One day, while Hassan was at his mosque in Tel Rifaat, Syria, he was wounded by a gunshot. With this shot, he lost his arm. However, his arm was not […]
Two months have now passed since the first earthquake struck the Turkish Syrian border, but the emergency is not over. The earthquakes have left extreme destruction, taking lives, homes and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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