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Economic Help for Palestinian Women Farmers

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Summary

Revitalize olive industry to generate more income for Asira women farmers in 14 of the poorest villages in the West Bank thru production of premium extra virgin oil, soap, and other products. read updates from the field

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $5,320 was raised for this project.

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Received $5,320 from 18 donations from people like:

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

35% of Palestinians have been denied work permits by Israel and found subsistence income in local agriculture instead. Revitalization of the olive oil industry and its products would help transform a traditional activity congenial to women into a profitable/competitive industry. And provide Palestinian women and their families with additional income & consequent improvements in their nutrition, health, education & environment.

Activities

Expand participating women olive farmers in rural areas in the West Bank. Offer much needed support to produce high quality olive oil, including training, appropriate farm equipment, proper containers, supervision, marketing & microcredit.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,320

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $5,320 . The original project funding goal was $90,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Sustainable income boost for Palestinian women farmers & job generation for their communities. New quality controls creating improved products, increasing demand, coupled with more sophisticated local, even international marketing/distribution.

Project Message

"Supporting the Palestinian olive oil industry will also strengthen the bond between the farmer and the land....the farming community in Palestine has an incentive to work harder."
- Tarek Kotob, NEF West Bank Country Director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Roger Hardister
Regional Director, Near East Foundation
4, Ahmed Pasha Street
Citi Bank Building, 11th Floor
Garden City, Cairo, Egypt
Egypt
+(20) 20-2-7944726
Email:

Project Sponsor

Near East Foundation

Organization

Near East Foundation (NEF)
90 Broad Street 15th Floor
New York, NY 10004
United States
+1 (212) 425-2205
http://www.neareast.org

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