Greenstar
Solar
Health
Center
Installation
day
photos,
December
14,
1998;
all
taken
at
the
village
of
Al-Kaabneh,
on
the
West
Bank
near
Hebron.
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on
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Shown
here
are
Arab
Al-Kaabneh
students
with
the
school
principal
and
President
of
the
Village
Council,
Mr.
Audi
Nasir
Al-Najada.
Mr.
Audi
said
the
solar
power
system
represents
a
big
step
that
will
open
vast
new
horizons
for
not
only
the
children
but
the
entire
village
community. |
Late
in
the
evening
of
December
13,
the
night
before
Greenstar's
installation,
Mr.
Al-Najada,
the
President
of
the
Al-Kaabneh
Village
Council,
and
Mr.
Ahmad
Abu-Sabha
of
the
Palestinian
Energy
Authority,
examine
papers
regarding
the
management
of
the
system. |
Inspecting
part
of
the
new
school
solar
array
is
Mr.
Mahmoud
Al-Magada
(left).
Mr.
Al-Magada
is
part
of
a
large,
extended
family
living
in
Arab
Al-Kaabneh.
He
commented
that
this
solar
power
plant
is
the
fulfillment
of
a
great
dream
held
by
the
Village
Council
for
leaping
into
the
21st
Century
at
full
speed. |
Three
students
sing
a
song
to
dedicate
Greenstar.
With
them
is
Mr.
Mohamed
Salem,
a
teacher
at
the
school
in
Arab
Al-Kaabneh.
The
teacher
said
that
access
to
electricity
can
open
new
horizons
for
all
villages
like
Al-Kaabneh
around
the
world.
He
added
that
remote
schools
will
have
the
electricity
needed
for
computers,
and
that
by
connecting
computers
through
wireless
communications,
students
all
over
the
world
will
have
access
to
the
information
and
interaction
of
the
Internet. |
All
photographs
by
Charles
Gay,
copyright
1998,
Greenstar
Foundation;
available
for
public
use
with
attribution
and
copyright
notice.
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