今日のテキスト AID FOR YOUNG GAZA ENTREPRENEURS

Gaza has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, around 40 percent. Now, a group from Japan is trying to help young people in the Palestinian territory become entrepreneurs.
The group includes representatives of Japanese companies and international organizations. It held a contest on Thursday to encourage proposals that would help improve Gaza's harsh living conditions. One team addressed the shortage of cement blocks, needed to rebuild structures damaged during years of fighting. The members proposed making them from ashes.
Another suggested producing equipment to help people carry heavy items up and down stairs. Frequent blackouts in the territory make elevators all but unusable.
Members of the Japanese group will provide funds and advice to help turn the best proposals into real-life projects. Gaza's economy has been hit hard due to restrictions by Israel and Egypt on the movement of people and supplies to and from Gaza.