A new month and a new story of positivity from the world around us with the #WATWB. Join us every month for spreading some joy cheer and happiness. #InDarknessBeLight
The young engineer with a plan to rebuild Gaza is Majid Mashharawi. Even though wars in the past 10 years have decimated Gaza, a young girl is rebuilding it with the materials found right there in the city.
Mashharawi hopes Green Cake will help Gaza residents towards self-sufficiency by freeing them from the need to import building materials from outside. Getting hold of construction materials in Gaza is expensive and time-consuming – if possible at all.
Green Cake looks like ordinary concrete but is more environmentally friendly as it re-uses coal ash. It is called ‘cake’ because it is much lighter than concrete, and the blocks are 25 percent cheaper than concrete equivalents.
Our hosts for this month are Shilpa Garg, Peter Nena, Eric Lahti, Roshan Radhakrishnan and me, Inderpreet Kaur Uppal
Once again, here are the guidelines for #WATWB:
1. Keep your post to Below 500 words, as much as possible.
2. Link to a human news story on your blog, one that shows love, humanity, and brotherhood. Paste in an excerpt and tell us why it touched you. The Link is important, because it actually makes us look through news to find the positive ones to post.
3. No story is too big or small, as long as it Goes Beyond religion and politics, into the core of humanity.
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Comments
What an amazing and awe-inspiring story! More power to Majid as she helps rebuild and restores her lost home.
What determination to turn tragedy and loss into constructive rebuilding of her home. This is a great story to share, Inderpreet!
Such as troubled part of the world. When I was in Israel and Palestinian territories in 2010 I felt the force of their millennia old pain. Majid is doing a wonderful thing. May her efforts continue to help the people there in poor troubled Gaza. Thanks for sharing and for co-hosting us.
“A famous quote here reads: ‘You cannot build your future without helping others to build theirs.’ Thanks Inderpreet, this is an amazing quote and story, thank you for sharing it. Green ash – who would have thought? Thanks also for co-hosting this month.
A courageous girl. She will succeed. Thanks for sharing.
This is a wonderful story. Self-sufficiency is a great goal.
Kudos to Majid for her innovative thinking and action. Thank you for sharing this story with us, Inderpreet, and for co-hosting #WATWB this month.
I am inspired by the story of this young woman and was struck by her quote: “Stereotypes here state that women are not suitable for engineering as it requires hard work and muscles. But physics and mathematics are my passions: I wanted deeply to be an engineer.” She is very courageous to overcome these personal and environmental obstacles. A true Phoenix rising from the ashes.Wish her continued success.
This is such a wonderful and powerful story on so many levels – kudos to Majid Mashharawi for this innovative creation, for her commitment to rebuilding what has been war-torn, and for becoming the engineer she longed to be despite the odds. So many wins, and so much to celebrate.
Thanks for sharing this story, and for co-hosting this month.