WRAP Accepts Grant from The Jerusalem Fund

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 efforts on harvesting rainwater for schools in East Jerusalem by way of catchment systems, allowing the institutions to remain open during the dry season. 

WRAP’s pilot project, completed in February 2011 at the Sur Baher Girls School, provides one of the school’s restroom with water for toilet flushing.  The grant received from The Jerusalem Fund will allow WRAP to expand the catchment system, collecting enough water to service an additional school restroom. Brendan McGinnis of The Horinko Group is a Founding Member of WRAP and will be actively engaged in identifying, financing, and overseeing the future installations.

As a result of its members and generous donations, the group has started work on its second project, a rain catchment system at the Afaq School. In the years to come, WRAP hopes to install systems in 10 locations throughout Israel and another 10 in Palestine.