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Video: A wheelchair's incredible journey

Emergency Rehabilitation
Jordan Syria

A wheelchair can truly change someone's life. Every day our supporters make that happen through their generosity. Walid's wheelchair is just one of over 41,000 mobility aids distributed by our teams to injured and disabled people affected by the conflict in Syria.

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Date published: 12/03/15

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Noor, walking her way back to life!
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Emergency Rehabilitation

Noor, walking her way back to life!

Noor, aged 3, is a survivor of the earthquake that struck Turkey and north-west Syria in February 2023. HI is accompanying this vivacious and resilient little girl on the way to her refound life.

“I want people to be aware of the risk of putting civilians in the middle of war”
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Emergency Inclusion Rehabilitation

“I want people to be aware of the risk of putting civilians in the middle of war”

Marwa is living in Germany. She fled the conflict in Syria where she was injured and is now using a wheelchair. She tells how she has coped with her disability.

“School has become a scary place”
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Emergency Inclusion

“School has become a scary place”

Salam is the director of the Boys Elementary School in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. She tells us about the dangers of teaching in a context of armed violence.

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