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Engineers Freelance to Support Gaza Families Amid 80% Unemployment

8/4/2026

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Software engineer Walaa Volidis and former CTO Tarik Zaeem freelance to aid displaced families in Gaza.
UN data shows Gaza’s unemployment has climbed above 80%, up from 22% before October 2023.
Roughly 75% of Gaza’s telecoms are damaged and the power grid collapsed, so co-working spaces run on generators and solar panels.
Mercy Corps, co-founder of Gaza Sky Geeks with Google, funds co-working hubs for remote coding.

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Software engineer Walaa Volidis and former CTO Tarik Zaeem freelance to aid displaced families in Gaza.
UN data shows Gaza’s unemployment has climbed above 80%, up from 22% before October 2023.
Roughly 75% of Gaza’s telecoms are damaged and the power grid collapsed, so co-working spaces run on generators and solar panels.
Mercy Corps, co-founder of Gaza Sky Geeks with Google, funds co-working hubs for remote coding.