Teenage Touching Stories in Gaza Success in Cactus Gardens

A teenage girl living in the Gaza Strip has a cactus garden to finance her college. Afaf Massoud, the teenager's name is now a successful cactus entrepreneur at the age of 18 years in the middle of his country hit by years of armed conflict.
Afaf started the cactus gardening business when sitting at the end of high school, about 8 months ago. He has a cactus gardening interest in his father's guidance as an agriculture agricultural engineer, as quoted from Middle East Monitor, Monday, May 7, 2018.

The cactus which is indeed a typical desert plant and thrives in the land of minimal water became the choice of first semester students in the field of interior design at Al-Aqsa University.

He also started his cactus business project or Sabara in the local language. In a short time, Afaf is able to collect 40 species of cactus. He planted it in a vacant lot around his home and another space that was considered suitable for a live cactus. Including planting on the balcony of the house and over his house. The largest cactus garden in Gaza.

Afaf successful cactus plant business in Gaza. The better the cacti, the more expensive it is. It makes prices vary between US $ 2 and up. There are even millions of dollars worth of cactus because of its rare specimens, some of which only bloom every 20 years.
In running his cactus gardening business, Afaf has no shop to display his cactus. Even so he did not give up. He then used Facebook to promote his cactus products and attend exhibitions.

In addition, Afaf also displaying dozens of species of cactus in the business center in the city of Gaza.

Gaza's increasingly heated situation with armed conflict, low population income and poor resources, does not make Afaf discouraged. At a young age, he has become a successful entrepreneur.