Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Large trucks that transported the shelters and the huge crane that lifted them into place. Local residents were pleased to see that an improvement in their personal security was
“For over 20 years now we have been coping with rocket fire from across the border, and the portable shelters that KKL-JNF has placed here will quite simply save lives,” said Amnon Ziv, director of security at Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, after KKL-JNF had donated fourteen new shelters for use in the agricultural expanses of local kibbutzim.
Photo: Yoav Devir, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Near Kibbutz Karmia, Ziv examined the new shelter that had been placed at the edge of the fields. “There are marvelous communities here,” he said. “We need to strengthen them and help people to carry on with their lives as normal. Thanks to these moveable shelters, farming in the area can continue to flourish.”
This, of course, is not the first time that KKL-JNF has donated shelters of this kind to communities in southern Israel and the Gaza Periphery. With the help of its Friends worldwide, KKL-JNF looks out for the safety of residents of the region, while simultaneously supporting a wide range of other projects related to settlement, agriculture, water, education and tourism.
Photo: Yoav Devir, KKL-JNF Photo Archive
Dudu Michael, a farmer at Kibbutz Zikim, cultivates a variety of organic vegetables, and a new shelter has been placed near the packing house adjacent to the kibbutz fields. “Thanks to this shelter, we shall be able to keep working even when the security situation is tense,” he said. “After all, we can’t just abandon the fields, even when it’s dangerous to move around outside. A lot of people here work in agriculture, and we have to keep them safe.”