Many of you will have read about Aya1, the baby pulled from the rubble still attached by her umbilical cord to her mother, who had been killed when the building […]
The earthquake which struck Syria and Turkey on the 6th February took the lives of Nour’s mother and brother, and nearly her own. When the rescue teams found Nour trapped […]
Hearing the stories of our partners on the ground has been heart-breaking. But I have the luxury of hearing them from the safety of London, far away from the terror […]
Equality is not just an ideal. It’s not just something we can sit around and hope for. It is something we have to create. It starts with education. That’s why […]
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 […]
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 […]
Most people can relate to the feeling of frustration that comes when you can’t fully grasp a concept. Shady, a 12-year-old boy who recently joined SAWA’s education centre, experienced this […]
At 4:17am this morning, as people lay sleeping, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck south east Turkey and northern Syria. We are launching an emergency appeal to raise £60,000 for life-saving medication […]
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 […]
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