Yaqin · يقين · certainty

From potential to self-sufficiency.

A navigator program for Palestinian youth in the West Bank and Gaza. We walk with each learner to their first sustained remote income — and stay until it holds.

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The problem

Households have lost their earners.

Since October 2023, Palestinian households have lost roughly 500,000 jobs. Each working adult now supports 4.3 non-working dependents. Poverty is projected at 74%. Meanwhile, young Palestinians remain educated, ready, and unable to reach the global remote economy.

Existing programs — TAP, Manara, Gaza Sky Geeks — serve around 2,500 learners per year.

The stuck population is 150,000 to 250,000.

That gap is the largest addressable one in Palestinian youth employment. No current program targets it at scale.

Reach vs. need

ServedStuck

~2,500 / yr 150K–250K

The remote-work economy is hiring. Palestinian youth are ready. The missing layer is navigation and accountability.

Our model

A layer, not a program.

We own the outcome, not the activity.

Coordinator-led

One coordinator owns every learner's outcome. Weekly 1:1s. Intervention within 48 hours.

Peer-powered

Pods led by recent alumni who just crossed the milestone. Accountability from peers.

Nine-month horizon

We stay engaged past graduation. Success measured at month 6 of earning.

The program

Four foundations. One specialization.

Every learner builds four foundation capabilities. In week nine, each picks one vocational track based on aptitude and verified employer demand.

The four foundations All learners · weeks 1–8

Stream 01

Professional English

The English of remote work: emails, Slack, interviews, LinkedIn.

Skills built

Emails and Slack that read professional
Interview answers under pressure
Written CV and LinkedIn copy

Stream 02

Digital operating fluency

How to actually work inside a distributed team.

Skills built

Slack, Notion, Google Workspace, Loom
Async communication norms
Time-zone and calendar handling

Stream 03

Self-marketing and job search

How to actually get hired. Works for the next role too.

Skills built

LinkedIn and Upwork that recruiters read
Cold outreach and warm follow-up
Interview practice and negotiation

Stream 04

Payment infrastructure

Getting paid as a Palestinian. Silent killer if skipped.

Skills built

Payoneer and Wise verification
Contractor vs. employee terms
Invoicing and FX basics

The two specialization tracks Learner picks one · weeks 9–16

Track A

Customer support and operations for SaaS

Widest steady demand. English-heavy, degree-optional.

Wage floor $400–650 / month entry

Ceiling in 18 mo $1,000–2,000 / month

Why we chose it

Lowest bar to entry, most volume in the market, least volatile of the options. This is the safe path.

Track B

Arabic content operations for global platforms

Native Arabic becomes an asset. TikTok, Meta, OpenAI contractors pay well for it.

Wage floor $500–900 / month entry

Ceiling in 18 mo $1,300–2,500 / month

Why we chose it

Higher wage floor, less crowded, dignifying. Learners get paid for cultural knowledge, not for being cheap labor.

Why two tracks, not one

A single-track program is fragile. If the market for that role shifts, the whole cohort suffers. Two tracks mean the program keeps working even when one segment tightens. Later phases add more tracks (sales development, junior bookkeeping, community management) as employer partnerships grow.

What we don't do

Every program that tries to do everything ends up doing nothing well.

Yaqin defines its lane deliberately.

01 Build our own curriculum +

The learning content already exists and is free. Coursera, LinkedIn Learning, freeCodeCamp, HubSpot Academy — hundreds of hours of quality material. Building our own duplicates what others do well.

We curate. The human layer around the content is our value, not the content itself.

02 Compete with TAP, Manara, or Gaza Sky Geeks +

Those programs do important work at the top of the funnel. Adding another program at the same level fragments effort in a small ecosystem.

We serve the missing middle. Applicants they cannot yet accept, and graduates whose first roles risk failing without follow-through.

03 Run coding, design, or engineering bootcamps +

These tracks need twelve to twenty-four months to produce genuinely hireable graduates, and they need portfolio-heavy pedagogy that a navigator model does not deliver at MVP scale.

Nine months is enough for customer support and content operations. It is not enough for React or UX. We do not overpromise.

04 Serve absolute beginners +

Below A2 English or with no digital literacy, nine months is not enough runway to reach sustained income. Enrolling them would set them up to fail.

We redirect to AMIDEAST, British Council, or Access Microscholarship, and welcome them back six months later.

And we do not count graduation as success. Placement at week sixteen means little if half those placements collapse by month four. The number we measure is sustained income at month six. Everything before that is a leading indicator.

The journey

Six milestones over nine months.

Numbers below show the realistic funnel from a cohort of 20.

M120 / 20

Infrastructure live

Weeks 1–2
Payoneer, LinkedIn, profiles

M217 / 20

First dollar earned

Weeks 3–5
Microtasks

M314 / 20

Employer-ready profile

Weeks 6–9
CV, LinkedIn, portfolio

M411 / 20

Apprenticeship + reference

Weeks 10–13
Real employer trial

M58 / 20

First real role

Weeks 14–20
$100+ from employer

M66 / 20

Sustained income

Months 5–9
$300+/mo × 3 months

From twenty to six

Palestinian families with new sustained remote income.

$300 or more per month for three consecutive months, verified via Payoneer or Wise. That is the outcome Yaqin owns.

Who can apply

Yaqin serves the missing middle.

On a readiness spectrum from beginner to employable, we take the middle range that no one else does.

Redirect upstream to
AMIDEAST, British Council Our lane Redirect to
TAP, Manara, direct hiring

You're a fit if

Age 18–24, in the West Bank or Gaza
A2 to low-B1 English
Phone or laptop, some internet
10–15 hours per week free
Motivated to earn from Palestine

We redirect you if

English is A1 or below
Already earning $400+/month remote
Less than 10 hours a week free
Can't commit for nine months

How joining works

Getting started takes 30 seconds.

We know long forms lose people. So we start small.

A name and a WhatsApp number is all we ask up front. Then you meet the community. Then, when you are ready, the deeper form. Every step gives you something before it asks for anything.

30 seconds

Sign up

Name and WhatsApp. No essay, no upload.

We reply within 24 hours

Immediate

Join the community

WhatsApp group + Zoom link for this week's office hour.

Join the WhatsApp group now →

~15 minutes

Complete your profile

English, digital skills, availability. Shapes your path.

When you are ready

~15 minutes

Interview and selection

Video call with the coordinator. We decide together.

Answer within one week

What's happening now

Office hours · Tuesdays, 7pm Palestine time, on Zoom
WhatsApp community · Open channel — join now
Phase 1 applications · Opening soon for the first cohort

Start with your name and WhatsApp → Takes under a minute. No essay required. — or — Just join the community first

Modular by design

Anyone can be a navigator.

Yaqin runs its own cohorts. But the pathways, milestones, and resources are not proprietary.

Navigation is a role. It is not a program.

Local mentors

Palestinians with remote-work experience

You've made the journey. Join a cohort as a pod leader or facilitator.

Join a cohort as a mentor, or run your own

Parents and families

Supporting a young person you love

Use our milestone map and accountability tools directly. No cohort required.

Access the pathways and use them at home

Community organizations

Already supporting Palestinian youth

Youth centers, universities, NGOs — integrate our tracks into your programs.

Adopt the framework for your program

The stronger the network of navigators, the more young Palestinians reach self-sufficiency.

Get involved

Three ways to help Yaqin work.

Apply as a learner

Applications for the first cohort open soon. Register interest and we'll send the form when it goes live.

Mentor with us

Recent alumni of remote work, TAP, Manara, or GSG. Become a pod leader or facilitator for the pilot cohort.

Volunteer to mentor

Support the program

Phase 1 is a $25,000 pilot. One coordinator. Twenty learners. Six families into sustained remote income.

Talk to us

Partner with us

We're looking for five employer partners for the pilot cohort. If you hire remote entry-level talent, we want to talk.

Become a partner

Frequently asked

Questions we get.

What does Yaqin mean?

Yaqin (يقين) is the Arabic word for certainty. Not hope. Not wish. The conviction that the path leads somewhere real. It reflects what the program promises the learner: the outcome is not left to chance.

Is Yaqin free for learners?

Yes. The pilot cohort is fully donor-funded. Selected learners pay nothing and, where needed, receive transport and connectivity stipends.

How is Yaqin different from TAP, Manara, or Gaza Sky Geeks?

We do not compete with them. Those programs train and place; we handle the layer before and after. We serve applicants they cannot yet accept, and we stay with our learners through the fragile months past graduation where placements often fail.

What is the time commitment?

10 to 15 hours per week for 16 weeks of active program, then a lighter touch of 3 to 5 hours per week during placement and the sustained-income phase. Total horizon is nine months from enrollment to income verification.

Is the program in person or online?

Phase 1 is hybrid. West Bank learners attend in-person sessions in Ramallah or Nablus twice per week. Gaza learners participate fully online with connectivity stipends. Later phases move to a majority in-person model as ground conditions and resources allow.

What kind of jobs do learners aim for?

Remote entry-level roles that pay $300 or more per month and do not require a CS degree. Customer support, virtual assistance, data annotation lead, Arabic content operations, sales development, junior bookkeeping. Selection is based on live employer demand, not on what sounds appealing.

Your personalized plan

Here's your path, friend.

Built from your assessment. Nothing here is fixed forever — it's the starting point for your coordinator to work with you.

English placement

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Digital readiness

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Weekly capacity

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Your recommended track

Track A

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Wage floor —

Ceiling 18 mo —

Program length 9 months

Your foundation streams

Where to put your energy first.

Every learner works through all four foundations. Based on your assessment, one is your primary focus — the others will move faster.

Your shared journey

The nine-month path. One direction, one pace.

Every Yaqin learner works through the same six milestones. Your track determines the specialization content within each. Your coordinator tunes the pacing and where they spend 1:1 time with you. Resources below are hand-picked. Nothing costs money.

Infrastructure live

Weeks 1–2

You're here +

Get the rails set up so you can be hired and paid from Palestine.

Time this milestone10–12 hrs / week

Streams activeStream 02 · Stream 04

Success markPayoneer verified, LinkedIn live

Foundation resources4 items · ~7 hrs total

PayoneerFree~1 hour · Coordinator will walk you through the Palestinian ID step

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Build your LinkedIn profile — search "LinkedIn Profile Fundamentals"

LinkedIn LearningFree trial~2 hours

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Fundamentals of Digital Marketing — first 3 modules only

Google SkillshopFree~3 hours

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Slack basics — get comfortable with channels and DMs

Slack HelpFree~1 hour

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Coordinator check-in at end of Week 2. Bring your Payoneer verification screen and LinkedIn URL. We'll do a live audit together.

First dollar earned

Weeks 3–5

You're here +

Get paid — even tiny amounts — so we know your rails actually work.

Time this milestone12–15 hrs / week

Streams activeStream 01 · Stream 03

Success markFirst payment received via Payoneer

Microtask platforms to try3 platforms · ~8 hrs total

Remotasks — data annotation for Scale AI

Scale AIPayingComplete onboarding, aim for 4 hrs of tasks

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Clickworker — short data + survey tasks

ClickworkerPayingBackup platform if Remotasks approval is slow

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Toloka — microtasks, pays via Payoneer

TolokaPayingWidest task variety

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English support (Stream 01)Ongoing

Business English — emails, meetings, professional writing

British CouncilFreePick 30 min / day from Business section

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Bring your first payment screenshot to the office hour of Week 5. Even $2 counts. This is the moment we prove Yaqin's rails work end-to-end for you.

Employer-ready profile

Weeks 6–9

You're here +

Polish everything a hiring manager sees before saying yes to an interview.

Time this milestone12–15 hrs / week

Streams activeStream 03 focus · Track content begins

Success markCV + LinkedIn + one portfolio piece

Profile and CV work4 items · ~10 hrs total

Personal Branding on LinkedIn — full learning path

LinkedIn LearningFree trial~3 hours

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English for Career Development — CVs, interviews, career growth

Coursera · U. PennFree audit~4 hours core modules

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CV templates — pick one, adapt with your coordinator

CanvaFree~2 hours to build

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Upwork Academy — how to write proposals that get read

UpworkFree~1 hour

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Track A — Customer support content beginsFree certification

Delivering Exceptional Customer Support

HubSpot AcademyFree certFoundational course before Service Hub certification

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Track B — Content ops content beginsFree resources

Meta Community Standards — how global platforms think about content

Meta TransparencyFreeRead as reference material

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Coordinator review at Week 9. Your CV, LinkedIn, and portfolio piece get a live audit. Nothing goes out to employers before this.

Apprenticeship + reference

Weeks 10–13

You're here +

Complete a real trial with a real employer. Come out with a reference.

Time this milestone15 hrs / week

Streams activeAll four applied · Track deep-work

Success markTrial completed + reference letter

Interview and first-week readiness3 items · ~5 hrs total

Job interview practice — audio scenarios

British CouncilFree~2 hours

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Interview preparation — technical + behavioral

LinkedIn LearningFree trial~2 hours

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Track A — Service Hub certificationFree

HubSpot Service Hub Software Certification

HubSpot AcademyFree certAdd to your LinkedIn immediately after passing

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Customer Service Manager Learning Path

HubSpot AcademyFreeDeeper study path for ambitious learners

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Yaqin sets you up with a trial employer. We reach out to our partners for you. Your job is to make sure you do the work well enough to earn the reference.