Our Story
The Stay Human project emerged in Summer 2024 as a grassroots mutual aid initiative spanning Europe, Egypt, and Palestine. What began as emergency crowdfunding for food, water, and essential supplies for families in Jabalia, Northern Gaza, quickly evolved into something more powerful: education as a form of hope.
When schools could not reopen for a new academic year, our Palestinian team members took action. They transformed part of a damaged building into a classroom, recruited teachers, and gathered educational supplies. By September 2024, the Stay Human School was born, offering Arabic, English, Science and Mathematics to 200+ children in the community, around 30 of whom have been orphaned due to Israel's relentless attacks and blockade.
Our Mission
We believe in community-led solutions built on solidarity, not charity. Our mission is three-fold:
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Sustain our current school by continuing to fund our rented building and support our eight dedicated teachers until formal education resumes in Gaza.
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Expand our vision to create a flexible school camp for different age groups, engaging 10 teachers and providing education to 300+ students.
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Provide essential humanitarian support by distributing food, water, baby supplies, and addressing sanitation needs based on community priorities.
Beyond academic learning, these spaces provide a psychologically supportive environment where children can rebuild friendships, play, and heal.
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Our Approach
As a mutual aid collective, we:
- Rely on Palestinian leadership in all decision-making
- Respond dynamically to community needs on the ground
- Provide ongoing humanitarian support alongside education
- Operate with full transparency and accountability
"They want to make a desert and call it peace. The civilised world's silence is more deafening than the explosions covering the city like a shroud of death and terror. Stay Human."Vittorio Arrigoni, writing from Gaza, 27 December 2008