Scholarships Give Syrian Medical Students Hope Prior to the eruption of the Syrian crisis in 2011, Syria was known for its extensive and high quality education system. Primary school enrollment rates were at 97% before the conflict began and at 70% for secondary school. However, as the violence in Syria...
I’ve recently returned from working with SAMS-Global Response, an NGO that provides medical care to refugees based in the north of Greece near Thessaloniki. We worked in 3 different sites, serving mostly Syrian refugee populations (but also some Iraqis), most of whom had been resettled there after reaching the infamous...
World Diabetes Day – celebrated on November Fourteenth – is the world’s largest diabetes awareness campaign. Each year, events are organized to raise awareness of diabetes in more than 100 countries. This day is also a sad reminder of the plight of the refugees around the world who suffer from...
By Ruemon and Mehul Bhattacharyya Every day we wake up in the morning to the smell of a great breakfast. We see our parents happily making our lunch to take to school. With a full stomachs, we I go to a beautiful school building to learn. For six hours...
