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 […]
Baha, humanitarian aid worker in Palestine
We had the pleasure to know Baha, a very nice educator, careful with the children’s needs and always able to be a point of reference. As a member of the educational equipe of Vento di Terra, Baha took part in the Peace Camp in Italy in 2007, meeting many people and municipalities forming our network. Baha […]
visions turning into reality: the Zeina Women Center
The women working in the two laboratories along with the rest of VdT staff grouped to find a name for the center that represents everything they are working for; Zeina is the name they chose which means Beautiful, that being a lady or the ornaments that adorn and compliment her. Walking into the building and […]
The light heart of Alhan al Ahmar
The school is there, as a shelter for 170 children. We met them shortly after noon, while walking through the slopes of the neighbors hills to go home. The journey is full of obstacles and closely monitored by the paramilitary troops of nearby Israeli settlements. The parents of children are particularly worried, because until today […]