15th
There is a new spirit of energy in the orchard, mountain gardens of Sinai. Everywhere you walk now in the wadis there are Bedouin working, mending their walls, planting vegetables, digging places for new trees or repairing their wells.
The recent rains have helped - two good downpours one in January and one in February which filled the small dams the Makhad Trust have built. This rainfall after 5 years of drought is regarded as a gift from God which should not be wasted.
But the return to the gardens had begun well before the rains. Dr Ahmed, an internationally respected herbal doctor told us that the Makhad Trust has been responsible. With our sponsors help we have repaired and deepened 36 wells and built 8 dams. Garden owners have seen what their neighbours have achieved with a little help from us and have collected funds from family and friends to repair their own wells and renovate their gardens. Their hearts belong to the gardens where they were born and which have been in their families for generations.
“I have worked all my life in my garden, now I am happy again because I have water and can look after my garden for my children just as my Father and Grandfather did before me.” Jemeel Mubarak Mousa
