initiatives
education
Code for Palestine.
Education programs in line with our vision taught by world-class computer science and product talent, who travel to the West Bank & Gaza on all-expenses-paid trips to create immersive learning experiences.
Sponsored by the Paltel Group Foundation
codeforpalestine.org
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Three Year High-School Program
Launched: 2015
Topics: CS & Design Thinking
Location: Jericho & Gaza City
Instructors: Stanford University students (read one instructor’s story)
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Summer Bootcamps (university)
Launched: 2017
Topics: Machine Learning; Software Development
Location: Ramallah & Nablus
Instructors: Researchers, PMs, engineers from Google, Instagram, Snap, and others
20x
increase in applications since 2015
87%
of high school program graduates go on to study CS, C.Eng or Math
55%
of participants are female
5:1
student to teacher ratios
employment
Manara.
A social enterprise helping the best young talent land globally competitive software engineering jobs — built around an intensive remote course taught by engineers from leading technology companies, including interview preparation, followed by rigorous vetting and referrals to hiring partners.
www.manara.tech
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Overview
Launched: 2019
Topics: CS fundamentals; Algorithms
Location: Remote
Read more: From Gaza to Google
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Traction
Selected for Y Combinator: Winter 2021
Hiring partners: Google, Amazon, Flexport, Repl.it, and others
Seed investors: Stripe; Paul Graham
80%
placement rate
71%
referral to pass rate at Google
46%
of participants are female
3x
average salary increase for graduates
visitPalestine.tech