We have 12 Gazan translators on our team who have lost their homes and their loved ones
They have been forcibly displaced 5-10 times each; they are without electricity and reliable internet connection; they are living in tents and building fires to cook and boil contaminated water. All the while, they are supporting thousands of Gazans fleeing the genocide through their translation work on humanitarian parole and asylum applications.
Before October 2023, many of our Gazan translators were English teachers, media specialists, university students, and professional translators for international organizations— but the genocide destroyed their businesses, schools, and universities.
Nine of our translators are currently in Gaza; three recently fled to Egypt and are still supporting their families in Gaza. All 12 of our translators desperately need your support in order to provide life-saving translation support to tens of thousands of Gazans on the ground.
Fleeing from the genocide in Gaza requires an immense amount of bureaucracy. Our caseload of humanitarian parole applications is growing steadily as is our team of Gazan translators based on the ground.
Over the last 10 months, our team has translated thousands of pages in supporting evidence for hundreds of asylum and humanitarian parole applications for Gazans. We expect to continue supporting 5-10 humanitarian parole and asylum applications each week for the next 6 months, each application supporting four to eight Gazans. This work will be supported by our Gazan translators, who will be paid what is literally a life-saving wage for their labor.
In order for these translators to DO this work, we are currently providing emergency support stipends, e-Sims and ongoing mobile data to our Gazan translators. We urgently need to raise $60k USD to be able to continue this emergency support, as well as to pay our Gazan linguists for their life-saving translation work.
Donate now to provide our Gazan team of translators with the resources they need in order to support upwards of 200 people in Gaza.
