Bridge Over the Wadi
In the area of Kfar kara Arab and Jewish mothers, grandmothers and aunts donated their time and talents to lovingly sew reusable bags. All the women are part of the community of the Arab-Jewish school Hand in Hand - Bridge over the Wadi. The idea to create the reusable bags was based on their love of the environment and their faith that we are all part of a human tapestry. Saha worked together with these women to create the Saha reusable bags, which we use to hold our gift packages.
The women believe we can all fuel and effect change, uniting and connecting people, as well as people and nature, for a better world, Bridge over the Wadi.
Working with farmers in Salfit
When working with the Zaytun Farmers Cooperative, together we looked at ways to improve and sustain the quality of the Olive Oil they produce through different storage methods. We were able to source silver bags that we put inside the storage canisters, that stop the olive oil from increasing in acidity and thus sustains the quality of the Extra Virgin olive oil produced. Farmers in the surrounding areas of the Salfit region, became interested in this product for storing their olive oil. Saha helped these farmers to source the silver bags, which now allows them to also produce a high quality, low acidic, Olive Oil.
Olive picking in Massha
Green Action arranged for almost 30 Israeli volunteers to go to the Palestinian village of Massha, in the Samaria area, to help the farmers to pick olives. I was lucky enough to be part of this interesting day! We met the farmers and their families, who showed us how to pick the olives, the aim was to pick as many olives as possible!
After a hard morning picking olives on a beautiful sunny day, we all sat down together and ate the delicious lunch prepared for us by some of the women from the village. We were then able to hear from the farmers about the Olive Harvest, how they make the Olive Oil and the process to ensure that their olive oil is both organic and Extra Virgin. He told us that we were in fact not harvesting the olive trees from his village of Massha, as their land is now on the otherside of the separation wall. We were actually on land of their neighboring village Biddiya!
When the sun was starting to set and we had managed to fill a van full of olives, we headed to the pressing house where they clean the olives and make them into Saha Extra Virgin Olive Oil. We were then invited to have coffee with the farmers and their families. The day was a wonderful example of Palestinians and Israeli's working together!
