Rola Hallam: The doctors, nurses and aid workers rebuilding Syria
رولا حلّام: الأطباء والممرضات وعمال الإغاثة يعيدون بناء سوريا
TED Fellow Rola Hallam helps local humanitarians provide aid to their own war-devastated communities. Full bio
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have been bombed."
on a dark winter night in November 2016.
في ليلة شتوية مظلمة من شهر نوفمبر 2016.
Doctors Association, IDA.
of the head nurse, Malak,
الصورة المفجعة لرئيسة الممرضات ملك،
out of their incubators,
خارج الحضانات،
have spent blood, sweat and tears
الغالي والنفيس
of the people in crisis themselves.
لمن هم يعيشون في تلك الكارثة أنفسهم.
doctors, nurses and aid workers
والممرضات وعمال الإغاثة
of the affected community,
لنفس المجتمع المنكوب،
where others can't or won't.
حينما لا يستطيع الآخرون أو لا يريدون.
of people like Malak,
burns injury in the line of duty,
أثناء أدائها لواجبها،
when discharged from hospital
and noble human beings.
are the beacons of light
that Syrian organizations carry out
أن المنظمات السورية تقوم بما نسبته
work in Syria.
of the Syria aid budget.
من ميزانية المساعدة في سوريا.
across the crises of the world.
يحدث في كل الأزمات حول العالم.
skill and ability
equipment and resources
والمعدات والموارد المطلوبة
to rebuild their hospital.
لها التمويل لإعادة بناء المستشفيات.
the most vulnerable communities
of receiving that message,
to address this imbalance
to provide health care
على تقديم الرعاية الصحية
through an accelerator program
via our crowdfunding platform,
عبر منصتنا للتمويل الجماعي،
for their health needs.
seven months early,
thought I had finally gone mad.
أني أصابني الجنون أخيرًا.
that transformed our collective anger
the People's Convoy was born.
a whole new children's hospital,
جديد بالكامل،
would take the medical equipment
نحن المتبرعون بأخذ المعدات الطبية
to the Syria border.
from across the world
crowdfunded hospital.
يبنى بالتمويل الجماعي.
by the local experts, IDA,
باختيار الموقع بعناية،
of displaced children.
بدرجة استجابة الناس،
over 15,000 children.
in the most volatile places on earth.
في أكثر المناطق تقلبا على الأرض.
sharing a new humanitarian vision,
لرؤية إنسانية جديدة،
with skills, expertise and resources,
صاحب المهارات والخبرات والمصادر
in the hands of those who need them most
effectively and efficiently.
who are not only saving lives now,
على إنقاذ حياة الآخرين،
their wounded communities back together,
جراح مجتمعاتهم من جديد،
have the courage to persist,
بالشجاعة لمواصلة المشوار،
risking their lives to save others.
مخاطرين بحياتهم لإنقاذ الآخرين.
by not looking away or turning our backs,
بعدم تجاهلهم أو إدارة ظهورنا لهم،
who are helping themselves,
have documented
who have been killed --
في الحقل الطبي ممن قتلوا...
by the Syrian regime --
of a systemic targeting
that it's not just our problem,
the refugee situation --
health care system,
epicenter of disease is going to be Syria;
سوف يكون سوريا،
a very dangerous precedent
anywhere in the world dangerous,
في وضع الخطر،
isn't just about money, either,
حول المال فقط،
that 5,000 people all over the world
أن يتبرع 5,000 شخص من حول العالم
to build Hope Hospital.
is in that word, it's in hope.
في تلك الكلمة، الأمل،
they had their faith in humanity renewed,
وضع أمله في تجديد الإنسانية،
and those doctors,
وأولئك الأطباء،
the absolute best of humanity,
and many people in places of conflict
والكثير من الناس في مناطق الصراع
أو يراهم تمامًا.
through the prism of government,
who lives in those places doesn't care.
في هذه الأماكن لا يهمهم الأمر.
everyone's faith in humanity.
في الإنسانية بشدة.
SA: Thank you for everything.
شوهام: شكرًا على كل شيء.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rola Hallam - Humanitarian aid entrepreneurTED Fellow Rola Hallam helps local humanitarians provide aid to their own war-devastated communities.
Why you should listen
After war broke out in her home country of Syria, British-Syrian anaesthesiologist Rola Hallam wanted to use her medical expertise to work directly with Syrian NGOs to help save lives. She co-founded Hand in Hand for Syria, which played an integral part in building seven hospitals in northern Syria. But Hallam wanted to make sure local aid organizations – not just international NGOs – had support too. So in 2016, she founded CanDo, a social enterprise that enables local humanitarians from war-devastated areas to provide aid to their own communities through global crowdfunding and supporting them through an accelerator program. To date, CanDo has helped raise $400,000 from over 5,000 donors around the world. Hallam also works as a global advocate to press decision-makers to stop the targeting of civilians in war zones, and the protection of medical neutrality.
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