4 Ways to help Gazans Rebuild Their Lives Through Education

Many people of conscience are asking the same question right now: how do we support Gazans in a way that goes beyond short-term relief and helps rebuild lives for the long term?

At Wasla Connect, education is one of the most powerful answers to that question. For displaced Gazans whose studies, careers, and stability have been violently interrupted, access to mentorship, skills training, and accredited education can mean the difference between being stuck and moving forward.

Here are four ways education through Wasla Connect helps Gazans rebuild their lives.

1) Mentorship That Restores Direction and Confidence

Displacement does more than take away homes. It disrupts identity, confidence, and professional momentum.
Wasla Connect pairs each participant with a global mentor for four months. Mentors provide consistent guidance, career navigation, and emotional support during an incredibly uncertain period. This relationship helps participants clarify goals, rebuild confidence, and make realistic plans for their future, even while displaced.

Mentorship creates something rare in crisis: a sense that someone is walking with you, not just watching from afar.

Are you a tech professional and would like to be a mentor?

• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in the tech field

• Commit to supporting a mentee for a minimum of the 30 minutes a week for a 4-month cohort

• Prior experience as a mentor is preferred but not required.

 *Arabic fluency is not required. We will assist with translation if necessary.

2) Job Readiness Training That Opens Real Opportunities

Talent alone is insufficient when access to the global job market is restricted.

Our live job readiness training focuses on practical, immediately usable skills. This includes communication, interviewing, resume building, professional presence, and navigating remote and international work environments. These sessions are designed to help displaced Gazans compete for real opportunities, not hypothetical ones.

Job readiness is about agency. It gives participants tools they can use now, not someday.

Do you have a job readiness training background and have skills in self-branding, LinkedIn optimization or can teach a session on AI automation or practical tech skill. 

3) University Courses That Rebuild Interrupted Education

Many Gazans had their education abruptly paused or ended due to conflict, border closures, and displacement.

Through partnerships with institutions like the American University in Cairo, Wasla Connect enables participants to enroll in accredited university courses. These programs help restore academic continuity, build recognized credentials, and reopen doors that conflict forced shut.

Education is not just learning. It is proof that progress is still possible.

If you have contacts with the university or microcredentials programs that can offer Gazans university courses, please email [email protected]

4) Donations That Directly Power the Path Forward

Every donation to Wasla Connect directly funds mentorship, training, and education for displaced Gazans.

• $1,000 – Empower Four Lives
  Provides four displaced Palestinians with four months of mentorship, live training, and access to university education through AUC.

• $500 – Build Two Futures
  Supports two participants through four months of mentorship and career and soft skills training.

• $250 – Transform One Story
  Sponsors one participant for four months of mentorship and live training support.

• $100 – Fuel the Journey
  Covers training materials and program support for one participant in the four-month mentorship program.

Rebuilding Gaza requires many forms of support. Education is one of the few that endures. Through mentorship, job readiness training, university courses, and sustained donor support, Wasla Connect is helping displaced Gazans reclaim agency, dignity, and possibility.

This is how rebuilding begins.