I'm posting this here because I think people in this sub actually get what Sheffield means, more than a general sub would.

My name is Qusay, I'm 23, from Gaza. I studied English Language and Teaching Methods and since I graduated I've been teaching English to over 400 students in grades 8 to 10, six days a week. It's through a program funded by UNICEF. Alongside that I also volunteer teaching English to secondary students, it's not part of the paid work, I just do it because I want more of them to have access to it.

Earlier this year I got into the MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL at Sheffield, starting this September. I never had a scholarship for it, I was trying to find one this whole time, applying to different ones, emailing organisations, asking around, writing more emails than I can count at this point. Some never replied. Some replied and said no. A couple looked promising for a while and then just stopped responding.

So right now I have the acceptance letter but not a way to actually get there. Visa costs, the travel itself, all the first steps before you even start the degree, that's the part I'm stuck on. Not because I didn't try to find another way, I tried basically everything I could think of, I just ran out of things to try.

I put some of my certificates from over the years. I want to show them not to prove anything but because they're what's left to show for the effort, studying and teaching through everything that's been happening here.

A friend of my family, Ege, from Germany, saw how stuck I was on this and decided to set up a campaign on his own, without me asking him to, just to try and get me past this last part. We're a bit past halfway now. It's verified through lifeline4gaza and radiowatermelon. 

Happy to verify anything else if needed, whatever people want to see.

My dream is dying before it even begins