SARC Stories
Health, water and the increasing threat of disease
By Penny Sims and Vivian Tou’meh, Damascus Sulaf, 15, and her 7-year-old sister Hiba are waiting their turn at the...
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A new environment creates new challenges for psychosocial support specialists
By Penny Sims, IFRC and Vivian Tou’meh, SARC This psychosocial support centre Dweila, Damascus, first opened in 2008 to help...
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The changes wrought on a Red Crescent branch by an ongoing conflict
By Vivian Tou’meh and Sana Tarabishi, SARC Prior to the conflict in Syria, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) was a very...
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Building healthier communities in a time of crisis
By Vivian Tou'meh, Syrian Arab Red Crescent Abeer is pleased to be one of the hygiene promotion team: “I enjoy this...
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Volunteers who leave their real lives and professions to commit all their time to volunteering
by Vivian Tou'meh Abeer Shaker is a volunteer who decided to live separately from her family and join the Syrian...
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Volunteering and hoping to create a better future for all Syrians
by: Vivian Tou'meh Wafaa Malla Aref’s is a former Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteer who is now working in...
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Transformation through crisis: how three years has changed the Red Crescent in al-Mayadeen
by Vivian Tou'meh “Our life changed considerably during the last three years, now it is completely different. My wife and...
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Discovering the real meaning of neutrality in a highly polarized conflict
by Vivian Tou'meh Yaser Assaf, 23, a Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteer and an Arabic literature graduate, describes how...
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SARC supporting families torn apart by violence in Syria
By Qusai Azroni, SARC, Rural Damascus Five-year-old Aya spent the two hours on the road looking out the window of...
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Aid and evacuation operations reach communities in Yarmouk camp and Homs
By Viviane Tou’meh, SARC The offices at the headquarters of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) have been a hive...
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