Idlib’s Next Generation of Farmers
Abu Wael is filled with happiness every time he takes his son Mohammed to the family’s olive grove and watches him tend to the...
Boosting Syria’s Medical Services
When Issam’s hand was badly injured by shrapnel, he expected the worst. “The injury was so bad my hand was almost severed. I thought...
Developing Computer Skills Takes Top Priority
Abdalla works at a radio station in Kfar Nabel named Radio Fresh. The 30 year-old covers events in Syria’s liberated areas, and is keen...
Restoring Hope in Syria
When Aida’s was martyred, the 35 year-old fell on hard times. Struggling to provide for her four children, the young widow decided to withdraw...
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...
Getting Teachers Back to Work
Education officials in Idlib are trying to find jobs for the many teachers fired from government-run schools due to their support for the opposition....
Housing Syria’s Displaced and Vulnerable
Abu Abdalla and his family decided it was time to flee their home town of Kfar Nabuda after it was bombed by government aircraft....
Documenting Death in Aleppo
Aleppo is one of the most dangerous places in the world. In this war-torn city, a team of 18 medical examiners work under exceptionally...
Agriculture Declines in Syria’s Once Green Governorate
Abu Amer’s once-flourishing farm in rural Idlib is now in a terrible state. “Agriculture has become one of the most difficult and most demanding...
Bringing Water Back to Idlib
Farid has spent the past four years lived in a neighbourhood where the water infrastructure had nearly broken down completely. “Public services in liberated...
A New Generation of Medics
Ruaa had just completed a three-month nursing course at a women’s centre in Kfar Nabel and was working at a private clinic when she...
Empowering Vulnerable Communities
Ever since the start of the Syrian revolution, farmer Abu Ali had struggled to find a market for his wheat harvest. “It became a...
Healing Children Traumatised by Violence
Omar, 11, sits drawing a picture depicting his memories of Haswiya, a village in rural Homs. In early 2013, Omar’s entire family was killed...
Nursing Colleges Flourish in Opposition-Held Areas
Omar, 20, had always dreamed of studying medicine. But as a graduate of an opposition-run secondary school, enrolling at the government-controlled university of Aleppo...
Safeguarding the Rights of Syrian Citizens
When Anas Arbo from the village of Jarjanaz in Idlib’s countryside bought a plot of land, he went to the Free Syrian Lawyers Association...
Delivering Hot Meals to Syria’s Homeless
Each afternoon Imad sits outside his tent waiting for his free meal. The nine-year-old is one of many children whose families have been internally...
