Education

Following the announcement of a pause on the demolition of the village of Al Khan Al Ahmar, Jennifer Moorehead, Save the Children’s Country Director in the occupied Palestinian territory, said: 

At the end of last month, Save the Children celebrated the successes of its Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) programme at an event hosted by its partner the Early Childhood Resource Center (ECRC). The event was attended by the Deputy Minister for Education, Dr Basri Saleh, the Director of the ECRC, Nabil Sublaban, Save the Children's West Bank Senior Area Manager, Dr Mohammed Awad, representatives of academic institutions and management and teachers from the kindergartens supported by the project.

Wafaa* is a 13 year-old student in Khalil Ewieda Preparatory School in the North of the Gaza Strip. She lives in Beit Haboun area which was severely affected in the last operation “Protective Edge”. Wafaa’s dream is to become a doctor because she wants to help people. She wants to establish her own hospital and provide good medical services to patients free of charge.