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 […]
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 […]
Preparations for the Children’s Land reconstruction
Here we are, everything is ready to lay the first brick! The new project of the Children’s Land center will be modular and will include the essential units to restore all the services implemented in the old center, from children education to women support and the pediatric clinic. The first unit to be built is the […]
How afghan silk scarves are produced
“The Women of the Silk Road” is the new line of afghan silk scarves, born from a project by Vento di Terra with the local NGO Raada (Rehabilitation Association for Afghanistan and Agriculture Development), involving more than 1,000 silk manufacturers in the Zinda Jan district (Herat), which follow the entire chain from the cultivation of mulberry trees, […]
The eggs arrived also in Herat
Massimo Annibale Rossi, President of Vento di Terra, attended the delivery of the silkworm eggs to a thousand women of the Zinda Jan district, selected for the project “The Women of the Silk Road.” The first step in the development of the project is done! Here is the witness of Massimo Annibale: “Yesterday I had the […]
Netanyahu orders demolition of mobile structures set up by the EU in Jerusalem
The decision comes after Israel’s Channel 2 revealed that the EU had distributed a number of mobile structures in the E1 area of East Jerusalem in addition to areas in Essawiyeh. The Israeli civil administration has said it would not allow any illegal structures in these territories, including those distributed by the EU. One EU […]
The Children’s Land destroyed by the Israeli army
Um al Nasser, Gaza Strip, 20th July Israeli tanks and infantry occupied the village of Um Al Nasser on the night of July,17th forcing the entire community to leave their homes. Around 5000 people, the majority women and children, began fleeing rapidly their homes in the dark, amidst bombardments directed to Jabalia refugee camp. The majority of the […]
The strength and courage of the women of Gaza
Fatima, the director of the Children’s Land center, tells us how the population of Um al Nasser lived during the 50 days of the military operation “Protective Edge”. A unique and detailed witness, especially on the night in which the inhabitants had to leave the village, without being able to take anything with them except […]
First interventions in Um al Nasser after the war
There should be more than 800 tanks of water to cover the needs of storage and distribution for the population of Um al Nasser. Many of them have been damaged, some are unrepairable. Thanks to the first donations received for the Gaza Emergency Fund, A.K. started to direct the activities of support for the people of the village: the priority […]