Traffic accidents are as much of an issue in Palestine as they are elsewhere around the world. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, there were over 8,600 casualties in road traffic accidents in 2020, 110 of which were fatal. Meanwhile, traffic...
مجموعة بنك فلسطين ومؤسسة “بيلد باليستاين” BuildPalestine توقعان اتفاقية شراكة استراتيجية العربيه تتبع Sunday 10 April 2022 Bank of Palestine Group and BuildPalestine sign a Strategic Partnership agreement. BuildPalestine is elated about its strategic...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
