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Children Learn Joy of Reading in Lebanon Camps
EDUCATION Children Learn Joy of Reading in Lebanon Camps Three-year-old Hoda sits on the floor totally engrossed in the large colorful book in her lap. She and her 80 classmates at Najdeh preschool in Ein El Helweh refugee camp had just received a supply of new books, delivered by Anera. Hoda couldn’t wait to ask…
Jerusalem’s Child Health Haven: Spafford Children’s Center
COMMUNITY Jerusalem’s Child Health Haven: Spafford Children’s Center Nestled within the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, the Spafford Children’s Center has served Palestinians in East Jerusalem for over 100 years. The center has experienced many changes throughout the years and managed to withstand political challenges and ongoing turbulence. The Spafford Children’s Center staff…
Gaza Agriculture: Land Restoration Helps Farmers Replant
Agriculture Gaza Agriculture: Land Restoration Helps Farmers Replant Sabra Abu Naseer has been a farmer for 30 years. The 55-year-old divorced mother of three owns half an acre of land next to her house in Gaza. Sabra is well known in the neighborhood for sharing her fragrant tea and freshly baked bread with women who…
Crisis in Gaza 2014: Anera Response Log
Thanks to a dedicated and generous community of donors, Anera’s Gaza staff was able to respond immediately to the bombings in Gaza. Anera is one of the few international organizations that consistently gets health care and humanitarian relief supplies into Gaza. Since our Gaza office opened in 1984, Anera has built or renovated infrastructure, linked Gazan…
Lebanon Mini-Marathon Forges Community Bonds
For one day, children of different backgrounds join hands, share the same start, the same vision.
Gaza Displaced Get Clothing Vouchers
Anera’s clothing vouchers are more efficient aid to let families choose exactly what they need
Delivering Drinking Water to Gaza After the War
EMERGENCY Delivering Drinking Water to Gaza After the War When a short-term ceasefire was announced, children, women and men went into the streets with their empty bottles, jugs and jerry cans looking for places to fill them with water to drink. Bombing damage to infrastructure has created water shortages everywhere. “As a resident of Khan…
World Refugee Day 2014 – Lebanon
COMMUNITY World Refugee Day 2014 – Lebanon The flood of refugees into Lebanon from the Syrian conflict has created a humanitarian crisis that is straining Lebanon’s resources. Humanitarian and development organizations like Anera have stepped up to the challenge of providing relief aid and also support for families trying to find some sense of normalcy…