On Saturday 10 February, Hands Up will be hosting the event “Rebuilding Hope: A Year After the Syria-Turkey Earthquake” at the Djam Lecture Theatre, SOAS University of London.
Help Us Raise £25,000 to Support Ongoing Recovery Efforts One year ago, a series of devastating earthquakes hit Syria and Turkey, hitting communities who have already lived through 12 years […]
“Hardest to reach, most at risk” These words describe the tens of thousands of women and children who occupy Syria’s ‘widow camps’[2]. Despite extreme vulnerability to violence, this group are […]
Almost six months have passed since the first earthquake struck the Turkish Syrian border on 6 February. To date, the disaster has killed over 55,000 people, and left more than […]
Hector has been fundraising for Hands Up for years, and has just helped his school to raise £90 for our Emergency Earthquake Appeal. We believe everyone should be more like […]
Hands Up Chairman, George Butler, has returned from Antakya, Turkey, where he has been supporting people waiting to see if their loved ones can be found. About his time there, […]
A week on from the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the Syrian Turkish border, more than 36,000 people have been killed with thousands more injured and homeless. Those who’ve lost their […]
At the end of the week that a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the Turkish Syrian border, over 33,000 have been announced dead, countless thousands more injured, and multiples more […]
Education is a human right, and the foundation for re-building strong and resilient communities. But around 58% of Syrian refugee children remain out of school. This International Day of Education, […]
Fatima was not able to sleep at night because of, what she described as, a pain in her ear. The pain caused the six-year-old to cry all night. Her […]
Cholera. Easily preventable, yet potentially life-threatening. Devastatingly, this is the reality that many in Syria are currently facing. On the 10 September, the Ministry of Health (MOH) reported a cholera […]
The Syrian conflict has had a devastating impact on the availability of healthcare for people living in the country. Since 2011, there have been around 600 attacks on more than […]
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