On September 19, 2018, the Water Environment Federation published an article on their Stormwater Report blog focused on WRAP’s collaboration with NASA DEVELOP to use satellite data to assist with identifying the most suitable locations for rain harvesting systems. Read the full article here.
Story from the NASA DEVELOP program, published on the NASA Earth Observatory website. For the original story, click here. ______________________________________________________________________ Where to Place a Rainwater Harvesting System February 2006 – January 2016 PNG On any given day, Zoubaida Salman instructs a classroom of 15-year-olds at the Sur Baher Girls School in East Jerusalem, where she […]
Malcolm Siegel, PhD, MPH Director of Education and Operations Water Resource Action Project, Inc. The first few weeks of May 2018, were a stressful period, characterized by events that seemed to threaten the stability of the Middle East. Many rejoiced in the 70th Israeli Independence Day and the relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. […]
WRAP’s 2017 Progress Report detailing highlights from 2017 and what’s to come in 2018 is now available. Click the image below to read!
WRAP and its partners recently held a WASH and water harvesting training with children ages 14 to 16 at the Sharhabil bin Hassaneh EcoPark in Jordan. Click here for more pictures and details.
The installation of WRAP’s seventh rainwater harvesting project, a rain barrel system at Kibbutz Gezer Education Center located in central Israel between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, was completed in March 2017. Gezer is a pluralistic community, with both Jews and non-Jews, observant and nonobservant, many active in developing better relations between Jews and Arabs. The […]
The Water Resources Action Project (WRAP) needs your help to bring more Environmental Peacebuilding activities to schools in Israel and Palestine with water harvesting systems. WRAP systems in two East Jerusalem Palestinian schools, two West Bank villages, a Bedouin village, and two Israeli kibbutzim are part of a network of over 140 school water harvesting […]
The Environmental Peacebuilding Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico is sponsoring a scholarship to help a young New Mexican (age 18-25) attend the annual J Street Conference in Washington, DC, from February 25-28, 2017, as a member of WRAP. Environmental peacebuilding promotes peace in areas of conflict by finding a common ground […]
WRAP’s 2016 Progress Report detailing highlights from 2016 and what’s to come in 2017 is now available. Click the image below to read!
