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 […]
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 […]
Afghanistan and the Herat Province
CONTEXT The country in fact has never stopped the war and is still occupied by the NATO armies. The central government is weak and unpopular, considered by many as a US puppet. Very active in the country are the new islamic mujiaddin, that blend in many areas with clan militias. In the northwest of the country there […]
Vento di Terra for the afghan women rights
Vento di Terra NGO meets in Kabul Hawca, Afghan Association committed to the defense of women. In Afghanistan in 2012 there were 120 cases of self-immolation by women who reached the endurance limit. Vento di Terra joins the “Dark Flowers” campaign to protect Afghan women, launched by HAWCA.
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 […]
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, […]