This project aims to ship recycled computers from Bristol to small towns in Palestine. There they will be used for education, youth work, and for general use by all sections of the community. Digital cameras, and laptop computers and other IT equipment are also needed. But most of all money to pay for shipping costs, transport in Palestine, for repairs, software and consumables.
This project has got under way in mid-2006 with the first shipment of equipment planned to the town of Marda. If the shipment and installation are successful it is hoped to extend the project to other towns.
We have various resources available to publicise this campaign and for fund-raising. These include a book and a film available for purchase. We also welcome the chance to organise meetings, large or small, in a reasonable travelling distance of Bristol.
Read more about the first project under “Marda Project”
Your help with these projects and to publicise the injustice are urgently needed
Invite a speaker and our film to your group or meeting - see Contacts
Purchase copies of our Book or Film (DVD) - see Purchases
Donate computers (desktop or laptop) digital cameras, scanners, printers etc. - see Donations
Donate money- send cheques, payable to BRISTOL COMPUTERS 4 PALESTINE, BOX No 110, c/o 82 COLSTON STREET, BRISTOL BS1 5BB , UK - see Donations
Other ways to help – Buy Palestinian fair-trade products or join your local campaign group - see Contacts
The pervious film, shot during the 2005 olive harvest trip, entitled "OUR SUFFERING IN THIS LAND" will be broadcast on the international Islam TV Channel shortly as follows:-
Sunday 2nd September 9.30pm and repeated Tuesday 4th 10pm.
A trailer/advert is going out currently on the channel about every two hours.
You may have the Islam Channel as part of your cable/TV bundle.
Alternatively you can see it on your computer via the internet
Log onto www.islamchannel.tv then click the "Watch-Online" label at the bottom of the picture of the TV,
then select Broadband or Mediaplayer and the channel will appear on your screen.
Ed Hill Interview June 2007
A local student film-maker, James Shaddick, has done an interview with me and used footage from the first film and my forthcoming film.
It's very good, and has the important virtue of being short - just five minutes! Plus it covers various aspects of the Olive Harvest trips and the injustice in Palestine focusing on Bethlehem, Marda, and the Salfit region.
Please feel free to use it for the cause.
The recent 40th anniversary of the 1967 occupation created the opportunity in the local media for coverage of the computers project and the achievements of the first film. Read more here (Media Coverage).
The film
The film/dvd "Our sufferings in this land" continues to attract exciting recognition and to reach a wider audience.
"DVD of the month" in Palestine - The film is reviewed in the May issue of the leading English-language magazine in Palestine "This Week in Palestine". It is listed as "DVD of the month" on the website at www.thisweekinpalestine.com and as soon as the magazine is published you can read a full pdf version via the website.
Bristol Libraries - the dvd has just been accepted to be stocked in every branch of the lending library throughout Bristol - that's 27 copies all available to be borrowed and watched by Bristolians!
Film Festivals - The film has just been accepted for the Ecolnoa - Israeli International Environmental Film Festival in Tel Aviv in May and at the Swansea International Film Festival in the UK in June.
Stockists -
A batch of dvds have just been shipped to a distributor to be available to the North American market and world-wide via www.palestineonlinestore.com/
It is now available on the shelf at - The Educational Bookshop, 22 Salaheddin Street, Jerusalem.
It continues to be available through our own website, (Purchases Page) and since expanding our production process the price is reduced to £10 (incl p+p) and we hope this new lower price will reach a wider audience.