Connecting Humanity

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{{Short description|Fundraising collective}}

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| founder = Mirna El Helbawi

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| purpose = Providing eSIM

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| location_city = Cairo

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| region_served = Gaza Strip

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| services = Connectivity

| methods = eSIM

| fields = Telecommunication

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| awards = Electronic Frontier Foundation award for Championing Internet Access in Gaza

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{{Portal|Telecommunication|Telephones|Internet}}

Connecting Humanity (also known as eSims for Gaza) is an activist collective which provides internet access to people in Gaza using donated eSIMs, allowing them to connect to networks outside of Gaza.{{Cite web |last=Vo |first=Lam Thuy |date=2023-11-07 |title='Let Me Tell Them Goodbye Before They Get Killed': How eSIM Cards Are Connecting Palestinian Families – The Markup |url=https://themarkup.org/news/2023/11/07/let-me-tell-them-goodbye-before-they-get-killed-how-esims-cards-are-connecting-palestinian-families |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=themarkup.org |language=en}}{{Cite news |title=Gazans had no cell service. An effort led from Egypt helped reconnect them |work=The New York Times |date=29 October 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/29/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news#gazans-had-no-cell-service-an-effort-led-from-egypt-helped-reconnect-them |last1=Kershner |first1=Isabel |last2=Nereim |first2=Vivian |last3=Shankar |first3=Vivek |last4=Rogers |first4=Katie }}{{Cite web |title=eSims For Gaza |url=https://gazaesims.com/ |access-date=2024-05-17 |website=gazaesims.com}} It is run by Mirna El Helbawi, an Egyptian journalist, writer and activist.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-04 |title=This activist is helping Palestinians get back online in Gaza when connection is lost under Israeli attack |url=https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-12-4-2023#h_4cbb756118bb2b86b2e89f2e4ed1500b |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Español |first=Marc |date=2024-01-29 |title=The Egyptians who have sent more than 130,000 digital cell phone cards to Gaza to defy blackouts |url=https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-01-29/the-egyptians-who-have-sent-more-than-130000-digital-cell-phone-cards-to-gaza-to-defy-blackouts.html |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=EL PAÍS English |language=en-us}} Over 200,000 people in Gaza (around 10% of the population) have received internet access through an eSIM.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=When Gaza lost telephone and internet connection, this activist found a way to get Palestinians back online |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/12/03/when-gaza-lost-telephone-and-internet-connection-this-activist-found-a-way-to-get-palestinians-back-online/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}