West Bank

For years, Giovanni Anbar, the founder and director of the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah, has depended on the Center’s guesthouse for a steady income stream to cover operating expenses.  Before the pandemic, ETVTC’s ten-room guesthouse offered students in the hospitality...

As our brothers and sisters across the Holy Land live with the threat of a widespread COVID-19 outbreak, they also must negotiate the devastating impact that intermittent shutdowns and the disappearance of tourism have had on the economies in the region. In recent months, American...

On September 13, 2020, John Lent, executive director of American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ), spoke with members of Westmoreland United Church of Christ in Bethesda, Maryland, about the state of healthcare in Gaza and the West Bank, the impact of COVID...

Giovanni Anbar, general director of the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center (ETVTC) in Ramallah, West Bank, talks with John Lent, executive director of American Friends of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem (AFEDJ), about the mission of the school and current conditions in the West...

What’s it like right now in Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, Israel, and Jordan? Ramallah, West BankArab Evangelical Episcopal SchoolAs with other schools in the West Bank, AEES, a K-12 academic school, moved to online instruction for its 840 students in March when the Palestinian...

In the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, the hardship brought by the coronavirus pandemic is compounded by the struggles Palestinians face every day. The challenges of economic instability, travel restrictions, limited access to water and electricity, and a deteriorating healthcare system are daunting, but...

Even in the best of times, travel restrictions make it difficult for mothers and their children to travel to East Jerusalem to participate in the three-week residential Mother Empowerment Program. With the additional restrictions enforced by the Palestinian Authority to stem the spread of coronavirus,...

Update: April 2, 2020 Thank you for your help in this emergency One of the best things about AFEDJ donors is the passion you feel for the people and institutions you support in the Holy Land. When the call goes out, you respond. Thanks to...

Since 2000, when Giovanni Anbar founded the Episcopal Technological and Vocational Training Center in the West Bank city of Ramallah, the school’s focus has been on developing a strong two-year training program in information technology and culinary arts and hospitality designed for high school juniors...