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Psychosocial Support
OUR PRIORITIES Psychosocial Support The Reality Violence, isolation and extreme poverty create difficult conditions in Palestine and Lebanon. In Gaza, children under the age of 10 have already survived four wars and major bombing campaigns and grow up amid destroyed buildings, open sewage and a polluted environment. In the West Bank communities are mentally scarred…
Psychosocial Support for Gaza Children After Cast Lead
This emergency program in the wake of the 2009 bombings in Gaza aims at helping families cope with the traumas of conflict.
Holistic Support for Adolescent Girls in Lebanon
In the U.S., back-to-school season means crowded store aisles filled with notebooks, pencils, and backpacks. Kids rush to classrooms buzzing with energy and fresh starts. In Lebanon, though, back-to-school can often look very different for some children. For many adolescent girls, the start of the school year is filled with uncertainty. Will they have a…
Psychosocial 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.
Gaza Women Get Helpful Psychological Support
HEALTH Gaza Women Get Helpful Psychological Support Gaza women get advice on coping with difficult living conditions Meet the psychologist working on PSS women sessions in Gaza Soha Mosa is a psychologist and therapist who works at the Women’s Health Centre in Jabaliya, Gaza. Soha Mosa is a psychologist and therapist who works at the…
Mental Health Support for Women in Gaza
HEALTH Mental Health Support for Women in Gaza Program to provide psychological support for women in Gaza helps women develop techniques to manage their stressful situations In an exceptional move to support the deteriorating health conditions in the Gaza Strip, Anera recently implemented a psychological support project for women in marginalized areas in the Gaza…
Lebanon’s Hospitals Rely on International Support to Survive
HEALTH Lebanon’s Hospitals Rely on International Support to Survive As Lebanon’s economic crisis worsens, health centers need international donors for medical supplies to serve their patients. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catastrophe for Lebanon. Hospitals across the country have reported major shortages in personal protective equipment (PPE). Medical and health centers have been struggling…
11 ways Anera supports achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Considering Anera’s work within an international framework Anera’s goal is to help people in difficult situations live lives filled with dignity, meaning and hope. We do so by providing emergency supplies when disaster strikes, and by implementing long-term programs covering health, education, livelihoods, women’s empowerment and other critical issues. Creating stronger communities requires building up…
Responding to the Psychosocial Needs of Gaza’s Preschoolers
EDUCATION Responding to the Psychosocial Needs of Gaza’s Preschoolers “I benefited from the expressive arts training enormously and this has impacted on me professionally and personally. I am now able to support and work with children in the kindergarten and at home better. I can use different activities to ensure children are engaged and stimulated…
Gaza Summer Camps for Children: Psycho-Social Support & Artistic Self-Expression
COMMUNITY Gaza Summer Camps for Children: Psychosocial Support & Artistic Self-Expression Happy, angry, sad or tired, summer camps in Gaza take the lead to help children vent their emotions with games, music and expressive arts. The situation in Gaza is tense and unremitting, so it is very important for a child to find a safe…