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Woman Launches Tutoring Center In Gaza

By Steve Fake | June 21, 2023

COMMUNITY Woman Launches Tutoring Center In Gaza New business supported by Women Can program offers supplemental education classes Nimeh, a mother of six, is in her physical prime at 36. But her financial situation is far from ideal because she lives in besieged Gaza. Her husband’s medical condition has prevented him from returning to work.…

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Gaza Women Get Training in Business Skills

By Daniel Riley | May 9, 2023

COMMUNITY Gaza Women Get Training in Business Skills Anera’s Women Can Project trains and empowers Gaza women. Rana Rayan, 33, has a home kitchen project selling pastries, traditional meals and sweets. “I started working on this about two years ago and the turnout has been very good, especially during the holy month of Ramadan and…

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The Palestinian Woman Shepherd of Deir Ghassna

By Steve Fake | March 17, 2023

COMMUNITY The Palestinian Woman Shepherd of Deir Ghassana Anera’s IRUSA-funded women’s economic empowerment program helped Alayeh and her family open a dairy business For Alayeh and her husband of 11 years, the parents of three children, the wooly reality grazing on their land has been the best thing to happen in years. “And why shouldn’t…

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Ruqayya’s Sewing Space is Her Happy Place

By Steve Fake | February 14, 2023

COMMUNITY Ruqayya’s Sewing Space is Her Happy Place Supporting Small Businesses Run by Women Heads of Households in Palestine An outside visitor to homes in rural villages in the West Bank may immediately notice the depth of poverty many families experience. Ruqayya is a tailor in one such village. Her sewing workroom is humble, but…

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Baker and Sole Breadwinner is Putting Bread on Her Table

By Steve Fake | February 1, 2023

COMMUNITY Baker and Sole Breadwinner Puts Bread on Her Family Table Hawazim has opened the first bakery in the rural West Bank village of Sarta The alluring smell of freshly baked bread and pies hits you long before you step foot inside Hawazim’s bakery in the West Bank village of Sarta. “My bread-making business is still…

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Fayrouz’s Journey to Open a Salon

By Steve Fake | October 31, 2022
Fayrouz grins at a the camera in her salon.

COMMUNITY Fayrouz’s Journey to Open a Salon Fayrouz’s beauty salon in the Palestinian village of Qarawat Bani Zeid is thriving thanks to support for women head-of-household entrepreneurs The Women Can program has given itself one main mission: to empower Palestinian women. Funded by Islamic Relief USA, Anera’s Women Can program supports Palestinian women-headed families in…

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Women Can Helps Kawthar Become the Palestinian Social Butterfly

By Steve Fake | October 30, 2022
Kawthar smiles in front of her shop

COMMUNITY Women Can Helps Kawthar Become the Palestinian Social Butterfly “I said goodbye to the shy, lonely Kawthar.” For as long as she could remember, Kawthar wanted to break out of her shell of shyness. When she was young and single, she depended a great deal on her parents. And when she got married, she…

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Startup Support Enables Hanan to Open Beauty Salon

By Steve Fake | August 11, 2022

COMMUNITY Startup Support Enables Hanan to Open Beauty Salon Anera’s Women Can program supports aspiring women entrepreneurs in the West Bank and Gaza In her modest salon in Biddu, in the Jerusalem Governorate of the Palestinian West Bank, Hanan expertly applies a trendy purple nail polish for her client. The color nicely matches the woman’s…

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The Right Tools to Launch a Business

By Steve Fake | July 21, 2022
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COMMUNITY The Right Tools to Launch a Business Anera’s Women Can program helps Ameera start her own landscaping business As part of Anera’s community development program, Women Can, 52-year-old Ameera received a lawn mower and tree trimmer to help her prepare her home garden for planting. The widow and mother of seven lives in Biddu village…

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Anera Supports Palestinian Women and Cuisine

By Daniel Riley | July 14, 2022

COMMUNITY Anera Supports Palestinian Women and Cuisine A West Bank cook fires up her business with Anera’s help. With a smile on her face, Ghada began preparing her popular grilled chicken for a neighbor in her home village of Bidoo, in northwest Jerusalem. She uses a traditional Bedouin technique known as zarb that relies on…

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