It is not easy to maintain hope amidst such catastrophic conditions. Isn’t it? At least, I try. As young leaders, we are mobilizing ourselves to move ahead Together for Hope. I am Aya Ashour, a 23-year-old displaced from the northern Gaza Strip to the south. For instance, to Khan Younis. I am writing this piece […]
It is called “Al-Okhowa” displacement camp; a barre-waste land, where the sunbeams relentlessly burn everything. It is located in Al-Zawaida, near the Mediterranean Sea in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip. A makeshift tent out there has become home to Ola Al-Mobayed, 27 years old, along with her husband and their two-year-old son. The […]
Arafat Rabah Youssef Abu Asr is a 60-year-old Palestinian elderly. He has been displaced for months, forcibly moving between shelters, tarpaulins, and scorching makeshift tents. He is originally from Jabalia in northern Gaza, where his journey of displacement began when he fled to Al Safatwi area, then to Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza. His family […]
A makeshift tent in a displacement center in Deir Al-Balah, in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip. This is where Amany AbedAlrahman lives with her siblings after a dramatic journey of forcible displacement to different places since last November until it ended up in this tent upon invasion of Rafah city by the Israeli […]
Waseem Ahmed Abu Daghim is a 26-year-old young person with a disability. He lives in Deir al-Balah City in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip. As a result of an injury in an unfortunate traffic accident, he has been suffering from a physical disability for over ten years that left him with a permanent […]
Digitization is the language of the era, and this extends to our work in social advocacy. Alongside our efforts on the ground, we must also be active in the digital world to reach a larger audience and enable them to access our messages and services. It also allows them to reach us and participate in […]
“You have only 10 minutes to evacuate.. we will bomb the house.” 10 minutes to inform your wife and your family members of this shocking alarm, 10 minutes during which you will run to bring your children, and to fetch the most important properties and document you have: identity documents, money, clothes, and maybe have […]
We could have called it a training instead of a school, they could have been called them halls instead of classes, trainees instead of students, trainers instead of teachers, and project coordinator instead of school principal, we could wear whatever we wanted instead of standardizing a uniform with the name of our school written on […]
We, as Gazan youth, face a real conflict between present and future. Many questions come to our mind: what awaits us, how will we get there, will the enthusiasm be as now, or we will lose it later? And what do we want? On the 7th of June, I saw an advertisement on the SDF […]
Our community faces a lack of experiences, resources, abilities, thoughts, and capabilities because of the siege. Thus, the Social Developmental Forum and with the participants with “GIZ” has established the “Go School” idea. At that time, I was trying to adapt to my routine. Moreover, I have thoughts about changing myself and my community, but […]
