Archive for August 2010
Palestine’s students excel in new maths program
AL ZAHARA, Central Gaza Strip, Aug 24, 2010 (IPS) By Eva Bartlett- In a bright and spacious classroom, with plants overflowing in the courtyard outside, six students lean forward at their desks looking at the 10-digit addition they are asked to make. One student stands before the numbers on the chalkboard and a red and yellow-beaded abacus. But her attention is on the abacus she visualises in her mind.
The Al Zahara private school in central Gaza is the first to incorporate a specialised programme for mental development based on math computations.
“It originated in Malaysia in 1993,” says Majed al-Bari, director of the school and the first to bring the programme to Palestine. post continues
hard days in Ramadan: no power, no water, soaring heats
*photo by Emad Badwan
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, Aug 22, 2010 (IPS) By Eva Bartlett- “It’s been days without electricity and water. We can’t do anything, and it’s unbearably hot now.” Abu Fouad, 83, speaks of the power cuts plaguing all of the Gaza Strip.
While Palestinians in Gaza have grown accustomed to power outages, a combined result of the destroyed power plant, bombed by Israeli in 2006, and the siege imposed by Israel and the international community, the blackouts have increased in frequency and duration. post continues
Israeli attacks on emergency workers still affecting Gaza’s safety
Aug 9, 2010 (IPS) By Eva Bartlett- Outside the battered Civil Defence station in northern Gaza’s Jabalia region, Mohammed Zidan, a seven-year veteran of fire-fighting and rescue services, stands on crutches in front of battered Civil Defence vehicles.
Zidan, 31, lost his right leg during the 2008-2009 Israeli war on Gaza. He is one of more than 30 Civil Defence workers who were injured during the Israeli attacks. Another 13 were killed, eight of them in the first series of F-16 bombings on Dec. 27, 2008.
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