In September 2015, after I finished high school, I saw an announcement on Facebook about a scholarship in Bosnia, which was posted by SAMS. I applied to this scholarship and after an interview I was accepted -with other ten students-, we were chosen from tens of students, and that was...
Regarding to what has been happening in Syria from massacres, continuous death and shortage of every essential need, I was feeling helpless inside myself, I couldn’t do any help to my injured people in Syria. That was till SAMS supported me and helped me get the visa to go to Bosnia...
I was so happy when I got accepted at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology after taking the entrance exam, thanks to SAMS organization that supported us to join the medical school. Prior to that, I was confused about my study and which university I would join until I was asked...
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...
