Two South Carolina friends — a Republican ex-governor who helped the World Food Program win the Nobel Peace Prize, and the other a Democrat who once ran for governor — are starting a landmark humanitarian project for Palestinian children in Gaza.

Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley was President Donald Trump's appointee to lead the WFP from 2017-23, during which time the organization won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Tech entrepreneur Phil Noble ran for governor in 2018 and founded nonprofit World Class Scholars in Charleston, bringing internet and computers to the poorest schools in America and over 100 countries worldwide. Beasley is Scholars' chairman.

The two are launching 50 solar-powered tent schools in Gaza where the United Nations says 97 percent of schools have been destroyed

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