Impact Stories
Stories from the Academies of Hope and Women’s Centers of Hope, told through the children, educators, and women whose experiences show what GCV’s work looks like in everyday life.
Return to Learning
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I Used to Teach My Sisters. Now I learn for myself.
For two years, Layan taught her younger sisters what she remembered from school. At the Rafah Academy, she is finally back to learning for herself.
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Return to Learning
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A Morning That Reshaped Ahmad’s Life
For two years, Ahmad woke at six to search for water. Today, he wakes for school, carries a book home, and dreams of becoming a teacher.
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Back to School
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I’ll Wake Up Every Morning for School
For Yousef, returning to school means waking up for class instead of searching for water or food, and moving one morning closer to becoming an engineer.
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Learning & Craft
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Back to Learning, Stitch by Stitch
I did not return to learning through a classroom, but rather through embroidery. The course gave me the chance to enjoy being a learner again.
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Healing & Support
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Finding Myself Again
I came to the center looking for somewhere to escape for a while. I stayed long enough to start finding myself again.
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Care & Confidence
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No Longer Last on My Own List
My children are still my priority. What has changed is that I no longer think caring for them means I have to come last.
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Entrepreneurship
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A Business Worth Returning To
Maysa already had an idea that had worked. At the center, she began finding her way back into the business and giving it another chance.
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Business & Baking
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Giving Baking Another Chance
Nour was not searching for an idea. She was preparing to return to work she already knew, with a clearer plan for making it last.
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Skills & Enterprise
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The Sewing Machine That Made the Idea Real
Doaa had imagined turning sewing into work for years. By the end of the course, she bought the machine that made the idea concrete.
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