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Our incubator hatches about 300 eggs per 21-day season. Our goal is 3,000. Wood, heat lamps, fans, thermometers and humidity meters all cost many times their normal price in Gaza.
A small hatchery in Gaza
Keep life hatching in Gaza.
We built this hatchery with our own savings and power it with solar panels we bought ourselves. It's hatching baladi chickens and quail right now. Help us grow it, so Gaza can raise its own food again.
Registered US company
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Solar-powered, self-funded start
Why this matters
Before the war, local hatcheries fed Gaza.
Many hatcheries were destroyed
No reliable grid electricity to run incubators
Feed and supplies cost far more than before
Fresh chicken is now hard to find
Our hatchery today
Still hatching. Still hoping.
This is our incubator: wooden trays, a temperature controller and a warm lamp. Every egg needs 37.5°C for 21 days straight, and every batch that hatches is new life for Gaza.
It works, and it keeps producing chicks. But one incubator can only hatch so many. To feed more families, we need to grow.
- 21
- days for a chicken egg to hatch
- 37.5°C
- steady heat, day and night
- 17
- days for quail, which we raise too
Powered by the sun
We didn't wait for help to start.
Gaza's power grid can't keep eggs warm for 21 days. So we bought solar panels, a lithium battery and an inverter with our own savings. Today they keep our incubator at 37.5°C day and night, even when the grid is down.
This system is sized for the one incubator we have. More incubators need more panels and batteries. Your donation helps us grow what already works.
Where your money goes
What $45,000 builds
Feed & supplies
Feed and daily supplies to raise every chick that hatches, whose prices have climbed since the war.
A bigger solar system
Ten times the eggs needs far more power, and a power cut of over an hour can kill a whole batch. In Gaza a 660 W panel costs about $4,620, versus $240–270 worldwide.
Who you're giving to
A real company, a real farm, secure payments.
Registered company
Rostrly, Inc.
Delaware corporation, incorporated November 2, 2021
Palestine
Secure payments by Stripe
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Follow every step
We share every hatch, and every new piece of equipment as we buy and set it up, on Instagram.
Questions
Before you give
Who receives my donation?
Donations are received by Rostrly, Inc., a Delaware corporation, incorporated November 2, 2021, which runs the Rebuild Gaza Farm project and uses the funds for the hatchery.
Is this a charity or a business?
A small family business. We are software engineers from Rafah who lost our work in the war and built this hatchery. The chicks are sold in local markets, not given away. Growing production keeps local breeds alive and helps bring chicken prices back down for everyone in Gaza.
How does my donation reach Gaza?
Stripe processes your donation and transfers it to our US bank account at Wise, in our own name. We then withdraw it in Gaza through exchange offices that handle international transfers, the same way our software clients paid us before the war.
Why is the goal $45,000?
Hatchery equipment is blocked or restricted at the crossings into Gaza, so it sells for many times its real price. One 660 W solar panel costs about $4,620 in Gaza, versus $240–270 worldwide. The goal takes us from 300 to 3,000 eggs per 21-day season, with the solar power to keep them warm.
Is paying online safe?
Yes. Payments are processed on Stripe's secure checkout page. We never see your full card number.
Can I give monthly?
Yes. Choose "Monthly" in the donation form. You can cancel any time by contacting us at buildgfarm-rostrly@designsflex.com.
How will I know what happened with the money?
Follow @rebuild.gaza.farm on Instagram. We post every hatch, and every new piece of equipment as we buy and set it up.