My father is in jail because he believes in a free Palestine
I was born in an era in which people believed that the Israeli occupation would have soon come to an end. After the signing of the Oslo accords, my father was sure that, before I would’ve begun attending school, there would’ve no longer have been any occupation. Many years have passed. Now I’m 23 and […]
The ‘solidarity travellers’ visit Vento di Terra’s projects
It’s the end of March when Vento di Terra’s office in Amman receives the news: the Italian delegation will visit them in the first week of April! Immediately, we meet and define the itinerary for the week in all its details. Paying close attention to including everything, the activities are organised and each day of […]
Empowering Women of Um Alnasser Village
Vento di Terra’s first priority has always been strengthening the communities they work with; like the Bedouin community of Um Alnasser village, north of Gaza Strip. One major step taken towards the achievement of that is seen in the NGO’s current project funded by the European Union; “PROMOTING THE BEDOUIN CENTRE “CHILDREN’S LAND” AS A […]
Our goodbye to the young student Alaa
We’ve received some sad news from our local coordinator in the Gaza Strip, Mohanad: the young Alaa Yahya Alzamli, a 16-year old student, has been killed by the a sniper of the Israeli army while taking part in the protest for the Right to Return to the border with the Gaza Strip. He’s been hit […]
A wonderful End for an “Eventful” Year
On the 30th of May, 2015, the Children’s Land kindergarten celebrated the graduation of its children and the end of the 2014/2015 school year. This school year has been the hardest on the 4 years old kindergarten managed by the Italian NGO, Vento di Terra. For it had to face total destruction on the events […]
Seeds of hope for the Tyre school
A new date has been set to choose upon the future of the ‘tyre school’: on April 25th, in fact, the Israeli Supreme Court will, once again, meet to come to a conclusion regarding the demolition of the whole Al Khan al Ahmar area by the army and the consequent forced displacement of the area’s […]
Third place at the Nikon Photo Contest 2015
The video of the project “The Women of the Silk Road”, realized in Afghanistan last september thanks to Annamaria Bruni, won the 3rd place at the Nikon Photo Contest 2014-2015, category F, open theme. A great reward for all of us and for the cultural commitment of Vento di Terra! “This project aims to encourage women’s emancipation through the art […]
Women’s rights and gender equality
Women’s day has been celebrated in the U.S. ever since 1909, however it hasn’t been until 1975 that the United Nations proposed to all nations, in respect of local traditions and customs, to establish a yearly “United Nations day for women’s rights and international peace” and to communicate such decision to the Secretary General. By […]
First bricks for the reconstruction of the Children’s Land in Gaza!
The construction of the first block of the Children’s Land, the woman center, proceed quickly: Sunday, March 29th, the company responsible for the construction of the new center in the Um al Nasser village in Gaza, started the first work on site. The first materialsfor the constructions were brought and the excavation for the foundations started. […]
Stop killing Palestinian civilians!
SCP – Società Civile per la Palestina adheres to the appeal of over 70 international NGOs operating in Palestine (AIDA) condemning the killing of 10 unarmed Palestinian civilians and wounding over 1,300, which took place in Gaza on Friday 6 April, during the “March for the return”. March that has promoted peaceful demonstrations near the […]