The “Aouna 2024” campaign for the olive harvest, launched recently in the governorate of Al Quds with funding from the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency, made a stopover at the village of Oum Lahm”, located in the north is the governorate, to support the village’s farmers to succeed in the current harvest, despite the difficult socio-economic conditions experienced in the region.
The campaign, aimed at a total of 1,500 farmers in the governorate of Al Quds, is part of the social programs sponsored by the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency, under the direct supervision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, President of the Al Quds Committee, to promote the economic empowerment of active categories in the Holy City.
For the third consecutive year, the Bayt Mal Al-Quds Acharif Agency supports the olive harvest season in partnership with the governorate of Al Quds as part of the “Aouna” program by notably providing equipment, electric pickers to portable batteries, ladders, combs, bags for transporting the harvest and other equipment used in olive picking.
This support is channeled in a proportional manner for the benefit of 30 villages and localities in the governorate of Al Quds, in particular “Kharab Oum Lahm” (northwest of Al Quds), “Makhmas” in the center of the governorate and the “Wadi Al Hawd” region, localities having been particularly affected by attacks this year.
The campaign was launched under the supervision of the deputy governor of Al-Quds, Abdullah Siam, as well as the coordinator of programs and projects of the Bayt Mal Al Quds Acharif Agency, Ismail Ramli, in the presence of presidents of local and rural councils .
On this occasion, the deputy governor, Abdullah Siyam, expressed his deep thanks and gratitude to King Mohammed VI, President of the Al-Quds Committee, for the Sovereign’s permanent support for the Holy City and the Palestinian cause.
The olive groves of the village of “Oum Lahm” are located on land isolated by the separation wall from their natural extension, which makes them the target of settlers.
Oum Lahm, one of the villages in the governorate of Al Quds, like the rural areas surrounding the Holy City, suffers from difficult conditions on the political, economic and social levels.
