Rebuilding - Unrwa - Peace starts here

The barracks included 16 families 8 families on the right and 8 on the left Each family had its own piece of the barracks Blankets would divide every family There was a corridor in the middle In the morning when one person woke up everyone would wake up so we would have to wake up together There was a strong bond because we had just been exiled out of Palestine so there was love and kindness that is missing today This is in the blood of Palestinians Just because I'm now living in a decorated place doesn't mean that it's a substitute For me I would rather live under a fig tree in Palestine than say this is home There was never sunlight in the (old) house There was always a smell of mould The walls were mouldy The house was in very bad shape My children were often hospitalised because of the mould so the house was really bad To tell you the truth, when we first moved back my husband said that he didn't feel that this was home I asked him why he said "because I didn't build it myself" and I told him that we can't build ourselves and thank God that we had people to build for us For me it's the opposite I'm so happy with it The kitchen the old kitchen was really bad I couldn't put anything in my old kitchen not a refrigerator, not an oven there was barely space for the sink But now it is good We suffer a lot in the winter First of all, the rain goes through the pipes on the roof and water comes directly into the house because we don't have proper pipes installed and I swear to God the water level gets up to here When I come from the market I find the water up to here The bathroom is in a really bad shape it needs tiles because every time it's cleaned dirt comes out of the walls down to the floor I want a place that I feel comfortable in and that my kids and my family feel comfortable in I have to accept reality and deal with it if I had money I would have fixed it, but I don't See the dust, this all affects us If I don't dust for one day, it becomes horrible I feel that I need to dust the moment you come in As if we're living on the street I wish my children could have their own rooms that is the most important thing that they be comfortable Well, this is an old house it can fall down any moment The house during the summer is very hot It is like an oven, really an oven The temperature inside is the same as under the direct sun because the current roof does not protect the house My grandmother, brother and I sleep in this room My father, mother and little brother sleep in the other one If I had my own room I would hang photos on the wall make my bed with my taste and have a separate cupboard for my clothes I hope that my house gets better but building this house shouldn't take away my right to go back to Palestine