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We concluded our last of the year, and we’d like for you to meet our graduates, again! Before we jump right in, we’d like to give a special shoutout to the mentors of the session, who’s input truly enriched the session for both the graduates and ourselves. Reem Khalil – Regional Director at Drosos Foundation … Read more
Earlier in September, we held a BUILDx event in cooperation with The European Institute for Cooperation and Development “IECD” and as part of the ‘We are Jerusalem Builders’ forum to talk about social enterprises, as part of the forum’s Awareness week. We got to (virtually) meet two superstar social enterprises in Palestine – Wazza Inc. … Read more
Ramallah, September 14, 2020: On October 2-3, BuildPalestine’s first ever Social Innovation Summit will bring together the global Palestinian community under the banner of “Radical Imagination”. Over the course of two days, participants will join 40+ panelists to engage in a series of online discussions with the goal of breaking beyond current paradigms, re-imagining what … Read more
Last week, we hosted a BUILDx online event to discuss sustainable fashion and conscious consumption in the context of Palestine. We were joined by four creative individuals who are active in the movement: Malak Ghanam, Anas Dalou, Elias Rizek, and Najla Abdellatif. Why is fast fashion a problem? Najla Abdellatif, the author of Zero-Waste Palestine, … Read more
“If you were a liquid, what form would you take?” That’s the question asked to participants at the beginning of the value-creation workshop BuildPalestine gave to our friends at Thalassemia Patients Friends Society (TPFS) in Ramallah. It was a simple icebreaker for the event on one hand, but also a way to learn more about … Read more
Have you ever had an idea for a new project that you wanted to see in your community? Now, did you ever actually take action to implement that idea? We all have tons of ideas, but unfortunately, very few of these ideas see the light of day. At BuildPalestine, we believe that there are amazing … Read more
As we are approaching the last days of this holy month, many of us are hesitant where to donate Zakat. We therefore took advantage of our last BUILDx session to make it easier for all of us to know more about zakat, its morals, and to whom it should be given. And how can we … Read more
For our Second BUILDx event, we shed light on the situation in East Jerusalem during the Coronavirus pandemic. We hosted Ahmad Budairi from the “Jerusalem Alliance to encounter the coronavirus” and Muntaser Dkedek – Executive director of Burj Alluqluq Social Center Society, currently a volunteer with the Jerusalem Alliance. Muntaser began with “even though we … Read more
(Photo Credit: Mahmud Hams / AFP/ Getty Images) For the first time in our lives there is no news other than those related to Coronavirus or COVID-19. We’ve never witnessed our modern world come to a halt the way it has in the past couple of months. For our first BUILDx event of the year, … Read more
Photo: UNRWA As a global pandemic spreads across the globe, cities have shut down and people are filled with uncertainty and fear. The World Health Organization reported more than 266,000 confirmed cases and 11,184 deaths as of March 21, 2020. While the overwhelming majority of the world was unprepared for this crisis, the impact of … Read more
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