Women Can Helps Hairdresser Expand Her Business in Gaza
COMMUNITY Women Can Helps Hairdresser Expand Her Business in Gaza “Strong and happy.” This is how Alaa Nofal describes her feelings as she welcomes women clients in her newly opened beauty salon located in Deir Al-Balah Refugee Camp in central Gaza. After years of working from her home, Alaa, 33, finally managed to open her…
Read MoreIkraam Opens a Shop to Provide for her Family in Gaza
COMMUNITY Ikraam Opens a Shop to Provide for her Family in Gaza Through Women Can, women across Palestine are starting small businesses Meet Ikraam El Faleh, the owner of a stationary and toys shop in the Middle Area of Gaza. Ikraam graduated in 2008 with an engineering degree to become an architect. Since then, she…
Read MoreTailoring a Future for West Bank Women
COMMUNITY Tailoring a Future for West Bank Women Women can design their own future with a little startup support The whirling sound of the sewing machine broke the silence of the spacious room where Fatima Suliman was busy making pillow covers for a neighbor. As she pressed the pedal down to begin sewing she looked…
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COMMUNITY Restoring a Business and a Future Anera’s program supports West Bank women entrepreneurs Standing in the doorway of her store, Tahreer cuddles her one-year-old daughter as she welcomes her customers. The mother of five lives in the village of Qibya, near the West Bank town of Ramallah. “I started off selling everything from perfumes…
Read MorePalestinian Women Can Make a Future for Themselves and Their Families
COMMUNITY Palestinian Women Can Make a Future for Themselves and Their Families With Anera’s support, West Bank women are able to build a business and a future for their families Hajer lives near Salfit, in the Palestinian West Bank. The mother of seven helped her husband build a shed to raise chickens to support the…
Read MoreWest Bank Woman Restores Family Garden and Her Life
COMMUNITY West Bank Woman Restores Family Garden and Her Life Yasmeen brings her family farm back to life thanks to Anera’s Women Can program On a recent sunny day, Yasmeen was busy in her greenhouse but stopped to share her thoughts about her good luck. “I start my day here at seven in the morning…
Read MoreMeet Tahani, the Beekeeper Producing Honey in Palestine’s West Bank
COMMUNITY Meet Tahani, the Beekeeper Producing Honey in Palestine’s West Bank A women’s empowerment project helps launch an apiary in Palestinian town. Tahani lives in the town of Beitillu, near the city of Ramallah in the West Bank. She is a mother of five, and the sole breadwinner for her family. “I was thinking about…
Read MoreFrom Door-to-Door Salesperson to Social Media Marketer, Nihaya Takes Her Clothing Sales Online in Palestine
COMMUNITY From Door-to-door Salesperson to Social Media Marketer, Nihaya Takes Her Clothing Sales Online in Palestine Anera’s economic empowerment program opens opportunities for women breadwinners. Nihaya is a 32-year-old who lives in the village of Al Mughier — located in the West Bank, Palestine. After getting divorced a few years ago, Nihaya thought her life…
Read MoreWomen’s Training Builds Positive Energy For The Marginalized Women Of The West Bank
COMMUNITY Women’s Training Builds Positive Energy For The Marginalized Women Of The West Bank Women Can is helping women launch small businesses in Palestine In the Palestinian West Bank, Anera is conducting trainings for 86 women in Ramallah and Salfit governorates. Today, 18 women are gathered in the village of Al Mughier in Ramallah for…
Read MoreWafaa Finds Hope and Cheer in Raising Sheep
COMMUNITY Wafaa Finds Hope and Cheer in Raising Sheep Women Can helps launch small enterprises like Wafaa’s in the West Bank Wafaa and her family are from Silwad, a town located northeast of Ramallah,in Palestine. “I am a housewife with five kids,” she says. “My family is poor.” Her husband, 56, is unemployed and struggles…
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