In collaboration with AWS re/Start

Reskilling refugees into AWS-certified cloud careers.

Na'amal Foundation reskills refugees and displaced talent for real cloud careers — through AWS re/Start. Our current cohort is mid-training. Join the waitlist to hire AWS-certified graduates, or make an impact by sponsoring a learner.

Cohort in trainingIn progress
TBC
Learners in current cohort
12 wk
AWS re/Start curriculum
Soon
Expected graduation
Multi
Countries represented
Ways to engage
Hire on graduationSponsor a learnerPartner with Na'amalStay informed
How it works

From waitlist to hire — alongside an AWS re/Start cohort.

A simple path for companies that want early access to graduating talent, or want to back the programme directly.

Step 01

Join the Waitlist

Register your interest — hiring on graduation, sponsoring a learner, or partnering with the Foundation.

Step 02

Meet the Cohort

As learners progress through AWS re/Start, we share profiles, specialisms and progress updates with waitlist members.

Step 03

Cohort Graduates

Learners complete AWS re/Start, sit AWS certifications and finish Na'amal's readiness programme.

Step 04

Hire or Sponsor

Bring graduates into your team, or sponsor seats in the next cohort to extend the impact.

Use cases

Where this cohort is being trained to contribute.

Cloud Migration

Lift-and-shift, re-platforming and modernisation to AWS. Landing zones, account vending, workload migration.

AI/ML Implementation

SageMaker, Bedrock and generative AI delivery. RAG pipelines, model fine-tuning and production MLOps.

Security & Compliance

IAM, Control Tower, GuardDuty and audit-ready architectures for regulated sectors (NHS, finance).

Data Platform

Lakehouse on S3, Redshift, Glue and Athena. Streaming with Kinesis and MSK. Analytics enablement.

DevOps

CI/CD with CodePipeline and GitHub Actions, IaC with Terraform/CDK, EKS platform engineering.

Embedded Roles

Long-term placements inside your engineering teams. Fully managed contracts with delivery oversight.

Cohort capability

Curriculum coverage across the AWS re/Start cohort.

Indicative coverage of the AWS re/Start curriculum and the Na'amal readiness programme — the cohort is still in training.

Cohort in training — graduating later this year

Join the waitlist for early access to graduates as soon as the cohort completes AWS re/Start.

Cloud Architecture & Migration88% curriculum coverage
DevOps & Platform Engineering82% curriculum coverage
Data Engineering & Analytics74% curriculum coverage
AI/ML & Generative AI68% curriculum coverage
Security & Compliance71% curriculum coverage
Full-stack Application Development79% curriculum coverage
AWS
re/Start curriculum aligned
12 wk
Intensive training programme
100%
Foundation-supported learners
Why Na'amal

A talent pipeline with measurable social impact.

AWS re/Start Trained

Cohort members are working through the AWS re/Start curriculum and AWS certifications.

Foundation-Vetted

Selected by Na'amal Foundation against criteria for resilience, aptitude and remote-readiness.

Hire-Ready on Graduation

Waitlist members get first access to graduates the moment the cohort completes the programme.

Global, Remote-First

Refugee and displaced talent trained for distributed teams across EMEA, Africa and the Americas.

Social Value & ESG

Every hire and sponsorship creates dignified livelihoods for refugees — measurable ESG impact reported by the Foundation.

Foundation-Backed

Na'amal Foundation provides non-profit governance, transparent pricing and a mission-aligned partnership.

Join the waitlist

Be first to meet the cohort — or back the mission.

Every signup helps us place a refugee in dignified, remote cloud work. The Na'amal Foundation team will follow up personally as the cohort progresses through AWS re/Start.

Early access to graduate profiles before public availability.
Sponsorship options to fund additional learners in the next cohort.
Quarterly social value and ESG impact reporting from the Foundation.

By joining the waitlist, you agree to be contacted by the Na'amal Foundation.