroactively to the daily entries as we receive additional program reporting. Questions? See our FAQ page >>> Read the October 2025 response log September 30, 2025 The latest update on population movements from…
Read MoreWorld Pharmacists Day
Sep 25, 2025
World Pharmacists Day is observed annually on September 25. Today is World Pharmacists Day. In Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and Jordan, Anera’s pharmacists work under immense challenges, managing scarce supplies and supporting patients facing displacement and trauma. Today, we celebrate their courage, skill and the vital role they play in keeping communities healthy. View…
Read MoreEducation Can’t Wait for a Crisis to End
Sep 23, 2025
During a crisis, immediate needs become painfully pronounced. Food, water, shelter and acquiring the basics for life becomes an all-consuming process, requiring inordinate amounts of time, energy, courage, and, if we’re honest, luck. Once the comforts of life are stripped away, it becomes obvious what constitutes a necessity. And yet, amid this urgent struggle for…
Read MoreCeasefire in name only: Ongoing attacks, occupation and displacement in Lebanon
Sep 23, 2025
>> PDF version of the joint statement with source notes Today marks one year since the escalation of hostilities erupted across Lebanon in September 2024, following almost a year of violence on the southern border that began on October 8, 2023. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Public Health, the Israeli forces killed more than…
Read MoreWhy I Fundraised for Anera: Education as Empowerment
Sep 23, 2025
I’ve always believed education is more than just learning. To me, it’s empowerment, hope, and a chance to rewrite stories. Refugees who gain access to education can build businesses, support their communities, and break free from cycles of poverty. As a high school student in Dubai completing the International Baccalaureate curriculum, I know how transformative…
Read MoreLebanon’s Youth at the Frontlines of Recovery
by Sarah Hachem
Sep 19, 2025
by Sarah Hachem, Anera Education/Livelihood Program Manager in Lebanon Over the past year, I’ve had the privilege of leading one of the most challenging and most rewarding projects of my career. In the wake of the war in Lebanon, and under UNICEF’s leadership, Anera’s teams mobilized quickly to deliver emergency relief and begin recovery. Today,…
Read MoreGAZA: Leaders of major aid groups call on world leaders to intervene following UN genocide conclusion
Sep 16, 2025
As world leaders convene next week at the United Nations (UN), we are calling on all member states to act in accordance with the mandate the UN was charged with 80 years ago. What we are witnessing in Gaza is not only an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, but what the UN Commission of Inquiry has now…
Read More“A Death Sentence” – Aid Agencies Warn of Israel’s Assault on Gaza City
Sep 12, 2025
Gaza City, 12 September 2025 – Forty nine humanitarian and civil society organizations warn that Israel’s assault on Gaza City amounts to a death sentence. Intensified Israeli military attacks on Gaza City and forced displacement orders for the entire city are leaving families with an impossible dilemma: flee and risk death on the road and…
Read MoreGaza City is Being Destroyed As Civilians Face Expulsion
Sep 10, 2025
Every day here is worse than the one before. Displacement camps are overcrowded and filthy. Heat makes the conditions unbearable. Kids are sick with rashes, diarrhea and other illnesses. People fight for water. Trucks can’t get through and families walk long distances just to fill a jerrycan. And now, entire residential blocks in Gaza City…
Read MoreInternational Literacy Day 2025
Sep 8, 2025
Today on International Literacy Day 2025 we join the global call to recognize that the ability to read and write is a basic human right and a foundation for dignity and opportunity.
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