Having been paralyzed from the waist down from birth, Nour Abu Abed was about to lose any ray of hope in his life. He felt as though darkness had overcome him at all times, and had begun to lose his will to live because he did not want to continue living in the condition he was in. Nour had required extensive surgical operations in his lower spine, and now has to use a wheelchair at all times. Although he was only 8 years old, Nour did not want to face what he saw as a very long and difficult life of disability to come.
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Through the last two weeks of October, Syrian Forum USA hosted fundraising banquets. The banquets took place in Tampa, Florida; and Dallas, Texas on the 22nd, and 23rd of October, respectively.
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IHSAN for Relief and Development's recent Cash-for-Work program inside Syria has proven to be a success for participants. The program has projects in 10 areas, with 32 projects executed thus far in Abdita, Ablin, Al Barah, Ar Rami, Balshun, Balyun, Basamis, Ihsim, Joseph, and Marayann. The projects each run for 120 days, or about 4 months.
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Bousla for Training and Innovation has outlined its fourth quarter program for 2016, which centers around equipping Syrians with the knowledge and skills they need in order to succeed in the Turkish workforce.
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Omran for Strategic Studies participated in a panel discussion at the Center for Politics Society and Economics in Istanbul, Turkey on 20th October to discuss the Syrian crisis alongside noted Syrian and Turkish researchers and experts.
