Who We Are

Anera and the Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Foundation are expanding economic opportunities for refugee youth in Jordan through the Youth Entrepreneurial Plumbing Pathways for Resilience project. The initiative equips Palestinian and other refugee youth with in-demand plumbing skills, entrepreneurship training, and the practical experience needed to build sustainable careers.

Drawing on Anera's long-standing presence in Jordan, the partnership helps young people gain the technical expertise and confidence to enter the workforce, start businesses, and strengthen their communities. Together, Anera and the Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Foundation are creating pathways to employment, economic independence, and brighter futures for vulnerable youth.

Anera's partnership with ADRA began in May 2024 as an emergency response to the crisis in Gaza, delivering hot meals to displaced families in North Gaza through ADRA International. As the situation evolved and Gaza's border closures made direct delivery impossible, the partnership adapted — pivoting to the West Bank, where food parcels reached thousands of vulnerable Palestinians, including displaced Bedouin communities in the Hebron governorate who had few other sources of support.

The relationship has since deepened significantly. In early 2026, ADRA Germany launched the HEART project with Anera, establishing a temporary Mother and Child Clinic in Gaza providing maternal care, pediatric services, and psychosocial support for conflict-affected families. What began as an emergency food collaboration has grown into a multi-sector partnership spanning health, nutrition, and WASH — and both organizations are now working toward even larger-scale programming that could reshape healthcare and food security across Gaza for years to come.

Anera's partnership with All Hands and Hearts began in 2025 with a shared focus on children — specifically, getting books into the hands of kids in Gaza whose schools had been destroyed and whose access to learning had nearly vanished overnight. Through the Hayya Naqra ("Let's Read") program, literacy packs reached children across Gaza, including students in 16 Anera-built kindergartens serving some of the most remote and underserved communities in the territory.

The partnership quickly grew beyond education. Recognizing that getting aid into Gaza was becoming as urgent a challenge as the aid itself, both organizations formalized a collaboration to help facilitate the movement of humanitarian supplies into the territory. What started as a commitment to putting books in children's hands became a broader commitment to keeping lifelines open — a partnership that bridges two of the most persistent gaps in Gaza's humanitarian response.

Anera's partnership with Alumbra began in 2022 with a shared focus on rooftop gardening as a practical response to food insecurity and climate vulnerability in refugee communities. An Alumbra grant launched the "Rooftop Garden Project" across Jordan and Lebanon, resulting in the establishment of 27 rooftop gardens in the Hitteen and Wehdat refugee camps in Jordan, providing households with reliable, climate-resilient sources of fresh produce. Programming in Lebanon ran in parallel, strengthening household nutrition and local food production capacity in vulnerable urban communities.

When crisis escalated in Gaza, the partnership pivoted to emergency response. Alumbra's rapid response grant was fully implemented by the end of 2023, and subsequent Gaza programming distributed 565 fresh produce parcels to more than 2,800 people facing acute food insecurity. The collaboration has since extended through 2026 across all three countries.

For 30+ years, Anera and Americares have partnered to expand access to lifesaving healthcare for refugees and vulnerable communities across Lebanon and Palestine. Together, they have delivered more than $135 million in medicines and medical supplies, helping strengthen health services and improve patient care. Today, the partnership also includes direct funding to support mobile medical clinics, maternal and child health services, mental health and psychosocial support and emergency health initiatives. By combining resources and expertise, Anera and Americares continue to respond to urgent humanitarian needs while building more resilient healthcare systems for communities facing crisis.

Anera and The Big Heart Foundation are partnering to help communities recover from conflict by restoring livelihoods, strengthening food security and expanding access to safe water. The collaboration began in Gaza in late 2024 to rehabilitate agricultural infrastructure, help farming families rebuild their livelihoods and improve access to clean drinking water for tens of thousands of displaced people. By mid-2025, participating farmers were earning ~$125 in additional monthly income through surplus vegetable sales from rehabbed greenhouses. A second phase of agricultural recovery programming was launched in October 2025.
The partnership has since expanded to Jordan, where Anera and Big Heart are promoting climate-smart agriculture while creating new opportunities for refugee youth to develop practical skills and earn sustainable incomes.

Anera's partnership with the Center for Arab American Philanthropy (CAAP) came into sharp focus in August 2020, when the Beirut port explosion sent shockwaves through Lebanon's already fragile healthcare system. CAAP moved quickly, coordinating an emergency relief campaign alongside the American Task Force on Lebanon, Direct Relief, and AFYA Foundation to airlift millions of dollars in medical and pharmaceutical supplies into the country. On the ground, Anera received the shipments, cleared customs, and distributed them to hospitals across Lebanon — a division of labor that demonstrated exactly what a trusted local implementing partner makes possible in a crisis.

The partnership has deepened significantly since then. What began as emergency response has grown into sustained institutional support, with CAAP's annual contributions to Anera increasing substantially over successive fiscal years. Rooted in a shared commitment to Arab American philanthropy and humanitarian action across the Middle East, CAAP's support reflects a long-term investment in communities that too often find themselves at the center of crisis — and too rarely at the center of recovery.

Since late 2023, Anera and Choose Love have partnered to deliver lifesaving assistance and support long-term recovery for Palestinians affected by conflict. Beginning with emergency food distributions in North Gaza, the partnership quickly expanded to provide medicines as Gaza's healthcare system came under immense strain. Today, Choose Love supports Anera's work across food security, emergency health and mental health and psychosocial support. The collaboration also extends to the West Bank, where the innovative Makers-Tech4Good Initiative uses 3D printing to produce prosthetics, wheelchairs and other assistive devices locally for people injured by conflict. Together, Anera and Choose Love are helping communities recover with dignity while building resilience for the future.

Anera's partnership with Deutsche Bank Middle East began in 2025 with a targeted intervention that demonstrated just how much impact a focused grant can generate. The collaboration supported a temporary Mother and Child Clinic in Khan Younis, Gaza — staffed by a multidisciplinary team providing gynaecological and paediatric care, nutritional screening, therapeutic feeding for malnourished patients, and psychosocial support. Demand far exceeded expectations: the clinic ultimately served nearly three times its original patient target, as medication shortages forced surrounding facilities to suspend services and redirect patients to Anera.

Anera's partnership with Dubai Cares spans nearly a decade, beginning in 2019 with the rehabilitation of a kindergarten in Gaza's Maghazi Refugee Camp. Since then, Anera and Dubai Cares have been delivering emergency relief while investing in education and long-term recovery across the region. Dubai Cares became a major supporter of Anera's humanitarian response in Gaza, funding emergency food assistance and shelter for families affected by the conflict. The partnership has since expanded to Jordan, where the Growing Futures initiative helps more than 4,400 students gain hands-on experience in climate-smart agriculture through school greenhouses. Dubai Cares also supports Anera's initiative that supports patients medically evacuated to Jordan, reflecting a shared commitment to helping vulnerable communities recover, learn and thrive.

Through two grants, the UAE has helped Anera navigate some of the most restricted and difficult access conditions in the world — coordinating shipments through northern and southern crossings to reach communities that few other organizations have been able to serve.

The scale of what this partnership has made possible is dramatic. Together, Anera and the UAE have delivered millions of meals, gallons of water, hygiene kits, tents, and medical treatments to displaced families across Gaza. A milestone delivery in June 2025 brought food aid to nearly 35,000 people in northern Gaza facing acute food insecurity — a reminder that even in the most constrained environments, determined partnerships can find a way through.

Anera's relationship with IRC dates to 2008, when early cooperation centered on workforce development and regional coordination in Jordan and Palestine. The partnership intensified significantly in early 2024 with the signing of the IRC Crisis Response Fund Partnership Agreement, committing funding for emergency activities in Gaza and the West Bank. IRC subsequently funded dedicated psychosocial support services for children and families displaced by the Gaza conflict, a focus that has remained central to the collaboration.
Between February 2024 and May 2025, IRC grants enabled Anera to run Gaza emergency response and psychosocial programming, supporting trauma-informed interventions for displaced children, youth, and caregivers across shelters and temporary sites.

For more than a decade, Anera and Islamic Development & Empowerment in America have partnered to deliver lifesaving assistance and long-term development across Gaza. Together, in Gaza, the organizations have expanded access to clean water through desalination systems, strengthened livelihoods for women and farming communities, supported healthcare during times of conflict, and provided emergency food, shelter and humanitarian assistance to families in crisis. In 2024, IDEA also funded emergency food aid, hygiene kits and winterization support in Lebanon. From improving water security and economic opportunity to responding rapidly during emergencies, the partnership reflects a shared commitment to helping vulnerable communities meet immediate needs while building resilience for the future.

Anera's partnership with Meem Foundation centers on one of the most underreported crises facing Palestinian communities in Lebanon: girls dropping out of school. Poverty, displacement, and social pressure push adolescent girls toward early marriage and away from education — and once they leave, they rarely return.

Through the SAWA Project, funded by Meem Foundation, Anera is working to change that. Conditional cash transfers, psychosocial support, tablets loaded with offline educational content, and safe learning spaces combine to keep girls in school and connected to a future they can shape for themselves. Since the program's inception, SAWA has reached nearly 1,500 adolescent girls and engaged thousands of community members across North Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps.

Anera's partnership with Minhaj Welfare Foundation began in 2024 with emergency food assistance for displaced families in Gaza — a first collaboration that demonstrated both organizations' shared commitment to reaching people in the most difficult conditions. When Gaza's borders made continued programming there impossible, the partnership adapted, expanding to Jordan and delivering food assistance to vulnerable families facing acute food insecurity.

Foundation representatives traveled to Jordan and worked alongside Anera staff to repack and distribute food parcels directly to families in need — a level of engagement that reflects a donor relationship built on shared values.

Anera’s partnership with MRUSA began in 2024 with a shared commitment to supporting families facing acute humanitarian needs in Gaza. The collaboration initially focused on emergency food assistance in North Gaza, one of the most difficult areas to reach, providing support to community kitchens, hot meal distributions, and displaced families in need of essential food supplies.

As the crisis continued, the partnership expanded to address growing food and water insecurity through potable water distribution and fresh vegetable parcels. Winterization assistance was later added to help displaced households meet seasonal needs. Through this evolving collaboration, Anera and MRUSA have worked together to deliver timely, dignified support to communities facing the compounded impacts of conflict and displacement.

Anera's partnership with the National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) Foundation stretches back more than two decades, rooted in a shared belief that access to quality healthcare is a right — not a privilege. Across Lebanon and Palestine, NAAMA has consistently shown up at the moments when the need was greatest.
During Lebanon's compounding crises in 2020, NAAMA funded the production of 50,000 reusable face masks through Anera's youth vocational training program, distributing PPE to health centers in Palestinian refugee camps. In 2021, the partnership facilitated the donation of 81 dialysis machines to Lebanese hospitals, expanding life-saving treatment in underserved communities.

Most recently, NAAMA supported the procurement of critical medications for Dar Al Ajaza Hospital in Beirut, providing essential anticoagulant treatments to approximately 470 vulnerable patients over eighteen months. Across two decades, the partnership reflects a sustained commitment to bridging healthcare gaps through direct medical aid and community-level capacity building.

Anera's partnership with Project Rozana began in 2024 with a shared commitment to reaching displaced civilians in Gaza at a moment when local health infrastructure was collapsing around them. The collaboration launched mobile health clinics in Mawasi Khan Younis, addressing acute injuries, chronic conditions, and maternal and child health needs for communities that had lost access to functioning medical facilities.

As the crisis deepened, the partnership expanded into a network of specialized clinic days spanning pediatrics, gynecology, dermatology, orthopedics, and mental health — bringing comprehensive care directly to vulnerable communities. A defining feature of the collaboration was its dual impact: beyond clinical consultations, the project created critical livelihood opportunities by employing 28 displaced healthcare professionals who had lost their positions amid the destruction of Gaza's medical system. Together, Anera and Project Rozana served more than 36,000 patients — a partnership that put both care and dignity at its center.

Anera’s partnership with READ Foundation began in 2025 with a shared commitment to supporting young children and families affected by the war in Gaza. Through the “Care and Education for Young Children in Gaza” initiative, the partnership established safe learning environments that combined early childhood education, psychosocial support, and child-centered care for displaced communities in central Gaza.

By 2026, the collaboration had expanded to 12 temporary learning spaces across Deir Al Balah, Nuseirat, and Maghazi, reaching ~750 children with education, emotional support and daily hot meals. Grounded in child safeguarding and dignity-focused storytelling, the partnership reflects a shared commitment to helping children learn and heal amid crisis.

Foundation S – The Sanofi Collective has been a longstanding medical donations partner with Anera, contributing both financial support and product donations to advance healthcare access across the Middle East. Having been among Anera's medical donations partners for nearly a decade, Sanofi has played a key role in Anera's health programming. A signature collaboration saw Anera and Foundation S partner to deliver over 100,000 units of critical anticoagulant medications to hospitals in Lebanon during the country's economic crisis, ensuring patients could access life-saving treatments regardless of financial barriers. Sanofi's support reflects a shared commitment to bridging healthcare gaps in underserved communities across Palestine, Lebanon, and Jordan.

Anera's partnership with Tearfund was formalized through a three-year agreement signed in July 2025, bringing together two organizations with a shared commitment to delivering emergency relief in Gaza and the West Bank. The collaboration supports emergency food assistance, hot meal provision, and WASH interventions for displaced families across some of the most difficult-to-reach areas of Gaza.
Anera handles direct implementation on the ground — managing supplier relationships, coordinating distributions, and ensuring that aid reaches displaced populations safely and efficiently. The partnership has quickly become a significant collaboration, reflecting Tearfund's confidence in Anera's ability to deliver in complex, high-risk environments.

Anera's partnership with UBS Optimus Foundation began at the height of the Gaza crisis, with an initial grant that supported emergency food, shelter, and WASH services for displaced families who had lost access to basic necessities almost overnight. The scale and speed of the response reflected both the urgency of the moment and UBS Optimus Foundation's confidence in Anera's ability to deliver under extraordinary conditions.

As the immediate emergency began to move towards longer-term needs, the partnership evolved. A subsequent grant focused on infrastructure recovery — specifically the procurement and installation of steel water tanks across communities whose water systems had been destroyed. The collaboration reflects UBS Optimus Foundation's commitment to children and families in crisis, combining immediate relief with the kind of sustained investment that gives communities a foundation to begin rebuilding.

Anera's partnership with UNICEF is one of Anera’s longest-standing and most consequential institutional relationships, with technical collaboration dating to school rehabilitation projects in Iraq in 2004-2005. Formal programming began in Lebanon in 2014 through youth vocational training and employability initiatives serving Lebanese and Syrian youth.

As the Gaza war and its consequences intensified, the partnership scaled dramatically. Recent interventions have included distribution of 30,000+ hygiene kits and four million healthcare items and operation of six UNICEF-supported clinics serving approximately 5,000 patients weekly. In 2025, Anera had five active UNICEF-funded initiatives, including emergency recovery response in Lebanon.

Anera’s partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reflects decades of collaboration to support communities affected by crisis and displacement. Building on early cooperation in infrastructure and humanitarian response, the partnership expanded through OCHA-supported programs addressing critical needs in Gaza and Lebanon, including water and sanitation rehabilitation, shelter repairs, emergency food assistance, hygiene support, and protection services.

Through the Lebanon Humanitarian Fund and other OCHA-supported initiatives, Anera has delivered essential assistance while maintaining strong standards of financial management, accountability, and compliance. As humanitarian needs have grown, Anera has also relied on OCHA’s coordination systems to help sustain effective, safe, and principled humanitarian operations across Gaza and the West Bank.

Anera's partnership with USAID is its longest-running institutional relationship, dating to 1977. Early collaboration helped establish three major West Bank universities — Birzeit, Bethlehem, and An-Najah — significantly expanding access to higher education for Palestinians. Subsequent decades brought large-scale health, employment, and school rehabilitation programming, including the PINE program, which renovated schools serving 12,000 students while employing nearly 49,000 local workers.

The partnership's flagship initiative, the Palestinian Community Infrastructure Development (PCID) cooperative agreement, was awarded in 2013 with an estimated value of $100 million, improving drinking water access for more than 214,000 people across Gaza and the West Bank before concluding in 2023. The relationship faced a significant disruption when USAID was dissolved in early 2025, resulting in the termination of a major planned Gaza health recovery program. Over four decades, USAID-funded initiatives helped establish Anera as a leading regional implementer of infrastructure and humanitarian programming at scale.

Anera's relationship with PRM dates to 2009, when early cooperation supported displaced Iraqi children in Jordan through education programming. The partnership deepened substantially in 2021 with the launch of the Critical Access for Refugees to Medicine and Health Services (CARMAH) program in Lebanon, a flagship initiative delivering chronic disease medications to refugees and vulnerable Lebanese communities through 60 healthcare centers nationwide.

Since 2021, PRM has provided Anera with more than $6.8 million in direct funding for refugee health interventions. Successive multi-year grants have sustained chronic medication distribution, local medical procurement, and expanded healthcare access across Lebanon's fragile health system.

Anera's partnership with WF Aid began in 2025 with an ambitious goal: sustain both healthcare and clean water access for tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza simultaneously. The collaboration operates five primary health clinics daily — providing general medicine, maternal care, and pediatric consultations — while trucking desalinated water to displacement shelters cut off from functioning infrastructure.

In 2026, WF Aid deepened its commitment with additional support for reverse osmosis desalination infrastructure and Eid Al-Adha gifts for displaced families. The partnership reflects a shared understanding that in Gaza today, health and water are not separate issues — they are two faces of the same crisis, and addressing both simultaneously is the only way to meaningfully protect the communities caught in the middle.

Anera's partnership with WFP has grown into one of its most operationally significant institutional relationships, centered on large-scale food assistance in Gaza and Lebanon. Formal collaboration expanded in early 2024 with emergency distributions of ready-to-eat meals to displaced families in Rafah and Khan Younis amid catastrophic hunger conditions. By 2025, Anera had distributed 1.4+ million WFP-supported food items in Gaza. In Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, Anera distributed 163,955 food parcels reaching 261,000+ individuals. In a new cooperative agreement, Anera will work with WFP until January 2027 to deliver food and flour to some 100,000 Gazans. The partnership is simultaneously evolving toward long-term resilience, linking WFP cash assistance with rooftop gardening, water reuse systems and nutrition-sensitive household agriculture in the West Bank.