Rola Hallam: The doctors, nurses and aid workers rebuilding Syria
רולה חאלם: הרופאים והרופאות, האחים והאחיות ומגישי ומגישות הסיוע הבונים מחדש את סוריה.
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.
בנובמבר 2016.
Doctors Association, IDA.
of the head nurse, Malak,
של האחות הראשית, מאלק,
out of their incubators,
have spent blood, sweat and tears
בדם, יזע ודמעות,
of the people in crisis themselves.
שנמצאים במשבר בעצמם.
doctors, nurses and aid workers
ומגישי עזרה מקומיים נוספים,
of the affected community,
where others can't or won't.
of people like Malak,
burns injury in the line of duty,
when discharged from hospital
and noble human beings.
are the beacons of light
that Syrian organizations carry out
מהסיוע ההומניטרי הניתן בסוריה.
work in Syria.
of the Syria aid budget.
across the crises of the world.
ברחבי העולם!
skill and ability
equipment and resources
הדרושים להם על מנת להציל חיים.
to rebuild their hospital.
לבנייה מחדש של בית החולים.
the most vulnerable communities
את הקהילות הפגיעות ביותר,
of receiving that message,
to address this imbalance
to provide health care
להעניק סיוע רפואי.
through an accelerator program
via our crowdfunding platform,
באמצעות פלטפורמת תמיכת ההמונים שלנו.
for their health needs.
seven months early,
שבעה חודשים מוקדם מהמתוכנן,
thought I had finally gone mad.
חשבו שהשתגעתי.
that transformed our collective anger
את הכעס הקולקטיבי שלנו
the People's Convoy was born.
a whole new children's hospital,
would take the medical equipment
ניקח את הציוד הרפואי,
to the Syria border.
from across the world
crowdfunded hospital.
באמצעות מימון המונים.
by the local experts, IDA,
אנשי IDA,
of displaced children.
over 15,000 children.
in the most volatile places on earth.
במקומות הכי פגיעים בעולם.
sharing a new humanitarian vision,
בחזון הומניטרי משותף.
with skills, expertise and resources,
בעלי כישורים, מומחיות ומשאבים,
in the hands of those who need them most
לאלו שצריכים אותם נואשות.
effectively and efficiently.
who are not only saving lives now,
their wounded communities back together,
את הקהילות הפגועות שלהם.
have the courage to persist,
risking their lives to save others.
תוך סיכון חייהם לשם הצלת חיים אחרים.
by not looking away or turning our backs,
בכך שלא נסובב את המבט או נפנה את גבנו.
who are helping themselves,
have documented
who have been killed --
by the Syrian regime --
of a systemic targeting
that it's not just our problem,
the refugee situation --
א. זה מחריף את בעיית הפליטים.
health care system,
epicenter of disease is going to be Syria;
האבולה, הולך להיות סוריה.
a very dangerous precedent
anywhere in the world dangerous,
isn't just about money, either,
that 5,000 people all over the world
מרחבי העולם,
to build Hope Hospital.
is in that word, it's in hope.
התשובה בתקווה.
they had their faith in humanity renewed,
האמינו בחידוש ההומניות.
and those doctors,
the absolute best of humanity,
and many people in places of conflict
ורבים אחרים במקומות במשבר,
through the prism of government,
who lives in those places doesn't care.
everyone's faith in humanity.
SA: Thank you for everything.
ש.ע: תודה על הכל.
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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