$250
Keep students connected
One month of internet
Covers the internet service that lectures, exams, interviews and scholarship applications depend on.
Give $250Educational Workspace · Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza
Keeping Education Alive When Everything Else Stops.
Riva Hub gives displaced students the essentials many no longer have at home: reliable power, internet, quiet, and a desk for lectures, assignments, applications, and exams.
- Reliable power
- Internet
- Quiet to concentrate
- A desk
- A place to sit exams
- 300+
- Students served
- 95%
- Students who speak well of us
- ~50
- Hours of study per student
In our first three months
Nineteen in twenty rate us highly
On our power and internet
An affordable study space in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis
Riva Hub opened on 1 June 2026. It gives displaced students the essentials many no longer have at home: reliable power, internet, quiet, and a desk for lectures, assignments, applications and exams.
In its first three months, more than 300 students have used the space for study, coursework, power, internet and exams. Demand is immediate and daily.
- Opened
- 1 June 2026
- Location
- Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip
- Open daily
- 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Three months of measurable impact
These figures show how Riva Hub has been used since opening. Because students often use several services, categories overlap and are reported separately.
- 300+
- Students served
- 90%
- Students who come back
- ~50
- Hours of study per student
- 40
- Students a day, on average
In our first three months, since 1 June 2026.
Nine in ten return, especially those who cannot afford a commercial alternative.
Average study time per student, on our power and internet.
A typical working day.
When a desk, power and quiet become out of reach
For students, reliable power and internet, a quiet place and a desk are no longer routine. Their absence can decide whether a lecture, exam or application is completed.
An exam can be lost when the power fails. A scholarship deadline can pass when the internet drops.
What students cannot reliably find
- Reliable electricity
- A stable internet connection
- A quiet place to concentrate
- A proper desk and a safe place for laptops
- Privacy for interviews and online meetings
- Suitable conditions for exams
- A place to attend online lectures
- Somewhere to apply for scholarships
- Space to finish university projects
How your donation helps
Fund a defined operating need now, while capital upgrades are costed through technical assessment.
$825
Keep the doors open
One week of rent
Covers a week of rent on the former café premises that houses the workspace.
Give $825
$3,550
Four-week continuity package
Four weeks of rent + one month of internet
The immediate continuity target. Variable generator power, maintenance, and repairs are excluded.
Give $3,550
After assessment
Infrastructure upgrades
Energy, shading, electrical, and sanitation works
Capital works are confirmed through technical assessment and supplier quotations before funding is committed.
Discuss thisThe room is bigger than the resources
The premises could hold about 200 students once fully equipped. Today, power, internet, heat, sun exposure and facility conditions limit the hub to 50-60 at a time.
Every resolved constraint increases the number of students served and the stability of study hours. Reaching 200 depends on infrastructure, not demand.
Students served at one time
60
Now
practical capacity
200
Potential
once equipped
Current practical capacity is about 50-60; the taller bar shows the roughly 200 physical potential.
Riva Hub, photographed
Riva Hub in use: students studying and working online beneath the space's original café mural.
Shared tables and shared power: each added power strip enables another student to work.
Riva Hub is a respectful space for male and female students alike.
Students cluster in cooler, shaded areas. Appropriate shading would recover the rest of the room.
An engineering student works on a CAD drawing. Power strips shared across the table keep every device running.
Run by people you can reach
A small team keeps Riva Hub running, one inside Gaza, one abroad.
Operations & Technical Lead
Omar Ataallah
On-site · Gaza
Keeps the space open and the technology running, and fixes faults the moment they appear.
Public Relations & Communications
Othman Barhoum
Based in Scotland, UK
Represents Riva Hub abroad and supports the official and legal side of working across borders.
Help Keep Education Moving.
Riva Hub is an established educational workspace with proven demand and early impact. Targeted support will help it serve many more students in Al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, safely and sustainably.