“My name is Essame Al Saman. I am a son, a husband and I
“My name is Essame Al Saman. I am a son, a husband and I am soon to be a father.
My father and his family are refugees themselves. They came to Syria in 1948, when they were forced out of Palestine. Syrians welcomed them when they had nowhere else to go.
Then when I was a teenager, hundreds of Lebanese rushed into Syria to escape the war in Lebanon. Syria was a safe haven for them. That was in 2006 and that’s when I started volunteering with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. Ever since, I’ve been a Humanitarian Relief Coordinator with SARC in Homs, but I never imagined I’d be serving Syrians.
The most memorable moment of my 10 years with SARC was in 2014, when we evacuated civilians and delivered food for the first time to the besieged Old City of Homs. It was a joint mission with the World Food Programme, ICRC (tag @ International Committee of the Red Cross) and other UN agencies. Even though we came under gunfire and mortar shelling, we pushed through.
People were trapped for more than 300 days without food or medicine. That mission was a turning point in the humanitarian response in Syria. When we had to cross the frontline, it was a combination of adrenaline, determination and prayer that kept us safe – a lot of prayers.. Mortars were showering down around us, and for 3 hours we hid in a bunker with no guarantee that we would get out.
The last five years have been tough. When you live in war, you learn just how fragile and precious life is and that it can be taken away in a split second. Volunteering with SARC gives me purpose. Today, we are part of the wheel that keeps Syria going and that’s something I won’t turn my back on.” #IamSyrian
http://panorama.wfp.org/iamsyrian ©WFP/Dina El-Kassaby #samiyusuf #samiyusufofficial @samiyusuf #SamiYusuf #wfp #سامی_یوسف #سامي_يوسف
My father and his family are refugees themselves. They came to Syria in 1948, when they were forced out of Palestine. Syrians welcomed them when they had nowhere else to go.
Then when I was a teenager, hundreds of Lebanese rushed into Syria to escape the war in Lebanon. Syria was a safe haven for them. That was in 2006 and that’s when I started volunteering with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. Ever since, I’ve been a Humanitarian Relief Coordinator with SARC in Homs, but I never imagined I’d be serving Syrians.
The most memorable moment of my 10 years with SARC was in 2014, when we evacuated civilians and delivered food for the first time to the besieged Old City of Homs. It was a joint mission with the World Food Programme, ICRC (tag @ International Committee of the Red Cross) and other UN agencies. Even though we came under gunfire and mortar shelling, we pushed through.
People were trapped for more than 300 days without food or medicine. That mission was a turning point in the humanitarian response in Syria. When we had to cross the frontline, it was a combination of adrenaline, determination and prayer that kept us safe – a lot of prayers.. Mortars were showering down around us, and for 3 hours we hid in a bunker with no guarantee that we would get out.
The last five years have been tough. When you live in war, you learn just how fragile and precious life is and that it can be taken away in a split second. Volunteering with SARC gives me purpose. Today, we are part of the wheel that keeps Syria going and that’s something I won’t turn my back on.” #IamSyrian
http://panorama.wfp.org/iamsyrian ©WFP/Dina El-Kassaby #samiyusuf #samiyusufofficial @samiyusuf #SamiYusuf #wfp #سامی_یوسف #سامي_يوسف
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