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 […]
Our education is something no one can take away from us
Hussain, from Syria, is one of the educators of the center of Al-Mafraq city. We met in a mid-August hot day while he is holding an English language lesson that involves a lot of pupils who were willing to intervene. He explaied to us how much it is necessary for them and their future to […]
Back to school! The new school year begins in Palestine and Gaza
In recent days Palestinian children went back to school benches for the beginning of the new school year. From the School of Tyres in the West Bank to the Children’s Land in the Gaza Strip, children celebrate the first day of school with dance and recreational activities, welcoming new adventure comrades. We look at them […]
Tour of conferences about peace in the Middle East with rabbi Jeremy Milgrom
With the presence of Rabbi Jeremy Milgrom in Italy, between 29 October and 8 November, Vento di Terra organizes and promotes a tour of conferences on the resistance of the Bedouin communities for the right to education in Palestine. An important opportunity to deepen the issues of peace in the Middle East and interreligious dialogue […]
The Zeina Women Center selected at the Festival of Peoples
At 11 ° 15 ‘E of the Greenwich Meridian, east, runs Peters’s zero meridian map, the projection of the world representing the dimensions of the countries as directly proportional to their surfaces. That meridian, the longitudinal axis of a card that is intended to reflect fairly the magnitude of the territories, crosses the city of […]
I had never thought on how it could be living in a tent, until I entered in one
There is a small door in the center of Al-Mafraq village, near the suq. It’s hidden between thousands of shops, and you would hardly notice except for the symbol of Vento di Terra which attracts your attention. There are so many children, teachers and hopes coming from that door. They are the hopes of a […]
Appeal for the Rights of Afghan Citizens
Vento di Terra NGO worked in Afghanistan between 2013 and 2015. Vento di Terra started working there agreeing with the Embassy in order to develop the experiences gained in Palestine with the construction of primary schools in bioclimatic architecture. VdT made its first project in the Governorate of Herat, supporting local silk processing and participating […]
First Clean Water Kits delivered in refugee camps
In June the first prototypes of CLEAN WATER KITS were delivered to the families: with the collaboration of ACQUATRAVEL Ltd., Fabio Viviani, a water expert, and Massimo Annibale Rossi, president of Vento di Terra NGO, visited two informal camps, working on water analysis, training to the families and how to use the kit properly. “Vento di Terra […]