Syria: Kafr Nabel Clinic Provides Vital Vaccinations
Rawan al-Junaid, 24, says that she no longer feels she has to worry so much about her baby Amjad’s health. The one-year-old boy has...
A League of Their Own
Kafr Nabl sports club has hosted a series of volleyball games as clubs across Idlib compete to join a new league, the first of...
Bringing Water Back to Kafr Nabl
Locals in Kafr Nabel have high hopes of a revived water pumping scheme which aims to solve ongoing shortages in many liberated areas. A...
Deprived of School, Work and Country
When the Syrian revolution began, I was still attending at Damascus University, and like all the other students there, I was forced to participate...
Strengthening Institutions in Opposition Areas
An independent organisation headquartered in Gazientep, Turkey, aims to strengthen institutions in opposition-controlled areas of northern Syria by coordinating activities between local councils and...
A Wartime Epidemic of Begging
Gumendar is 60 but looks much older, her face wrinkled by the trauma of the years of conflict. Originally from the village of al-Jabin...
Aid, Healthcare and Hope
Hundreds of people in Idlib and Aleppo provinces are accessing medical treatment and training thanks to the efforts of the Syria for Relief and...
Futsal Pitch Inaugurated in Kfar Nabel
Futsal – also known as five-a-side football – has come to Kfar Nabel, an opposition-held town in the Idlib region. A special project funded...
The Perils of Cousin Marriage
When 29-year-old Alia looks at her two sick children, she wishes she could go back in time to refuse the arranged marriage that led...
Recycling Industry Booms in Idlib
Twelve-year-old Amer roams the streets of Maarrat al-Nu’man from morning to night, gathering whatever scraps of plastic and metal he can find. Covered in...
Kafr Nabel’s Slogans of Protest
Slogans spray-painted on walls have long been a form of political protest in Syria. In Kafr Nubbal, such political graffiti has shifted from criticism...
When No News is Bad News
Months had passed since I had last seen my brother Ismail, so when I answered my front door in early October 2012 and found...
Achieve Dreams in Kafr Nabl
A training centre in Kafr Nabl is offering a range of courses to young people in an attempt to persuade them to stay in...
A Day of Rage
One morning in April 2013, we woke up to find residents of our refugee camp up in arms over the death of a child...
Job Opportunities in War-Torn Syria
Mansur felt helpless. Like thousands of other Syrians, he had lost his job and was struggling to meet the growing needs of his wife...
Resources Overstretched in Kfar Nabel Hospitals
Jumana, 30, is one of the lucky ones. She was heavily pregnant when her house was bombed and she was injured on April 20...
