Craig recently took on the Hackney Half Marathon, not for the first, or second, but THIRD time in support of Action Syria. We caught up with him afterwards to hear […]
Join us on 10 July for an Action Syria Supper at Imad’s Syrian Kitchen! We’re marking a decade of our work and the launch of Action Syria by tucking into a whole […]
“My friends and I do not have toys… I dream of swinging on swings.” This is what Doaa, age 10, told us earlier this year. Many of you will have children […]
Thanks to you, Aleppo, north-west Syria, now has its first and only physical therapy department for inpatients, providing vital medical services for those who have been injured by conflict and […]
Action Syria: the new name of Hands Up Foundation Hands Up Foundation has changed its name to Action Syria. We’ve changed our name to better reflect the work we do […]
Flying in, it looks like any other city. A sprawl of lights, emanating from houses and buildings dotted all over, illuminate the night sky with a hazy, orange glow. You’d […]
Over eleven years of conflict has shaken Syria’s foundations to the point of humanitarian catastrophe. In the north of the country, where the infrastructure of local services has already been […]
Today, Sunday 03 December, marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD). While we will forgive you if this day was not hot on your radar, we believe this […]
On Tuesday, after a long journey from London, 50 Koalaa prosthetics arrived in Syria. Although at a first glance, this may seem like a rather odd delivery, to 50 beneficiaries, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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