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Expert Digital Marketing and Web Development Information for Non-Experts
We started Monday’s event with a “term-pong” ice-breaker, where our participants got to know each other by learning some basic tech and digital media marketing terms. Web development, where do you start? Our first speaker, Wajed Afaneh, broke down the web-creation...
Our Local Changemakers: Where are they now?
In the summer of 2017, BuildPalestine launched the Scholarship for Changemakers, the first scholarship in Palestine to award students for the impact they are having on the community. We selected five inspiring changemakers who are working to make an impact on their...
Could our Ramadan BUILDx have been about anything other than food?
We hosted three individuals from three initiatives and organizations; Raya Ziadeh from Manjala, Yara Dowani from Om Sleiman Farm, and Sahar Qawasmi from Sakiya to discuss issues of food security, food sovereignty, and to address general challenges to the agricultural...
Raseel Raised $15,000 in order to help children with Autism – Here is the impact
If Alaa has one tip for social entrepreneurs, it’s to never wait around for a fund, and to instead go ahead and act. Three months after the completion of the campaign, the BuildPalestine team met with Alaa Halayka, Manager of Raseel Association for children with...
5 Ways to Volunteer in Palestine this Summer
Have you ever thought about volunteering in Palestine? Give this question a thought. We know what you must be thinking right now, the title might have evoked images about charity, helping vulnerable people, being a part of medical aid, etc. In fact, there are far more...
Ramadan is knocking: here are 5 opportunities to support Palestine this Ramadan
The long awaited month of Ramadan is knocking the door. Many Muslims around the world are waiting for the holy month to start for them to feed their souls, through fasting, praying, and giving charity and. Charity in Ramadan is given in two different ways; Sadaqah and...
Human Centered Design: From BUILDx to Expert Workshop
We were joined by human-centered design expert - Johannes Landstrofer - for two sessions; our monthly BUILDx event, and one of our four quarterly expert workshops. Johannes Landstrofer currently works as Coordinator Digital Agenda with the German Caritas Association...
BUILDx: Highlighting Bethlehem’s Social Entrepreneurs
For our first BUILDx in Bethlehem, we were welcomed by the Museum of Natural History. The initial plan to hold the session in one of the museum’s halls spontaneously changed once we saw how lovely the setting and day were. We hosted three panelists, Ala’ Hilu from...
SunBox Raised $60,000 with their Latest Campaign– Here is what they were able to accomplish
Samar is a mom of six children, one of which is handicapped and has a lung disease that requires to run an oxygen breathing medical device. Due to electricity shortage, Samar had to take daily trips to a medical center to run the device. Sometimes, in rainy...