SouthUp: Turning the Gaza Envelope Region Into a Thriving High Tech and Innovation Center. At the beginning of 2015 a number of key figures from the fields of education and employment in Sha'ar Hanegev joined together with donors from the Jewish community in San Diego. Together, they founded SouthUp, a non profit organization intended to formulate concrete solutions and create employment, education and community growth in the surrounding Gaza localities. The professional staff, founders, mentors, co partners, friends and donors consists of people who live and breathe the ideological vision of SouthUp, driven by true Zionism, concern and desire to bring a significant prosperity to a region which in recent years has been heard of mainly because of the complex security situation in which it has found itself. Ambition, creativity, new ideas and a challenging and satisfying endeavor make the collaboration with SouthUp a fascinating entrepreneurial journey. The association is based on the belief that high tech, technology and innovation are important growth engines that will help realize the vision. Therefore its activities are mainly dedicated to facilitating the start ups and high tech companies in Gaza Envelope region, while integrating them with education and community activities. The ultimate goal of the organization is to generate economic, social and technological growth in the region. In order to fulfill this goal, the association works to create an economic, social and technological ecosystem which integrates the entire factors in the region.