JAEP Six new scholarship for 2023-2024.

A total of eighty young people from Dheisheh Camp have received a JAEP scholarship to study for an undergraduate degree

September is the time of year when we allocate funding to young people living in Dheisheh Palestinian Refugee Camp, Bethlehem to study at their local universities. We often refer to this as the harvest of our year. The acute need to support students continues to be difficult for the Palestinian population (because of the deteriorating economic and political situation). Our scholarship allocations are always informed by conversations at Dheisheh and the universities both of whom recommend that the JAEP scholarship funds the majority of the tuition fees but not all. The young person has always been encouraged to find more than one source of funding and for their families to contribute. The deteriorating situation, has made both these harder to achieve, with the result that some of the students have accumulated tuition fee debts. Students have to clear the debt before they can graduate.

For 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and again in 2023-2024 we have revisited our previous funding allocations and helped the students repay these debts. JAEP pays the fees directly to the universities in US$. Sterling has fallen 20% against the US$ since September 2021. This fall has had an impact on how many young people we have awarded scholarships to. The fall in the pound has also meant we have offered fewer scholarships this and last academic year.

Prior to offering scholarships JAEP ensures that it has sufficient money, to fund the young adult for the entirety of their undergraduate course. For this academic year JAEP funds are committed until 2026/2027 for some of the students. The duration ranges from four years for the majority of courses to six years for medicine. The tuition fees per academic year range from £4288 for medicine to £1788 for nursing.

JAEP has allocated 6 new scholarships as follows:

Al Quds University (3 female and 1 male). Studying Nursing, Medicine, and Pharmacy. Unipal has funded one of the students.

Bethlehem University (2 female). Both studying Nursing.

JAEP is supporting 20 students continuing students.

In addition, 20 JAEP students are progressing to the next year of their study, (16 at Al Quds University and 4 at Bethlehem University.) Unipal continues to fund for the second year a midwifery student at Bethlehem University.

Eight students graduated. All with excellent grades, either good (70-79%), very good ( 80-88%)

1 Biochemistry, 3 Dentistry, 1 Medicine, 3 Midwifery.

Anwaar Midwifery

We have spent time with Anwaar in February 2023 at Bethlehem University.

 Anwaar graduated from Bethlehem University in July 2023 with a ‘very good’ evaluation and is now seeking full time employment. Anwaar ‘Thank you JAEP for being part of this journey.’

Razan Dentistry

We first met and spent time with Razan in February 2020 at Al Quds University.

Razan graduated from Al Quds University in July 2023 with a ‘very good’ evaluation. Razan ‘Thank you JAEP for your finance, you help us in many ways, especially to motivate us to be more focussed in our study to be able to graduate’.

Dentists are required by their government to spend a year in practical training before applying for employment as a dentist.

Yasmeen Medicine

We met and spent time with Yasmeen in February 2020 and February 2023.

Yasmeen graduated from Al Quds University with a ‘very good evaluation’.

Yasmeen ‘Many students hope to achieve their dreams but, financially are not able to do this so thank you to all who support JAEP, I hope you will be able to support many more students in the future’

Doctors are required by their government to spend a year in practical training before applying for employment as a doctor.

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