In partnership with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNFPA, and other corporate and government partners, we are kickstarting the first-ever virtual hackathon that brings together Gaza, the West Bank, and the global tech community.
From April 15-18, Gaza Sky Geeks, a joint effort of Mercy Corps and Google for Startups, aims to bring together the brightest minds in Palestine and beyond to participate in #HacktheCrisisPalestine.
We were inspired by the global #HacktheCrisis movement to generate solutions for our new COVID19 world. All across the globe, tens of thousands of people have joined forces online to solve problems in health, education, business, and have already created some amazing solutions, making a real impact in people’s lives.
With support from global tech companies opening up APIs, international expert mentors, and local designers, coders, doctors, business minds, and more, we hope to generate immediate solutions to the health and economic crises in Palestine caused by COVID19.
Hackathon Winners
HEROES GAME/ AFKAR
A mobile game, to provide the kids the safety instructions, help them feel better about staying home, and entertain them.
YA SAYDALI
Creating a mobile app to deliver medicines to your doorsteps you can scan the prescription add your insurance and we will automatically deliver it for you using the nearest pharmacy.
HAKINI
An online platform, based on a website and a mobile application in order to facilitate the accessibility and provision of therapy for people suffering from mental health disorders during the outbreak of COVID19 virus with the intention to continue providing this help after the crisis as well.
BALADI
Baladi is an online farmer marketplace for fresh groceries and food. Farmers can show their products for direct orders from customers thus enabling farmers to reach end customers directly and increase their margins.
Hackathon in numbers
The milestones that this hackathon achieved so far.
1000
Number Of Participants
50
Mentors in all fields.
134
Teams formed
Hackathon Prizes
35,000
SPLIT AMONG TOP 4 TEAMS
We’re working every day to add more in-kind and cash prizes. Get in touch if you can provide a prize or contribute to supporting Palestine’s top COVID19 response solutions!
Strategic Partners
The hackathon is a volunteer effort to help solve some of the challenges we as a community and as a country are facing today. Let us know if your company is interested in sponsoring prizes, donating APIs or time, or anything else!.
Partners
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Hackathon Mentors
Angela Bee Chan
CEO, Hackathons International & Hackathons Australia
Amrit Dhir
Director of Business Development, Sidewalk Labs
Ryan Sturgill
GSG Director
Mustafa Sezgin
VP of Engineering at Glovo, logistics and delivery
Daniel Dart
CEO of DEC projects
Ellis Bartholomeus
CEO of Ellis in Wonderland
Reem Qawasmi
CFO - in - Residence at Ibtikar Fund
Johan Bjurman Bergman
Head of Operations, Strategy & Communications-DEC Projects
Luwei Pearson
Deputy Director Health UNICEF
Amin Shanaa
Co-Founder at JWAR
Tom Hayton
Director/ Consultant in the tech industry
Anni Rowland-Campbell
Director, Intersticia Australia and UK. Non-Exec Director Founders & Coders UK
Salmaa Elshanshory
Director of Operations, Handy Technology
Anne van Drunen Littel
Senior Consultant at Steward Redqueen
Tamkeen Rasool
Senior Manager - Accenture
Bonnie Chiu
Managing Director, The Social Investment Consultancy (social impact, non-profit, technology, international development industries)
Mona Demaidi
Co-managing director for Girls in Tech
Anas Alfarra
Intellectual Property Manager
Diana Biggs
Global Head of Innovation, HSBC Private Banking
Nicholas Doiron
Software Engineer
Jon Morgan
Software Architect at Zimpatica
Isaac Hasson
Strategy and Operations, Google X
Dina Benayad-Cherif
iOS Engineer at Apple Inc.
Mohammad Kabajah
Infrastructure solution architect at (AWS), IT Consultant, and CEO of Brainsole startup
Alaa Fatayer
Head of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Fikra- Paltel Group Innovation Hub
Ahmad Barakat
Cofounder, GoSocial - Digital Marketing & Transformation Consultant
Josephine Kant
Global Program Manager at Google for Startups
Amal Shaikhah
Epidemiology Expert
Daoud Ghannam
CEO of uMake
Alex Chiou
Android Tech Lead at Instagram (Facebook Inc.)
Amr Darwish
Founder & CEO - Lyv
Yousef Elhallaq
City Representative at impACT and Business Development Specialist
Mohammed Abusulaiman
Communication for Development officer- Unicef
Aisha Nasir
Full stack developer
Whitney Purdum
Software Engineer
Abd Basheer
Business Program Manager at Microsoft
Rana Nofal
Head of Programming & Data Department at Ministry of Health
Nathan Fain
Artist in residence PACT Zollverein & Hardware Security Analyst
Sudqi Salaymeh
Founder & CEO - Clearomatics
Saba Rashid
Associate - ideas42 - Behavioral Science organization
A'laa Chbaro
Global Community Director at impACT
Hafeth Zughayer
Founder at Coding Academy of Jerusalem
Matt Suiche
Founder at Comae Technologies
Haya A. Saad
Business Consultants for Startups
Mohammed Nasr
Youth Programme and Communications Officer at the United Nations Population Fund - Palestine
Judging Panel
Angela Bee Chan
CEO, Hackathons International & Hackathons Australia
Ryan Sturgill
GSG Director
Amrit Dhir
Director of Business Development, Sidewalk Labs
Ambar Amleh
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Ibtikar Fund
Mohammed Abusulaiman
Communication for Development officer- Unicef
George Khadder
Managing Director and Founder at SUN BIRD GROUP
Razan Nasr
Head of Stimulation and Exploration Department
Organizing Team
Iyad Altahrawi
Startup Program Manager
Rand Safi
Partnership Management WestBank - Gaza Sky Geeks
Kevin Gomis
CFO and Operations Manager
Mahmoud Al Madhoun
Hachathon Website Manager - Gaza Sky Geeks
Ismail Aziza
Operations and Logistics - Gaza Sky Geeks
Ghada Ibrahim
Event Host - Gaza Sky Geeks
Abdallah Khadra
Event Host - Gaza Sky Geeks
Haneen Bader
Partnership Management WestBank - Gaza Sky Geeks
Nadia Abu Shabaan
Hackathon Organizer - Gaza Sky Geeks
Hussain mahdi
Hackathon Organizer - Gaza Sky Geeks
Asmaa Elkhaldi
Communications and Production - Gaza Sky Geeks
Shams Abu Hassanin
Communication and Graphic Designer - Gaza Sky Geeks
Aya Juma
Communication and Social Media Assistant
Yasmin Abo Omar
Mentorship Coordinator
Mahmoud Khwaiter
Community Care Manager
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