Reference :
V-P-IL-E-02507
Date :
21/11/2011
Caption :
Jordan Valley, west of Jericho, near Al-Moarrajat, Al-Kaabneh Bedouins basic school. The current school consists of 11 caravans for 67 pupils. An Israeli reservoir is visible in the background.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
IL/OT E-Newsletter, January 2012
West Bank: improving a Bedouin school in the Jordan Valley
Last December, a team of ICRC and Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) officers and volunteers pooled efforts to improve the overall facilities of a Bedouin school in the Jordan Valley.The initiative included providing materials and sport facilities for the school playground in addition to cleaning and painting, and planting trees supplied by the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture. The school was established for the Arab Al-Kaabneh tribe, a Bedouin tribe living in the area of Al-Moarrajat, west of Jericho City in the Jordan Valley.
Palestinian Bedouins have inhabited the Jordan Valley in large numbers for the past century. A traditional agricultural community that relies mainly on stockbreeding and seasonal farming, they face movement and building restrictions, as well as severe restrictions on their access to water.
The Bedouin village is not directly linked to the main road, which forces teachers and children to walk a long way to reach their school. Today, the school has 16 teachers and 67 pupils, and provides instruction up to the 9th secondary grade.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
3504x2336
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
