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#HerStory: Meet Dalia, An Anera PLUS Career Accelerator Graduate from Gaza

by Anera

March 1, 2021

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Anera’s People Leveling Up Skills (PLUS) program is a career accelerator giving young people the technical skills they need to begin successful careers. Students go through a 20-week training in full-stack software development followed by career mentorship.

At least 75% of students are women, refugees, lower-income or come from other vulnerable populations.

The program produces professional software engineers by giving students market-ready, adaptable coding and people skills. Graduates are placed into well-paying tech industry jobs with Palestinian, Turkish, Saudi, French, Czech, UK, Canadian and U.S. companies. Currently, Anera PLUS has a 92% job placement rate within a year of graduation.

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