WRAP is a supporting partner of the American University School of International Service’s (SIS) Water Cooperation & Peace Practicum. The practicum, underway and continuing throughout the summer, aims to evaluate the peacebuilding significance of cooperative Palestinian-Israeli water projects. A group of eight M.A. candidates, led by two AU Professors, is working to research, collect data, […]
The Water Resources Action Project’s installation and program at the Sur Baher Girls School in East Jerusalem was recently profiled in the Christian Science Monitor. The article entitled Environmentalists tap Palestinian schoolchildren to clean Jerusalem’s holy valley focuses on the school’s environmental education program and ongoing efforts to reduce the school’s contributions to the “Six […]
The Water Resources Action Project (WRAP) recently broke ground on its third project, a cistern system at the Battir Girls High School, located near Bethlehem in Battir, a Palestinian village. Visited and vetted through WRAP President and THG Managing Partner Brendan McGinnis, the school has 120 female students in three grades. WRAP funds and constructs […]
What: Global Understanding ConventionWhen: April 9, 2013Where: Monmouth University THG’s Brendan McGinnis, in his role as President of the Water Resources Action Project (WRAP), will be presenting on the challenges that securing reliable and accessible water pose to the quality of life in the Middle East and WRAP’s efforts to mitigate these challenges. WRAP funds […]
Interview: “Addressing the Middle East Water Crisis – One Rain Drop at a Time” May 2012 Brendan McGinnis, Founding Member of the Water Resources Action Project (WRAP) recently sat down for an interview with Ed Saltzberg, Managing Director of the Security and Sustainability Forum (SSF). The 23 minute interview explores the origins of WRAP, and […]
In The Spotlight: Presentation from Water Resources Action Project Gathering As posted in The Horinko Group’s April 2012 Newsletter April 16, 2012 On March 22, The Horinko Group hosted a Welcoming Reception on behalf of the Water Resources Action Project (WRAP) to raise awareness and build support for the volunteer, non-profit seeking to improve public […]
Dedication Ceremony for WRAP’s Second Project Scheduled for April 23, 2012 April 2012 The Only Green Environmental Center in East Jerusalem has announced the dedication ceremony for the Water Resources Action Project’s second installation at the Afack School in East Jerusalem is scheduled for April 23, 2012. The dedication will be held from 8:30 – […]
WRAP Partners with Only Green to Complete Second Rainwater Harvesting Project April 2012 The Water Resources Action Project recently partnered with Only Green, the East Jerusalem Environmental Center, to provide funding for WRAP’s second project. The funded project included the construction and maintenance of the raincatcher system at the Al-Afaq School for Special Education in […]
Water Resources Action Project Accepts Grant from The Jerusalem Fund As posted in The Horinko Group’s January 2012 Newsletter January 2012 Founded in 2009, the Water Resources Action Project (WRAP) is a non-profit organization whose goal is to address water quality-quantity issues for underserved communities in the Middle East. The organization has focused its initial […]
Sur Baher Girls School Pilot Project Dedication and Middle East Mission June 2011 Last month, three of WRAP’s members, Brendan McGinnis, Julie Weisman, and Bob Cole, traveled to the Middle East to participate in the dedication of WRAP’s rain catchment installation at the Sur Baher Girls School in East Jerusalem, as well as identify additional […]
