Blog - BuildPalestine

Jusoor, Sawaed19, and Foras.ps – Community upskilling in Palestine

Foras.ps Foras.ps is an online platform which sources and lists educational and professional opportunities available for Palestinians. The website began as a Facebook group (currently with close to 12,000 followers) which Safaa Ayyad started in 2018. In March 2020,...

Challenges and opportunities for environmental startups in Palestine

BatteryDoctor We’re familiar with the dire situation in Gaza when it comes to electricity and power. With only four hours of electricity per day, Palestinians in Gaza rely heavily on single-use batteries. On average, the Strip uses 40,000 batteries every year- most of...

Here are three social enterprises changing health-tech in Palestine

We’re excited to see health tech begin to flourish in Palestine; here are three social enterprises leading health-tech in Palestine... Hakini, the first mental health online platform in Palestine Hakini, “tell me” or “talk to me” in Arabic, is an online platform...

By Palestinians, for Palestine: BuildPalestine’s second summit set to build on a renewed sense of unity across Palestine and the Diaspora.

Ramallah, August 10th, 2021: On October 1-2, BuildPalestine will hold its second annual Summit - a two day event bringing together the Palestinian community to imagine, build, and celebrate, under this year’s theme: “Harnessing Our Collective Power” 2021 has...

من الفلسطينيين، لفلسطين – ينطلق مؤتمر بيلدباليستاين السنوي الثاني من قواعد البيت الفلسطيني الواحد عبر فلسطين وفي الشتات.

رام الله ، 10 آب (أغسطس) 2021: في 1 و 2 تشرين الأول (أكتوبر) ، تعقد مؤسسة بيلدباليستاين مؤتمرها السنوي الثاني - وهو حدث لمدة يومين يجمع المجتمع الفلسطيني معًا للتخيل والبناء والاحتفال، تحت شعار هذا العام: "تسخير قوتنا الجماعية" تميز عام 2021 بإحساس متجدد بالوحدة حيث...

6 Ways to Volunteer in Palestine

Photos: Mohammed Zaanoun, ActiveStills, BuildPalestine Over the past months, we’ve received numerous questions about ways to volunteer in Palestine, both virtually and in person. We teamed up with Sawaed19, a web-based platform which connects volunteers worldwide with...

قائمة بحملات الإغاثة والمنظمات التي يمكنك التبرع لها لدعم فلسطين

لقد غمرنا بكمية رسائل التضامن والدعم التي تلقيناها من الأصدقاء في جميع أنحاء العالم. وقد تواصل العديد منكم ليسألوا كيف يمكنكم دعم فلسطين خلال هذه الفترة، لذلك قمنا بتجميع قائمة بالمنظمات والحملات التي يمكنك التبرع لها. كما سنشارك بعض الفرص البديلة للمساعدة، بما في ذلك...

Trusted organizations to donate to Palestine

We’re overwhelmed with all the messages of solidarity and support we’ve been receiving from friends all over the world. Several of you reached out to ask how you can support Palestine during this time, so we’ve compiled a list of organizations and campaigns you can...

Meet Lama Amr, BuildPalestine’s Executive Director

We interviewed Lama Amr, BuildPalestine’s new Executive Director, to learn more about her, and her vision for the organization. Here’s how it went. Lama, can you describe your journey with BuildPalestine? I started with BuildPalestine as an intern in 2016 when I was...