WEST BANK-ALL WOMEN RESTAURANT All-women restaurant built of clay offers jobs for female workers in Israeli settlement

Record ID: 565531

  • Title: WEST BANK-ALL WOMEN RESTAURANT All-women restaurant built of clay offers jobs for female workers in Israeli settlement
  • Date: 27th August 2014
  • Summary: JERICHO, WEST BANK (RECENT) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF ALL- WOMEN RESTAURANT WHICH IS MADE OUT OF CLAY INTERIOR OF RESTAURANT VARIOUS OF FEMALE WORKERS MAKING FOOD INSIDE RESTAURANT'S KITCHEN VARIOUS OF MAN DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK AT THE RESTAURANT SITE VARIOUS OF HEAD OF AL NWA'MEH FEMALE YOUTH ASSOCIATION, NAJAT IRMEILEH, CHECKING CONSTRUCTION WORK IN RESTAURANT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF AL NWA'MEH FEMALE YOUTH ASSOCIATION, NAJAT IRMEILEH, SAYING: "To help meet the needs of women, we came up with this project which is opening up a restaurant that can provide women with a source of income. It is a touristic restaurant and funded by Ma'an development centre. It will employ eight to ten female workers. The restaurant will also decrease the number of female workers working in Israeli settlements since many of our women work there." VARIOUS OF MEN PREPARING CLAY FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK AT THE RESTAURANT VARIOUS OF MALE WORKERS WORKING WITH BRICKS VARIOUS OF WORKERS MIXING BUILDING MATERIAL (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) REPRESENTATIVE OF MA'AN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, YAQOUB SAWAFTA, SAYING: "Through this project, more than twenty young men were offered job opportunities for a period of four months. In addition to creating job opportunities, these young men have developed an ability to prepare and build clay bricks. This will allow them to use these skills in building things for themselves or their families and it will in return lower the building cost for them. We are working on training as many young men as we can to make them able to prepare and build clay bricks." VARIOUS OF WORKERS WORKING AT SITE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ENGINEER, RAMI KASBIRI, SAYING: "The clay bricks are different from other bricks because you can make arches and spans while building. " VARIOUS OF WORKERS WORKING AT SITE VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF RESTAURANT
  • Embargoed: 11th September 2014 13:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA2N5HQICSQ5Q19D3CEAEEQ6SYT
  • Story Text:
    FULL SCRIPT TO FOLLOW
    An all-women restaurant built out of clay in the West Bank city of Jericho provides job opportunities for female workers in Israeli settlement. The restaurant, funded by Ma'an Development Centre, also offers construction jobs for young men and teaches them about clay building materials.
    SHOWS: JERICHO, WEST BANK (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
    1. VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF ALL- WOMEN RESTAURANT WHICH IS MADE OUT OF CLAY
    2. INTERIOR OF RESTAURANT
    3. VARIOUS OF FEMALE WORKERS MAKING FOOD INSIDE RESTAURANT'S KITCHEN
    4. VARIOUS OF MAN DOING CONSTRUCTION WORK AT THE RESTAURANT SITE
    5. VARIOUS OF HEAD OF AL NWA'MEH FEMALE YOUTH ASSOCIATION, NAJAT IRMEILEH, CHECKING CONSTRUCTION WORK IN RESTAURANT
    6. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) HEAD OF AL NWA'MEH FEMALE YOUTH ASSOCIATION, NAJAT IRMEILEH, SAYING:
    "To help meet the needs of women, we came up with this project which is opening up a restaurant that can provide women with a source of income. It is a touristic restaurant and funded by Ma'an development centre. It will employ eight to ten female workers. The restaurant will also decrease the number of female workers working in Israeli settlements since many of our women work there."
    7. VARIOUS OF MEN PREPARING CLAY FOR CONSTRUCTION WORK AT THE RESTAURANT
    8. VARIOUS OF MALE WORKERS WORKING WITH BRICKS
    9. VARIOUS OF WORKERS MIXING BUILDING MATERIAL
    10. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) REPRESENTATIVE OF MA'AN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, YAQOUB SAWAFTA, SAYING:
    "Through this project, more than twenty young men were offered job opportunities for a period of four months. In addition to creating job opportunities, these young men have developed an ability to prepare and build clay bricks. This will allow them to use these skills in building things for themselves or their families and it will in return lower the building cost for them. We are working on training as many young men as we can to make them able to prepare and build clay bricks."
    11. VARIOUS OF WORKERS WORKING AT SITE
    12. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) ENGINEER, RAMI KASBIRI, SAYING:
    "The clay bricks are different from other bricks because you can make arches and spans while building. "
    13. VARIOUS OF WORKERS WORKING AT SITE
    14. VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF RESTAURANT
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