Anera in the News

Dec. 30 | Sean Carroll talks about Gaza with Amara Walker on CNN Newsroom.

Dec. 28 | Anera President and CEO Sean Carroll shares his impressions and calls for action after his two-day visit to Gaza.

Dec. 25 | Anera’s Saddam Sayyaleh speaks with BBC News from Cairo to share the latest on aid efforts and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza caused by the war. .

Dec. 22 | The CEO and president of Anera, a U.S. contractor that has built dozens of infrastructure projects in Gaza, including the Sports Club, called its destruction “a terrible tragedy.” “This war is exacting a terrible toll – on human lives and the infrastructure of daily life – that will be felt for decades to come,” Sean Carroll said. .

Dec. 21 | Just returned from Gaza, Anera’s Sean Carroll speaks with CBC News about the deepening humanitarian crisis amid the ongoing war. .

Dec. 13 | Sean Carroll spoke with Huffington Post about the restrictions on aid operations that have prevented an expansion of relief efforts that comes anywhere close to meeting the desperate needs.

Dec. 10-11 | A number of entertainers, including Selena Gomez, Cara Delevingne, Anya Taylor-Joy and Zoë Kravitz, attended a Ramy Youssef comedy show at The Brooklyn Academy of Music. Youssef is donating 100% of proceeds to Anera in support of relief efforts amid the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Read the stories in , The New Arab, and Newsweek.

Dec. 3 | José Andrés of World Central Kitchen speaks with CNN host Jim Acosta about their partnership with Anera to deliver hot meals in Gaza amid the fighting.

Dec. 1 | Saddam Sayyaleh’s job right now is trying to get trucks filled with aid into Gaza and he knows it’s nowhere close to what’s actually needed. Saddam tells Ira Glass and Miki Meek about Anera’s Gaza response.

Nov. 28 | Sean Carroll speaks with NewsNation about the current humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Nov. 21 | Refugee shelters in southern Gaza are being disinfected with chemical agents in a bid to prevent a catastrophic outbreak of disease.

Nov. 18 | Sean Carroll speaks with TRT World about the humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the war.

Nov. 15 | Cases of diarrhea and skin infections such as scabies are increasing sharply, global public health officials say. “The situation has been dire for a while,” Anera’s Sean Carroll told NBC News. “Now it’s actually getting to the point where people will not have water at all.”

Nov. 8 | On November 8th, Saddam Sayyaleh appeared on the BBC again to share an update on the efforts to scale up humanitarian aid into Gaza through the Rafah crossing.

Nov. 4 | Anera has delivered its first shipment of aid since October 7 but says “While we’re gratified to have gotten this shipment into Gaza… the volume of aid coming in needs to be scaled up by a factor of 10 on a daily basis.” 

Nov. 1 | “Things are extremely bad,” Sean Carroll explained to CTV News.

Nov. 1 | Despite the temporary opening of Egypt’s Rafah border crossing, the situation for Gazans is still dire. The amount of aid crossing in is just a fraction of what residents need. Sean Carroll, explains.

Oct. 31 | Anera’s Derek Madsen spoke to Reuters about the surge of support for Gaza from individual donors.

Oct. 31 | ABC News had Sean Carroll on to talk about the urgency of getting aid supplies more quickly into Gaza.

Oct. 27 | World Central Kitchen said it had joined Anera to set up a kitchen in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip where thousands of Palestinians have fled.

Oct. 26 | On October 26th, Saddam Sayyaleh spoke with the BBC again to provide an update on efforts to send aid through Rafah.

Oct. 25 | PRI’s had Sean Carroll on to talk about the urgency of getting life-saving fuel into Gaza. Listen to the interview at .

Oct. 24 | Sean Carroll appeared on Morning Rush to talk about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Watch the interview on .

Oct. 22 | Sean Carroll spoke to on Sunday about the increasingly dire humanitarian crisis and the need for significantly more aid. Watch the interview at .

Oct. 22 | Chef José Andrés of World Central Kitchen appeared on Anderson Cooper 360 on Sunday to talk about partnering with Anera to provide thousands of hot meals to displaced families in Gaza. Watch the interview at the .

Oct. 20 | Sean Carroll, president and CEO of aid group Anera, said Thursday there’s no telling how long people will be living like this, and they’re going to need to be supplied with food, water and medicine. Read the story at .

Oct. 20 | The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is getting darker by the moment with constant shelling and basic resources dwindling. Sean Carroll, president and CEO of American Near East Refugee Aid, joined to discuss the situation. Watch the interview at .

Oct. 20 | Saddam Sayyaleh, Anera’s Regional Lead Development, spoke to BBC World News on October 20. Watch the interview on .

Oct. 20 | Sean Carroll spoke to about the dire humanitarian circumstances in Gaza. Watch the interview at .

Oct. 19 | NPR’s Goats and Soda program spoke to Sean Carroll about Anera’s efforts in Gaza and the urgent need for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Read and listen to the piece at .

Oct. | Sean Carroll spoke to again on Friday about the urgent need for humanitarian aid to Gaza. Watch the interview at .

Oct. 19 | Religious nonprofits and U.S. employers with ties to Israel and Gaza are extending resources and benefits to employees who are impacted by the Israel-Hamas war. Anera is one of four organizations profiled in , a publication focused on work, workers and the workplace. Read the piece at .

Oct. 18 | D.C. Chef José Andrés and his World Central Kitchen said Palestinian families are fleeing from Gaza City to shelters in Khan Yunis which is where they are able to help through their local partner Anera. Together they have been able to distribute thousands of meals daily to people who are displaced. Read the story at .

Oct. 18 | interviewed Sean Carroll on their live broadcast. Watch the interview and read the piece at .

Oct. 12 | The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is getting darker by the moment with constant shelling and basic resources dwindling. Sean Carroll, president and CEO of American Near East Refugee Aid, joined CBS News to discuss the situation.

Oct. 12 | An organization based in D.C. called Anera is working to raise money to support humanitarian aid for Palestinians. “As a D.C. resident, it is heartening to see my neighbors looking to support urgent humanitarian relief. The situation in Gaza is a humanitarian catastrophe,” Anera President and CEO Sean Carroll said. “It means so much to see support pouring in from humanitarian-minded people in our local community, and from around the world.” Read the story at .

Oct. 11 | Getting food, water, and medical supplies to Gaza has always been difficult, relief workers say. Over the past few days, it’s become impossible. Anera’s Sean Carroll is quoted. Read the article at .

Sept. 28 | Anera has delivered a shipment of medicines worth $700,000 to Gaza, and another valued at $2.3 million to Lebanon. The story is based on Anera’s marking, with these two recent shipments, the delivery of more than $1 billion in medical donations to vulnerable communities in the Middle East. Read the post at Al Watan Voice (Arabic). Our was also republished by Sama News (Arabic).

The and Anera partnered on a two-year Peace Through Sport program funded by the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. The impact of this program on teachers and participants in Lebanon and the United States was impressive. Hundreds of young people across Lebanon and the United States participated. Read the piece at the  website.

Interview with Nana, one of Anera’s social ambassadors, on being a social media content creator with a mission, including through support for Anera. Read the full interview at .

A delegation from the Dearborn, Michigan-based American Human Rights Council visited several non-governmental organizations and institutions in Lebanon on a humanitarian mission, including Anera. Read the story at .

An article interviewing Sean Carroll and Carina Aoun on Anera’s 2019 return to Jordan and its programming there. Read the story at .

An article interviewing one of Anera’s social media ambassadors who talks about her work with Anera. Read the story at .

Anera ambassador Ángela Rodríguez writes about Anera’s water programs for World Water Day. Read the story at .

Report in the Nablus-based news site on a statement from the Prime Minister’s office noting the support provided by Anera, along with governments and other entities, for Jenin. Read the story at (Arabic).

The Jordanian morning talk show profiles the initiative of Anera and our partner Durrat Almanal for Development and Training to build 50 state-of-the-art greenhouses and rehabilitate 10 existing greenhouses in the Marka region, helping vulnerable families to secure their livelihoods and foster sustainable farming practices. Watch the segment on the YouTube channel of  (Arabic).