The school was built as part of the“Juzoor – A School for Freedom” project, promoted by the Salesian NGO “VIS – International Volunteering for Development” together with several associations from Piedmont: the Toni Lucci School of Peace in Bra, the Bra Youth Council, the Cuneo Network for Palestine, and with the patronage of the Municipality of Bra, as well as a network of Italian and Palestinian partners. The initiative mobilised over 500 donors – 80% of whom were families, students and small groups – raising more than €120,000: a grassroots mobilisation that turned solidarity into action, a bridge between Italy and Palestine built on trust, responsibility and participation.
‘Juzoor’, in Arabic, means ‘roots’: a name that encapsulates the underlying idea, namely to build free and solid foundations and identities for the future through education.
Work began on 26 November 2025 and took shape rapidly, becoming a powerful symbol: building whilst destruction rages all around.
The building comprises four classrooms, a nursery area, facilities and an internal courtyard: a simple yet essential environment that provides children with a safe place to study and grow.
Today, the children go to school; those classrooms are filled with voices, exercise books and smiles. Girls and boys sitting at their desks, lined up in the courtyard, together with their teachers.
The school is much more than a building; it represents a clear choice: investing in education as a means of dignity, protection and a future. The project is already looking ahead, with new initiatives planned, including psychological support, paediatric care and the construction of a second school in the Yatta area. And another step is already underway: the Aisha Khalil School, in the Yatta district (Hebron Governorate), in Area C, near the hills of Masafer Yatta.
In Khallet Taha, it is not just a school that has been opened, but a real opportunity for the future.
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