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ANERA News & Notes
An Update on ANERA activities
August 12, 2010
FROM GAZA:

Small Loans Make Big Difference

Thanks to help from ANERA's Gaza Women's Loan Fund, seamstresses, grocers, farmers, artisans and many others successfully run businesses that support their families and provide needed services to the community. Since 1995, the fund has granted small loans of between $1,000 and $3,000 to thousands of women in Gaza who would otherwise not have an opportunity to see their small business ideas come to fruition. Read more

FROM HEADQUARTERS:

Annual Dinner
Enjoy an evening of Hakawati (Storytelling) at ANERA's Annual Dinner and Fundraiser to support ANERA's agricultural projects benefitting Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan and Lebanon. Read more

New Podcasts
From Hebron: Abed Abdelm'uti Abu Sneinih, Principal of the Al-Hussein Bin Ali Secondary School for Boys in Hebron, talks about the improvements ANERA has made to his school.
Listen to the podcast

From East Jerusalem: Rawan Sharaf, Director of El Hoash Gallery, talks about the mission of the art center as a place for learning and freedom of expression. ANERA supports the gallery's workshops for women and children in East Jerusalem. Listen to the Podcast
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For more than 40 years, ANERA has been a leading provider of development, health, education and employment programs to Palestinian communities and impoverished families throughout the Middle East.  In FY 2009, the relief and development agency delivered more than $50 million of programs to the people of the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon and Jordan.


Contact Information
Laurie Kassman, Media Relations 202-266 9724