As Mass Starvation Spreads Across Gaza, Our Colleagues and Those We Serve are Wasting Away
Joint Statement Over 130 humanitarian agencies call for decisive international action to end the mass starvation in Gaza. These agencies have the means to provide necessary aid, but Israel’s siege prevents distribution, causing civilians and aid workers alike to suffer and die from hunger in Gaza as food rots just outside. As the Israeli government’s…
Read MoreGaza Rumors Response
ASK US Gaza Rumors Response Delivering aid in an active warzone is never easy, and the situation in Gaza is uniquely challenging. In times of crisis and conflict, it is easy for rumors or misinformation to spread. Recently, we have seen rumors circulate that have the potential to cause serious impacts on Anera’s ability to…
Read MoreMeeting Urgent Health Needs in Gaza and the West Bank
Delivering health services in Gaza and the West Bank has always been challenging—but since the escalation of violence in late 2023, the situation has become even more complex and urgent. Anera continues to provide essential care through a network of health facilities and in close coordination with trusted local partners. Our work spans from primary…
Read MorePsychosocial Healing in Gaza
Since the war in Gaza began in October 2023, Anera has reached more than 10,000 children, teens and adults with psychosocial support, offering healing, care and moments of relief amid fear, loss and ongoing violence.
Read MoreWhat Remains in Gaza When Normal Life is Gone
Yazdan El Amawi is the director of Anera’s Gaza office I have spent my entire life in Gaza, yet today I hardly recognize it. Over the last 20  months, and especially these past three, the familiar contours of home have been reduced to piles of concrete and rebar, with our sense of who we are…
Read MoreWhy the New Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Aid Model Fails Everyone
Two days ago, the newly formed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) – a U.S. and Israeli-backed entity with funding from undisclosed sources – began distributing a small amount of aid in southern Gaza. Israeli officials have indicated the GHF will now be the sole mechanism for delivering desperately needed food assistance into the territory. Israeli and…
Read MoreWater is Life and Life is a Struggle in Gaza
In the crowded displacement camps of central Gaza, two stories – one of a young man recently returned from Europe and another of a determined grandmother – capture the fight for survival amid one of the worst humanitarian crises in the region’s history. For both, life now revolves around one basic need: water. From Sweden’s…
Read MoreCelebrating Mother’s Day
Most countries in the Arab world celebrate Mother’s Day on March 21. In the U.S., Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. Mother’s Day 2025 This Mother’s Day, join Anera in celebrating the immensurable strength and resilience of mothers in Palestine, Lebanon, and Jordan. As financial crises and violence plague the region,…
Read MoreEarth Day Under Siege and the Fight to Keep Gaza Growing
“This Earth Day, my thoughts are with Gaza: its land, its farmers, and the small signs of life that still push up from the soil.”
Read MoreGaza Culture Will Not Be Erased
If I must die,you must liveto tell my storyto sell my thingsto buy a piece of clothand some strings,(make it white with a long tail)so that a child, somewhere in Gazawhile looking heaven in the eyeawaiting his dad who left in a blaze—and bid no one farewellnot even to his fleshnot even to himself—sees the…
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