Gaza School Project · Tal al-Hawa
A school for 1,000 children in the heart of Gaza
In the middle of an ongoing genocide, Sa7ten is turning a damaged building in Tal al-Hawa into a fully accredited school — 10 classrooms, 14 local educators, and daily psychosocial support for children whose right to learn has been deliberately destroyed.
1,000
students per day
across two shifts
14
qualified local
Gazan educators
10
classrooms,
fully renovated
The context
Gaza's children have had their right to education systematically destroyed
This is not a humanitarian crisis. It is a genocide, and education has been one of its deliberate targets. These are not statistics. They are the lives of our people.
18,069
Palestinian school students killed in Gaza as of October 2025 (OCHA data). 26,391 more children and young people were injured.
5 years
of education erased — compounded from COVID-19 closures through the genocide. An entire generation denied its future.
5.7%
of the $230.3M requested by OCHA for education in Gaza had been funded by July 2025. The world knows. It has chosen not to act.
~$9
per child — that is the entirety of the international education response in Gaza. Sa7ten does not accept that this is enough.
What we're building
Not a classroom. An act of resistance.
The Sa7ten school in Tal al-Hawa is not a temporary measure and not a charity project. It is a permanent, Ministry-accredited institution built by the people of Gaza, for the people of Gaza. Structured learning and daily psychosocial support run side by side — because you cannot separate the wounds of genocide from the work of rebuilding a future.
Accredited school
Full Palestinian Authority curriculum. Certificates officially accredited — valid for university. The education our children receive here belongs to them, and cannot be taken.
$700,000
$75,000
Psychosocial support
Dedicated counsellors run daily psychosocial support sessions. Healing and learning are inseparable in a genocide. We do not pretend otherwise.
Palestinian-led staffing
All 14 educators are from Gaza — our people, teaching our people. Sa7ten supports them with stipends and in-kind support, because they are the infrastructure this school is built on.
Rent & Renovate model
Sa7ten made a deliberate strategic choice: instead of building from scratch at Saraya Square, we secured and are renovating an existing building in Tal al-Hawa. A 90% reduction in capital. Your donation reaches students faster, with less exposure to the extreme volatility of operating inside an active genocide — where supply chains are deliberately choked, and construction materials are weaponised through blockade.
The building today
This is what is being reclaimed
These photographs were taken inside the building in Tal al-Hawa. It was a school before the genocide. The structure survived. What was taken — furniture, windows, walls, sanitation — was looted or destroyed. The $75,000 renovation restores what was systematically stripped away.
The site · Tal al-Hawa — The building overlooks a displacement camp for Palestinians forcibly expelled from their homes. A thousand of those children will come to school here.
Classroom interior — The chalkboard survived. The desks were looted. This room will be a classroom again.
Main staircase — The colours Palestinians painted on these walls are still here. Structural repairs will make this corridor safe again.
WC block — Fire-damaged and stripped. Full WASH restoration is part of the renovation. This is what a $75,000 budget must cover.
These are the children this school belongs to. Tal al-Hawa, Gaza · Sa7ten field operations.
The building
See exactly what is being rebuilt
These are the official architectural drawings for the Tal al-Hawa building — produced by Sa7ten's engineering team in Gaza. We publish everything. The full CAD files are available to download below.
Why Sa7ten
Three years operating inside a genocide.
Sa7ten was built in direct response to the failures of the international humanitarian sector — organisations that closed their borders, paused their operations, and left our people to survive without them. We did not pause. Every structural choice we make reflects that.
100% of your donation reaches Gaza
Sa7ten covers its own administrative costs through its Barcelona operations. Every euro donated publicly goes directly and entirely to our people in Gaza. No overhead. No exceptions.
Palestinian-led, on the ground
Sa7ten works exclusively with Palestinian vendors, educators, and community leaders in Gaza. Decision-making power stays with the people who live there. This is not a model we aspire to — it is how we have operated from day one.
Institutional accountability
Three years of direct coordination with the Palestinian Ministry of Education — formal licensing, curriculum recognition, and land allocation. Our accountability runs to Gaza, not to international donors.
Radical transparency
Monthly academic reports, real-time attendance tracking, and full architectural documentation published openly — including these floor plans. If you have questions, ask us directly: hussein@sa7ten.org
Help us open these doors
We are raising $75,000 to complete the renovation of this building, and $2,000 each month to keep it running. In the middle of a genocide, a school is an act of sumud — steadfastness. Your donation makes it possible.