EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS POSE FATAL RISKS TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN SYRIA
DAMASCUS, 4 April 2018 – Marking the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF are calling for concerted international action in response to the devastating health consequences of explosive hazards in Syria. More than 8 million people are exposed to explosive hazards in Syria, including over […]
After four years of siege, families fleeing east Ghouta need our help now more than ever
By Yasmine Saker As the car pulled up into Adra industrial zone on the north-eastern outskirts of Damascus, nothing could have prepared me for what I was about to see. In four collective shelters, over 5,400 people were crowded together in three abandoned schools, while an estimated 13,000 people sought shelter nearby in a former […]
Every step counts: Rama’s story
By Basma Ourfali Little Rama, now eight, has grown up knowing nothing but war. When she was only a toddler, her family was forced to flee their home in east Aleppo as violence escalated, moving from one area to another. The injury Rama was only five years-old when a shell hit the mosque where […]
Overcoming loss: life in Deir-ez-Zor for Syrian youth
By Masoud Hasen and Yasmine Saker Two years ago, as Ahmad and his family, headed to the local market in the north-eastern city of Deir-ez-Zor, he did not know that his life was about to change forever. A shell hit the local market and Ahmed, 14 at the time, lost consciousness. He woke up […]
“Never give up, no matter what”: Shuaib’s story
By Lina Alqassab Syria, Tartous, 25 February 2018 – Shuaib had just finished his national Grade 9 French exam, and was heading back to his home in Al-Qadmus in rural Tartous, coastal Syria. Waiting at the crowded bus station with other students in Tartous city, Shuaib heard a loud explosion and felt piercing pain […]
This year for International Women’s Day, we are celebrating an inspiring young woman
Mouna, 20, who was born with a visual impairment. Seven years of war and displacement have added to Mouna’s challenges, but she is determined to continue her education and study political science. Mouna wants the world to hear her – she takes part in a weekly radio show where she discusses issues that are […]
