Repairing Damaged Homes After the Beirut Blast
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 Daniel Riley
Sep 11, 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 MoreDelivering Hot Meals for Quarantined COVID-19 Patients in Lebanon
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
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.
Read MoreRebuilding Beirut
Aug 26, 2020
Rebuilding Beirut: The World Responds After Blasts Rock Lebanon’s Capital. An Anera on-the-ground report on the damage the explosions did to Beirut and the resulting response.
Read MoreWe’re Going Through Another Tough Period in Gaza
by Rania Elhelo
Aug 25, 2020
Last night, we learned that there are four new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Gaza. Though this might not sound like many, it’s a huge concern here. These are the first known cases that have been detected outside of the quarantine centers located at the Rafah and Erez crossings into Gaza. Up until yesterday, we…
Read MoreShipment of Emergency Medicines Arrives in Beirut
Aug 24, 2020
After the Beirut explosion on August 4, 2020, Anera worked with our partners Direct Relief, the American Task Force for Lebanon, FedEx and others to put together a 56-ton shipment of emergency medicines and health care supplies. Learn about the shipment’s journey from the US to the Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut.
Read MoreHow is Your Money Used to Help Beirut, Lebanon?
Aug 14, 2020
Relief for BEIRUT: We can, together, deliver relief quickly to Beirut. People all over the world are helping Anera ship emergency supplies to Beirut in the wake of the blast that damaged much of the city. Our medical donations team is working now on eight major shipments of donated medical aid from trusted partners to…
Read MoreAssessing Damaged Homes and Rebuilding Beirut
by Leen Ataya
Aug 13, 2020
Over the past couple of days, I set out to conduct damage assessments at homes in my beloved hometown of Beirut. I had with me a team with backgrounds in construction, social work and engineering. We confined ourselves to Beirut’s Bourj El Hammoud neighborhood, one of the worst hit by the explosion last week. Glass…
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