Helping Zaid with his MA tuition fees

*Updated 6.11.24*

A fundraiser to help Zaid Qawasmi, a lawyer from Hebron, pay tuition fees for a MA in International Leadership & Negotiation from UE Valencia. As a teenager, Zaid spent time on exchange in Dublin in 2009, staying with Roisín Fallon and her family in Howth. Struck by his compassion, sincerity and wisdom, Róisín kept in touch with Zaid over the years and when he mentioned his desire to enrol on this course to further his studies and help the push towards peace in his homeland, the family offered to help.

From their home they hosted donations-based tattoo flash days and dinners, raising enough for the first instalment and guaranteeing Zaid’s place on the course in September. A fundraising gig in BelloBar back in June, plus donations through this platform, have helped to pay tuition fee instalments up until March 2025.

As it stands now we need a further 5000eur to pay the rest of his fees and an additional 800eur on top of that for a study trip to Geneva in January. Thank you all so much for your donations and support - to those who've already helped out; please consider sharing this around and stay tuned for updates and future fundraising events.