Comments on: Gaza’s Getting 20! Zero-Emissions Eco-Schools

By: Tafline Laylin

Tafline Laylin — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:50:18 +0000

Hey Tinamarie… “Funding will come from the Kuwait Fund (via the Islamic Development Bank), although the agency has expressed need for further support.”

I hope they get it and that this project soars!

By: Tinamarie

Tinamarie — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:44:24 +0000

I hope these schools get off the ground too. I wonder – who are the major funders behind the grant? I’d love to see them get recognized too. There are donors, doers and daveners as they say, and all help to build a better world. Good story, Tafline.

By: Tafline Laylin

Tafline Laylin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:58:48 +0000

Jad – you are making some serious assumptions here. Nobody said anything about Hamas. We understand what happens in Gaza. (Although, we did cover a story once about how Hamas thwarts solar developments in the region… check it out.) In any case, the point is, we hope the project is successful and that it isn’t shut down by ANY political factions.

By: Jad

Jad — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:20:17 +0000

I couldn’t disagree with either of you more; Hamas has done more to keep the infrastructure running in Gaza than anyone else and has opened and maintained schools, hospitals, etc as best they could despite the ongoing blockade. If anyone will be destroying schools in Gaza, the best at it are the Israelis

By: Tafline Laylin

Tafline Laylin — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:28:26 +0000

I couldn’t agree with you more!

By: Karin Kloosterman

Karin Kloosterman — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 09:27:28 +0000

I seriously hope the political factions there don’t find a way to tear this project down.