Surfboards needed for the Gaza Strip surfers
Have you got an old surfboard and would like to do something special? The Gaza Strip surfers don't have surfboards and surf gear, but they love to ride the waves.
The few boards available are old and destroyed. Ken O'Keefe, a former U.S. Marine is a social entrepreneur trying to help local surfers set up their surf community. O'Keefe burned his US passport and has called himself "citizen of the world".
In the last days, this US surfer visited Gaza Beach, met the best local riders and hit the water with their surfboards. It was "a very rare and special day indeed. I also surfed for the first time in about 13 years, or at least I tried. It was an absolute joy to be in the sea and to surf in Gaza is a real honour", tells Ken O'Keefe.
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