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How Palestinian women's self-sufficiency blossoms in this new garden

A garden built by the Cedar Environmental for Soufra Kitchen, a catering company run by Palestinian women at Lebanon's Burj el-Barajneh, enables the group to grow organic produce.
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The sun was bright and hot on the rooftop of the Women's Program Association (WPA) building in Lebanon's Burj el-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp. Upon the rooftop were vegetables and herbs growing in planters in every direction.

The garden was built by Cedar Environmental for Soufra Kitchen, a catering company run by Palestinian women in the camp so that they can grow organic produce and use it in their work.

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