Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign, Gaza 2nd Home

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Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign, Gaza 2nd Home

Summary

If there ever was need for a symbol of hope, it is now. Please help rebuild the next home in the Rachel Corrie Rebuilding Campaign in Gaza, the home of physiotherapist Ali Al Bahry and his family. read updates from the field

How You Can Help

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	$40 - Pays a day’s wage to re-employ a Palestinian construction worker
	$75 - A hundred blocks at 75¢ each; we need 5500 blocks!
	$375 - Five cubic meters of concrete for the foundation and roof of new home
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

We are deeply concerned about the burgeoning humanitarian crisis caused by the closure of the borders of the Gaza Strip. Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups, along with U.N. agencies, are making urgent appeals to Israel and the U.S. to open Gaza's borders to avert further humanitarian disaster. We ask your help to rebuild the home of the family of physiotherapist Ali Al Bahry, whose job at the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme is to provide care for those recovering from trauma.

Activities

Completed June speaking tour with Jerusalem Rabbi Milgrom & Gaza NGO partner Mr. El Nounou. Americans are calling their representatives to ask their help to end blockade. Family to meet with architect; Groundbreaking;Construction;Housewarming Teleco

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $8,469
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $38,531
Total Funding Goal: $47,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Rebuilding this home during the Gaza blockade means you believe that collective punishment must end. Together we show that rebuilding, not destroying, can replace violence with justice, lead to an opening of the Gaza border, and peace negotiations.

Project Message

When people say there is no way to make peace, tell them this: There was a house; it was demolished — we rebuilt it.
- Bill McGrath, May 24th telecon celebrating completion of home

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Donna Baranski-Walker,
Executive Director
457 Kingsley Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
650 325 4663
Email:

Project Sponsor

Marketplace 2005

Organization

The Rebuilding Alliance
457 Kingsley Avenue
Palo Alto, CA USA
United States
650 325 4663
http://www.RebuildingAlliance.org

Learn more about The Rebuilding Alliance and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Palestinian territories and can also be found under Human Rights.

For more information about Palestinian territories, read the Human Development Report on Palestinian territories or the Wikipedia entry for Palestinian territories.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 22, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on October 11, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

There is a way to get cement

By Donna Baranski-Walker - Executive Director, August 22, 2008 12:07 PM

When the siege prevented all building materials from reaching Gaza, we asked the Al Bahry family if they would consider unconventional building materials, such as shipping containers, as a way to build their home. They worried that unconventional materials might attract too much attention and asked that we find a way to build in the traditional way in Gaza.

A limited supply of cement and concrete is now reaching Gaza. Open market prices are prohibitively high -- but we've learned there is a way for families to register for cement at set prices. The Al Bahry family will be meeting with our project manager soon.

As soon as they select an engineer to draw-up plans for their home, the project moves into full gear, to a place where dreams are made real as they plan each room of their future home.

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