The reproductive health clinic at the medical centre in Tel Abyad, north Syria, run by SAMS, is one of the busiest at the facility. Services like these are crucial. Maryam […]
George Butler spent a week meeting our partners in Gaziantep in October 2020, these are his reflections. Even the most pragmatic Syrians are finding it difficult to be optimistic now. […]
It is the beginning of the week and today, like last Monday and the Monday before that, Fatima and her younger brother Ibrahim are eagerly waiting for the familiar car […]
Amid the world’s rising fears of the coronavirus outbreak spreading to more countries at an alarming rate, Lebanon – like many others – has yet more concerns to contend with. […]
On Monday morning at 9am, the Primary Health Clinic supported by Hands Up, and managed on the ground in Syria by SAMS, was hit by an airstrike. Thankfully, the staff […]
16th – 19th October 2018 The team: Rose, Louisa, Amanda: Hands up Foundation director, founder and trustee Lucy: film maker Ruth: Syrian Supper club chef Our aims: find out about […]
In early May, three of us went to the Turkish border with Syria, to meet with some of the people who run our projects on the ground. At the moment, […]
It takes violence of unprecedented levels for Syria to be newsworthy at the moment. Perhaps understandable for a conflict entering its seventh year, longer than WWII. But that cannot be […]
Sitting in an office in London (or anywhere in the UK) it is hard to picture what life might be like on the Syrian/Turkish border, so close to a brutal […]
Gaziantep, 10th May 2017, 12:55pm While meeting with staff from SAMS office in Gaziantep, we had the opportunity to speak to Dr. Khaled, the manager at the Clinic we fund […]
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