Journalism Internship – Housing Expenses

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Dear all,

This page was set up for my friends to help three of my students pay the rent for a small flat during a four-months internship in Istanbul.

Ahmed, Mohanad & Hasan are three eager students that I met and taught in November 2014 in Reyhanli, a small Turkish town near the Syrian border. They attended the advanced Journalism workshop that we taught in Karam Leadership Program.

The war forced them to leave their home & school in Syria. Two of them had to drop out of school for over a year, but they went back to classes and continued their education in Al Salam School. Now, they graduated from high school and their dream is to become journalists.

For the past year, they stayed in touch with me, sending me their stories and articles for editing & working to improve their reporting & storytelling. Their hard work and determination has been a source of inspiration.

Living in exile, their path is already full of obstacles. But they're one step closer to pursuing their dream. They got a four-month internship in an Arabic paper in Istanbul. This experience is extremely important for them: they will get real reporting assignments and they will work closely with an experienced journalist, Mr Absi Smesem, the editor in chief of "Sada Al Sham" paper. He will help them improve their stories and get them published. Mr Smesem is a veteran journalist whom I met and interviewed in 2012.

Here's more about him.

They boys are moving from Reyhanli to Istanbul and they will need a place to stay.

We found a one-bedroom flat right next to the office and I am trying to raise funds to help them pay the rent.

The rent is 350 USD a month
And they will need additional 50 USD every month.
The total is 400 USD x 4 = 1600 USD.

Thank You


About Me

I am a Syrian American journalist covering the Middle East.

Organizer

  • Hala Droubi
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  • Campaign Owner

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  • Hannah Smith
  • Donated on Oct 06, 2015
$100.00
  • Rana Aljamal
  • Donated on Oct 06, 2015
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Oct 07

The boys heading to Istanbul!

Update posted by Hala Droubi at 08:18 pm

They're off to Istanbul!Here's Ahmad & Hasan at the bus station. Mohanad will follow them next week.The begin work on Monday!

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Oct 06

We reached our target! The kids will leave to Istanbul tomorrow evening

Update posted by Hala Droubi at 10:42 am

We exceeded our target!! Thank you so much for your wonderful contribution. The boys just purchased their buss tickets! They will leave tomorrow evening, and they will send us their pictures to keep us posted. I will give the extra amount that we raised to the students to cover their

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  • Hannah Smith
  • Donated on Oct 06, 2015
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  • Rana Aljamal
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  • Anastasia Gorelova
  • Donated on Oct 05, 2015
  • Follow your dreams guys and never give up no matter what! I wish I could donate more, but I hope this helps at least a little.

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  • rima marrouch
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