What makes a humanitarian?
Stories from the front line
Most of us care about other people; it’s what makes us human, what holds societies together. But caring alone won’t solve the considerable crises our world faces. To do that, we need to act. Big or small, it is acting on that caring impulse that makes us humanitarians.
Caring and acting are the two sides of the humanitarian coin. We can’t wait to introduce you to people who embody this so brilliantly: the humanitarians who are making a difference to the lives of people living in war-devastated communities.
Hear their stories and see what happens when we care and act together.
Humanitarian Stories
Name: Salwa Saudi
Job: Co-founder
Organisation: Ghiras Al Nahda (GAN)
"When you give happiness to people around you, be sure that you will be the happiest"
Name: Alaa Swileh
Job: Protection Programme Coordinator
Organisation: Hand in Hand for Aid and Development
"He got hope again and he can give hope to people again"
Name: Layla Hasso
Job: Communication Manager
Organisation: Hurras Network
"Her name was Malak. And her story is special"
Name: Dr. Mouhannad Abdulqader
Job: Programme Coordinator
Organisation: Independept Doctors Association (IDA)
"For me, I realised that you have to always, always, try"
Name: Zainab Muslimani
Job: Crowdfunding Coordinator
Organisation: Ghiras Al Nahda (GAN)
""We can offer simple things that are simple and easy for us, but for others are very important and a huge help"
Name: Helen Kenny
Job: Library Commercial & Marketing Manager
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"A children’s hospital being bombed.. you can’t not take notice of that"
Name: Dr. Hatem Kannas
Job: Hope Hospital Medical Manager
Organisation: Hope Hospital / IDA
"When you work together, you can achieve great things"
Name: Malika Harbalie
Job: Hope Hospital Head Nurse
Organisation: Hope Hospital / IDA
"I love my friends and would never leave them"
Name: Ghiath Alddin Zeen
Job: CEO
Organisation: Ghiras Al Nahda (GAN)
"[Having] antibiotics was more dangerous than a gun"
Name: Omar Safadi
Job: G.Director Deputy / Programs & Grants
Organisation: Independent Doctors Association (IDA)
"It was such an amazing moment when you see the smile of the children having something to eat."
Name: James Roberts
Job: CEO
Organisation: mOm incubators
"They were essentially losing a generation. So I thought there's got to be a better way"
Name: Riyad Alnajem
Job: CEO
Organisation: Hurras Network
"Everyone can be a superhero. Ordinary people, women, men, young people, old people"
Name: Hiba Al Haji
Job: Programmes Manager
Organisation: Ghiras Al Nahda (GAN)
"It's the sympathy that you get from people around the world, even if they don't know you in person, they care about you"
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