A new year, with new and exciting developments to share...
Check out what PIP has been doing the last few months, what we're working on for 2020, and what some of our alumni have been up to!
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PIP welcomed nearly 150 guests to our semiannual 'Graduation Event'! Hosted at the
Google Campus TLV
, we heard from senior Google leadership, including Barak Regev and Yossi Matias, PIP host companies, and PIP alumni about their experiences working with PIP. It was a successful and immensely impactful evening. We hope to see you at the next one!
Read More Here
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Closing Out Cycle 9
PIP had some impressive matches made in the last cycle with FreightOS, Obscure Games, Souktel, Urecsys, Voiceitt, and Zora VC.
Check out one of our new host companies below:
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Obscure Games
was founded by industry veterans Ayman Horani, Majd Abdulqadir, and Muhammad Bushnaq with an immense passion for games and interactive experiences, as well as vast knowledge in Game Design, Game Development, Marketing, and Game Production. Obscure Games' mission is to connect the world through games, all while creating a more diverse gaming industry in Israel.
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Want your company to be featured next?
We're always looking for new companies to join the PIP Network. Get started on hiring your next PIP intern. Contact PIP's Director, Anna Gol at
anna@palinternship.com
for more info.
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Welcome Cycle 10 Finalists!
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We kicked off 2020 with the start of PIP's 10th Cycle! 40 exceptional candidates were accepted to participate in PIP. Mid-January, we held our CV and Interview Skills workshop, once again hosted by PIP's wonderful partner, FreightOS. Mary Abu Ghattas, FreightOS' HR Operations Specialist led PIPers through an intensive interview skills session, while PIP's Director, Anna Gol, outlined the best CV and resume writing skills.
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We are looking for new sources of funding to join our current sponsors.
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For more information on how you can support PIP's growth, please contact
Anna Gol
. Your support will go towards the following:
- Growing our Host Company Network, to increase opportunities for intern placement
- Soft Skills Training Workshops, including CV building, interview skills, public speaking skills, and networking
- Professional Development programming, including supporting our Finalists during their training with organizations like Dale Carnegie
- Networking Events, where interns and alumni will be able to hear from and meet with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders in tech, business, and finance, further expanding their own professional networks
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Alumni Spotlight: Shaker Nairat
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Shaker is a civil and environmental engineer from Ramallah with three years of experience in the cleantech and water sectors. Shaker interned at
ZORA Ventures
in Tel Aviv for three months as a deal flow officer. ZORA is an Impact investment venture capital firm that invests in impact Israeli startups.
"My experience at ZORA was exceptional and fruitful. From learning about the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Israel to meeting inspiring entrepreneurs, increasing my knowledge in other sectors like agriculture and health, expanding my skillset in the VC technical work and deal flow process, and building an impressive network of industry experts, the three months I spent at ZORA gave me a kickstart worth years of experience."
Shaker is an active member of PIP's alumni network and is working to continue building his career. Read more about Shaker
here
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PIP has many partners offering pro bono services to help us grow.
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Special thanks to
Cadabra Marketing
for sharing their insight and providing us with marketing consulting services.
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Other ways you can support PIP:
- Amazon users can support PIP at no extra cost when you make purchases through the "Smile" program. (Amazon will donate 0.5% of the cost of your purchases, to PIP.) Click here and select "Palestinian Internship Program" as the organization to support.
- Host families: please let us know if you are interested in hosting an intern for the three-month period they are interning in the Haifa, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem areas.
- PIP's Facebook page continues to grow rapidly, now with over 3,000 likes........ Check it out – and ‘like’ us if you haven’t already!
- “Content volunteers” help PIP with a workshop, talk, company visit or other professional development activity for interns. Are you or someone you know available for this opportunity?
- Donations help fund PIP’s activities: PIP is seeking further funds to ensure the continuation of its activities throughout 2020 and beyond. Please click on the donation button below, or write to us if you would like to make a contribution or refer us to potential funding sources.
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Thank you for your continued support of Palestinian Internship Program!
We look forward to seeing you at upcoming events. You can get in touch by clicking ‘reply’ or emailing
anna@palinternship.com
. Please forward or share our newsletter with friends and colleagues who might be interested in learning more about PIP!
All the best,
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Yadin Kaufmann
Founder & Chairman
PIP
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Anna Gol
Program Director
PIP
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About PIP
Palestinian Internship Program is a groundbreaking not-for-profit that arranges internships and professional development activities for top Palestinian graduates from the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the Israeli and Palestinian high-tech sectors. Founded by Yadin Kaufmann in 2014, PIP has so far run nine highly successful internship rounds and has a total of 67 alumni who have interned at over 40 partner companies including Google, Intel, HP, Teva, and Thomson Reuters, as well as a number of startups and VC funds. PIP is a US-registered 501(c)(3) and has so far been backed by donors including the US State Department and USAID. See
www.palinternship.com
for more information.
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