Be a university counselor to a Gazan student!
As part of our Gaza Continuing Education program, we welcome volunteers who would like to dedicate their time to helping a Gazan high school or university student apply for boarding schools and universities across the globe.
1:1 support for students has proven invaluable for helping students navigate their education and lives through this conflict. You’ll have the opportunity to bond with a Gazan student and become their mentor and guide.
Please email contact@codedotx.org to discuss volunteering.
About Us
Code.X envisions a future where fragile or conflict-affected regions around the world have equitable access to the education, tools, and resources required to create a flourishing technology sector that brings local prosperity and contributes to global development of new technologies. Code.X hosts learning programs in fragile and conflict-affected regions around the globe, empowering young students to become changemakers in their communities.
About the Role
Because students come to rely on their counselors as a stable source of guidance especially through the Israeli-Gaza conflict, we ask that volunteers commit to counseling a student through the entirety of the college application cycle from now until May 2025 and continue in a supportive role until students enter their schools.
Help your student to identify schools and financial aid opportunities to apply to
Help your student compile necessary files like resumes, recommendation letters, and transcripts
Help identify any entrance exams or English proficiency exams your student needs to take. Suggest online courses or tutoring opportunities to help students best prepare.
Work with your student to craft personal statement essays in English
Plan and help your student submit their applications on time
Help your student apply for visas and financial aid after receiving acceptances
Potentially communicate with schools on behalf of your student
Become a reliable source of support for your student, responding with good turnaround time and proactively checking in with your student on a regular basis
What You’ll Bring
Requirements
Full professional fluency in English
Professional counseling or advising background
Nice-to-haves
Professional background exceptions can be made for volunteers with strong backgrounds and who have completed at least an undergraduate degree in a diploma program. Please let us know if you have a background that can be helpful in this context.
Expertise or academic connections in any country or region. Our international network of volunteers span almost every continent (Americas, Europe, Middle East, Asia). You will join an engaged team of counselors and volunteers who actively share opportunities and solutions with each other, so that every counselor-student team can get the support they need, no matter where they are applying.
🎨 Create your own role
Want to contribute in another capacity? Our entire team is volunteer-initiated and we create our own roles as our team grows and students’ needs evolve.
Let’s talk about it: reach out at contact@codedotx.org.