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 ...
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 ...
140 Volunteers prequalified to provide Psycho-social Support Services in Rural Damascus.
The psychosocial support Department of Rural Damascus' SARC keeps the process of qualifying the volunteers in the fields of psychosocial ...
March 2014
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Following-up visit to the needs of the SARC’s dispensary in Dwailaa
A team of delegates from the Swedish Red Cross, Danish Red Cross and the IFRC’s Health delegate in Syria paid ...
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 ...
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement deplores deaths of two more Red Crescent volunteers in Syria
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is shocked by the deaths of Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers Quteiba ...
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 ...
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 ...
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day: Syrian Arab Red Crescent Volunteers on the Frontlines
Amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation, Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) volunteers remain active on frontlines across Syria. Together with the ...