The Power Of Freelancing Work In Gaza

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Inspiring Freelance Success Stories

“21-yours-old me!

I was a university student trying my best to afford the high university fees. At the same time, I couldn’t stop thinking about the girl I love. So, I started looking for a way out! I was very good at translation and writing; however, I didn’t know the best practices to employ the skills I had. I joined Gaza Sky Geek’s Freelance Academy. I finally learnt how to start working online and providing translation services. I started searching for jobs fit my skills and working day and night with no rest. After mainly 3 months of training, I managed to handle 40+ projects on different platforms and earned USD 5K.

26-years old me!

I am a husband, a father of two lovely kids “Yhia & Abdulrahman”, and a freelance MENTOR with Gaza Sky Geeks, BTI, and G-Gateway. I have built my own beautiful nest straw over straw.
I have achieved 800+ projects with 370+ clients all over the world. I have earned USD 100K+ working on platforms (USD 60K only on Upwork). I mentored over 800 graduates with great skills and helped them to start working online independently.
Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” The good thing is yet to come.”

Islam, one of the participants in the “She Rises II” camp.

“I started working on freelance platforms two years ago. I did the first job on the Fiverr platform with an excellent review. I heard a lot about the Upwork platform, so I started to learn more about it and registered on the platform. But I was not able to gig jobs or even invitations.

Once I was participating in training, and some participants in the “She Rises I” camp told me about Upwork and advised me to register on it. But the problem was that the camp was in Khan Yunis city, and I am a resident of Beit Hanoun. I thought a little about the matter and concluded that it was not a problem because it was a challenge for me. I registered in the camp and learned how to apply the correct ways to get jobs, and how to negotiate with clients.

After four days of registering on Upwork, I hadn’t got any opportunity. On the fifth day of the camp, I was able to get three jobs, and the client was very satisfied with the job and offered me an ongoing job.” democracy