Fellow speaks at World Conference on Volunteering – Hiba Awaysa

Fellow Hiba Awaysa (2020-2021) recently gave a talk on enhancing the power of volunteering through technology at the International Association for Volunteering Efforts (IAVE) World Volunteer Conference held in Abu Dhabi this October. Among other topics, she discussed the history of volunteering in Palestine and milestones reached from 1903 until today.
Hiba is the Strategic Marketing Planning Unit Head of Paltel, a leading telecommunications company, and the founder of Sawaed19, a social startup that provides a space for major actors in the volunteering ecosystem to congregate on one, unified platform. Sawaed19 uses AI to make “smart matches” between entities such as NGOs with well-suited volunteers. It also provides a direct chatting function and a volunteering management system.