Palestinians Salama Badwan, 40, and his wife Alaa Badwan, 37, tend to aloe vera plants on the roof of their Gaza Strip home. All photos: AFP
Palestinians Salama Badwan, 40, and his wife Alaa Badwan, 37, tend to aloe vera plants on the roof of their Gaza Strip home. All photos: AFP
Ms Badwan extracts oil to make soap at her home in Deir Al Balah
Ms Badwan extracts oil to make soap at her home in Deir Al Balah
With scarce opportunities, many are finding alternative ways to make a living
With scarce opportunities, many are finding alternative ways to make a living
The Gaza Strip has a poverty rate of 53 per cent, according to official Palestinian statistics
The Gaza Strip has a poverty rate of 53 per cent, according to official Palestinian statistics
The Gaza Strip is under a crippling Israeli-led blockade
The Gaza Strip is under a crippling Israeli-led blockade
The Badwans pose with their aloe vera plants
The Badwans pose with their aloe vera plants
Ms Badwan arranges fresh home-made soap
Ms Badwan arranges fresh home-made soap
The Israeli blockade has been in place since Hamas took power in 2007
The Israeli blockade has been in place since Hamas took power in 2007
Some more of the soap made by the Badwans
Some more of the soap made by the Badwans
An aerial view of the soap-making operation
An aerial view of the soap-making operation

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Resourceful Gazans find work to overcome poverty - in pictures

Palestinian couple grow aloe vera on roof and use oil to make soap

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