History
19-12-04, 09:44 PM
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[I]Due to the tremendous demand for these handcrafted candles, we apologize that we are currently out of stock. Your candles will arrive in early 2005--a perfect beginning to the New Year.
Representing a humble step toward reconciliation in the midst of conflict, Israeli and Palestinian women collaborate to create this serene hurricane candle. Israeli women in Nazareth press flower petals and olive leaves into fine honey-scented beeswax cylinders. Palestinian women in and around Bethlehem add a cross-stitched gift bag that contains a small tea light. Palestinian master embroiderer Hannah Salem Alama and Eziba co-founder Amber Chand developed the cross-stitched design as an abstract mirror image that suggests peaceful coexistence. A votive candle or tea light placed on the glass base will set the hurricane aglow.
The money earned from the candle will help both Israeli and Palestinian women support their families and bring a measure of financial security to their lives. Proceeds from the sale of the Jerusalem Candle of Hope are already benefiting over 30 families in the West Bank, numbering over a hundred people, who have been living in very difficult economic circumstances. In Israel, through this initiative, fifteen Israeli women who otherwise would have been unemployed are now working to produce the hurricane candle.
The project was conceived of and coordinated by the Business Council for Peace (Bpeace), a nonprofit organization that helps to bring about peace and stability by seeding women's business opportunity in areas of conflict and post-conflict. A portion of Eziba's proceeds from the sale of each candle supports Bpeace as well as the Parents' Circle, a united group of Palestinians and Israelis who have lost family members to the region's violence and are committed to reconciliation. Members of the Parents Circle brought together the two elements of the candle, serving as a bridge between the Israeli and Palestinian artisans.
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See also Business Council for Peace at http://www.bpeace.com/projprog_mideast.php
Respectfully,
History
[I]Due to the tremendous demand for these handcrafted candles, we apologize that we are currently out of stock. Your candles will arrive in early 2005--a perfect beginning to the New Year.
Representing a humble step toward reconciliation in the midst of conflict, Israeli and Palestinian women collaborate to create this serene hurricane candle. Israeli women in Nazareth press flower petals and olive leaves into fine honey-scented beeswax cylinders. Palestinian women in and around Bethlehem add a cross-stitched gift bag that contains a small tea light. Palestinian master embroiderer Hannah Salem Alama and Eziba co-founder Amber Chand developed the cross-stitched design as an abstract mirror image that suggests peaceful coexistence. A votive candle or tea light placed on the glass base will set the hurricane aglow.
The money earned from the candle will help both Israeli and Palestinian women support their families and bring a measure of financial security to their lives. Proceeds from the sale of the Jerusalem Candle of Hope are already benefiting over 30 families in the West Bank, numbering over a hundred people, who have been living in very difficult economic circumstances. In Israel, through this initiative, fifteen Israeli women who otherwise would have been unemployed are now working to produce the hurricane candle.
The project was conceived of and coordinated by the Business Council for Peace (Bpeace), a nonprofit organization that helps to bring about peace and stability by seeding women's business opportunity in areas of conflict and post-conflict. A portion of Eziba's proceeds from the sale of each candle supports Bpeace as well as the Parents' Circle, a united group of Palestinians and Israelis who have lost family members to the region's violence and are committed to reconciliation. Members of the Parents Circle brought together the two elements of the candle, serving as a bridge between the Israeli and Palestinian artisans.
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See also Business Council for Peace at http://www.bpeace.com/projprog_mideast.php
Respectfully,
History