{"id":11605,"date":"2009-11-01T18:08:10","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T23:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=11605"},"modified":"2009-11-01T18:08:10","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T23:08:10","slug":"comet-me-last-chance-to-vote-in-bbc-world-challenge-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=11605","title":{"rendered":"Comet-ME: Last chance to vote in BBC World Challenge Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Comet-ME:  Community Energy Technology in the Middle East<br \/>\nVisit us at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comet-me.org\/\">http:\/\/www.comet-me.org\/<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Comet-ME\/132251918754\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/CometMe\">twitter<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As you know <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comet-me.org\/\">Comet-ME<\/a> is among the finalists in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theworldchallenge.co.uk\/2009-finalists-project11.php\">BBC World Challenge Competition<\/a>. The competition now enters its final stages &#8211; voting  is open till the 13th of November &#8211; and we would like to ask you to  vote for the work we do (if you have not done so yet) or help us spread the word  so we can get more votes and hopefully win the competition. Winning the  competition will allow us to provide renewable energy infrastructure for another  community in South Mount Hebron and provide much exposure to the project itself  and the dire conditions under which the people of South Mount Hebron  live.<\/p>\n<p>Take a minute to watch <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FYKEMvrM3zc\">this<\/a> short video we produced on one of the aspects of our work &#8211; the change electricity  brought about in terms of income generation through butter churning.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Comet-ME  facilitate social and economical empowerment in the poorest and most  marginalized communities in the occupied Palestinian territories through capacity building and the provision of basic energy services in a way that is  both environmentally and socially sustainable.<\/p>\n<p>Comet-ME is a joint initiative of Israelis and local Palestinians communities who believe that barriers of  hostility can be overcome by joint, concrete, work aimed at felling down the  walls of segregation and racism.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks,<\/p>\n<p>Noam and Elad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comet-ME: Community Energy Technology in the Middle East Visit us at: http:\/\/www.comet-me.org\/ Follow us on Facebook or twitter! As you know Comet-ME is among the finalists in the BBC World Challenge Competition. 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