UK charity funds water treatment for 4 Gaza schools

People celebrate the opening ceremony of desalination units given to four schools in Gaza funded by the UK charity, Islamic Mission [Noorelmarifa.org]

Four schools in central Gaza have been provided with desalination units, after funding from a UK charity allowed the project to go ahead, according to the Palestinian Information Centre.

An opening ceremony was held yesterday by the Nour Al-Marifa Association at Al-Arouba High School in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp. Dozens of people and officials from the education ministry, including Minister for Education Sabri Saidam, attended to express their support and gratitude for the project.

In a speech, the head of the association Abdul-Jalil Ghurab said that students’ use of dirty water was damaging to their health, and that it was this concern that had prompted his organisation to seek funding for equipment to provide safe drinking water.

The project was funded by UK Islamic Mission, a charity based in London that has been active in granting funds to developing countries since 1962.

Read: Israel cancels permits for Gazan families to visit imprisoned relatives

Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If the image(s) bear our credit, this license also applies to them. What does that mean? For other permissions, please contact us.