Volunteers Required in Fasayil, Jordan Valley - From Brighton Group

Brighton Tubas | 13.07.2007 16:38 | Palestine | South Coast

From the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group

Volunteers are needed to give solidarity to the people of Fasayil this
Summer.

Fasayil is a village in the Jordan Valley where Israeli restrictions
prevent residents from building houses. The majority of villagers live in
shacks or tents while the few stone dwellings, electricity pylons and
village toilets are scheduled for demolition by the military.

The majority children in Fasayil do not go to school as Israeli
restrictions prevent the villagers from building a school. Many of the
village children work for the Israeli agricultural company, Carmel
Agrexco, who farm land stolen from the village since 1967.

The villagers of Fasayil live in dire poverty because of the Israeli
military restrictions aimed at destroying their livelihoods and pushing
them out of the area.

The Fasayil village committee plans to build a school for the village
children in defiance of the Israeli restrictions. The school will be built
from traditional materials (grass and clay) – the idea being that if the
Israelis knock it down he school can be built again cheaply.

Volunteers are required to help build the school in late August/early
September. The Brighton Tubas Friendship and Solidarity Group has been
asked to help by the village committee. Volunteers could participate in
the building work and provide solidarity for the villagers should the
Israeli army take action against the building.

We need to get a team of four or five volunteers together in the next few
weeks. Support will be given to the team by the Brighton-Tubas Solidarity
Group (unfortunately we cannot finance people to go)

If you are interested email