| |
ICRC OFFICES IN MIDDLE EAST:
+ Syria
+ Lebanon
+ Jordan
+ Egypt
+ IL/OT
FOLLOW US:
ICRC
WEBSITE:
www.icrc.org
CONTACT US:
+ T. 02-5917900
+ F. 02-5917920
+ jer_jerusalem@icrc.org
WEBSITES:
+ Magem David Adom
Israel
+ Palestine Red
Crescent Society
|
|
Artistic murals and other cash-for-work projects in Gaza
© ICRC // Iyad Al Baba
Unemployment dropped in recent months in the Gaza Strip but remains worryingly high at 28 percent. Many people rely on coping strategies to protect and sustain their livelihoods. Export and import restrictions by Israel continue to affect the economy, in spite of improvements over the last year and a half. Some sectors of the economy have literally disappeared over the past years, such as the textile sector.
To help people cover their essential needs and to bring other lasting benefits to the community, the ICRC runs cash-for-work projects. One of the cash-for-work projects developed by the ICRC was to create and to install mural arts. Clay murals are an art form used in Gaza to provide a visual expression of messages intended for the community.
During 2011, the ICRC assisted more than 12,000 impoverished people in the Gaza Strip through these projects. It also helped 85 households (680 people) through the distributions of essential household items.
+ Click here for a full photo gallery
 |
+ |
Palestinian art graduates sculpting clay murals with health, educational and social messages for the community.
© ICRC // Iyad Al Baba
|
| |
 |
+ |
Unemployed recent graduates of the Art Faculty in Gaza were given the opportunity to use their talents while at the same time earning an income to support their families.
© ICRC // Iyad Al Baba
|
| |
 |
+ |
Other ICRC cash-for-work projects such as carpentry for disabled workers helped the beneficiaries to cover their essential needs.
© ICRC // Iyad Al Baba
|
| |
|
|
|
© ICRC // Bassam Almohor
+ West Bank: improving a Bedouin school in the Jordan Valley
Last December, a team of ICRC and Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) officers and volunteers pooled efforts to improve the overall facilities of a Bedouin school in the Jordan Valley.The initiative included providing materials and sport facilities for the school playground in addition to cleaning and painting, and planting trees supplied by the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture. The school was established for the Arab Al-Kaabneh tribe, a Bedouin tribe living in the area of Al-Moarrajat, west of Jericho City in the Jordan Valley.
Palestinian Bedouins have inhabited the Jordan Valley in large numbers for the past century. A traditional agricultural community that relies mainly on stockbreeding and seasonal farming, they face movement and building restrictions, as well as severe restrictions on their access to water.
+ Click here for more photos
|
|
