Action For Humanity

Action For Humanity is a UK-based global charity originally founded by a group of doctors to provide assistance and aid to those devastated by conflict.[12] Action For Humanity is the parent charity of Syria Relief,[13] the largest Syria-focused NGO in the United Kingdom.[14] Action For Humanity has operations in Syria,[15] Yemen,[16] Ukraine[17] and Pakistan.[18] In 2022, the organisation operated 306 schools inside Syria.[19] The charity is a large recipient of United Nations funding.[20]

Action For Humanity
Founded2011
FounderOthman Moqbel[1]
TypeInternational NGO
FocusEmergency Relief, Health, Education, Orphans and Child Welfare
HeadquartersManchester, United Kingdom [2]
Area served
Syria,[3] Yemen,[4] Ukraine,[5] Pakistan,[6] Bangladesh, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.[7]
Key people
CEO: Othman Moqbel[8] Chair of Trustees: Mounir Hakimi
Revenue
£26.1 million (2021)[9]
Disbursements£24.9 million[10]
Employees
1,700[11]
Websitewww.actionforhumanity.org

The organisation has previously worked with Dr David Nott[21] and Adam Kelwick.[22] It's Chief Executive Officer is Othman Moqbel.[23] The organisation's former Head of Communications and Marketing, Jessica Adams, was named Young Humanitarian Hero award in 2022 for a campaign she executed which secured the funding of 133 schools in Syria.[24]

Through its subsidiary, Syria Relief, Action For Humanity has been a leading NGO advocating for the extension of UN Security Council mandated aid into Syria via crossborder.[25][26]

References
  1. "CEO Spotlight: Othman Moqbel, Action For Humanity". animo.
  2. Carter, Gary (2021-10-18). "Charity marks ten years of helping those affected by war". Tameside Correspondent.
  3. "Leading NGO condemns UN failure to renew Syria cross border resolution". Middle East Monitor. 2022-07-10.
  4. Ambrose, Tom (2021-09-23). "16 million in Yemen 'marching towards starvation' as food rations run low – UN". The Guardian.
  5. Jackson, Nick (2022-03-04). "Brave dad-of-three pharmacist leaves Longsight on mercy mission to help Ukrainian refugees". Manchester Evening News.
  6. Khan, Shehnaz (2022-09-17). "Pakistan flood volunteer: 'It was like there was no happiness in the village'". BBC.
  7. "ACTION FOR HUMANITY". Charity Commission.
  8. Moqbel, Othman (2021-03-31). "Othman Moqbel: In ten years Syria Relief has gone from a tiny group of volunteers to become the largest Syria-focused UK charity". Civil Society.
  9. "ACTION FOR HUMANITY". Charity Commission.
  10. "ACTION FOR HUMANITY". Charity Commission.
  11. "SYRIA RELIEF, EDM #1064".
  12. Fitzgerald, Sue (2022-10-05). "Disaster and Emergency Relief Awards for Pakistan Monsoon Floods, Yemen Floods, and Myanmar Refugees". Channel Eye.
  13. "Syria: UK aid cuts have 'forced 40,000 children out of school'". Middle East Eye. 2022-05-05.
  14. Moqbel, Othman (2019-08-17). "More than 200 children have died in Idlib since April yet we are forgetting about the Syrian conflict". Independent.
  15. "Leading NGO condemns UN failure to renew Syria cross border resolution". Middle East Monitor. 2022-07-10.
  16. Ambrose, Tom (2021-09-23). "16 million in Yemen 'marching towards starvation' as food rations run low – UN". The Guardian.
  17. Jackson, Nick (2022-03-04). "Brave dad-of-three pharmacist leaves Longsight on mercy mission to help Ukrainian refugees". Manchester Evening News.
  18. Khan, Shehnaz (2022-09-17). "Pakistan flood volunteer: 'It was like there was no happiness in the village'". BBC.
  19. "Syria: UK aid cuts have 'forced 40,000 children out of school'". Middle East Eye. 2022-05-05.
  20. Jackson, Nick (2022-03-04). "Brave dad-of-three pharmacist leaves Longsight on mercy mission to help Ukrainian refugees". Manchester Evening News.
  21. "An evening of conversation with David Nott". The Hippocratic Post. 2022-10-19.
  22. Ambrose, Tom (2021-09-23). "16 million in Yemen 'marching towards starvation' as food rations run low – UN". The Guardian.
  23. "Prestigious Muslim community award for Oxford vaccine researcher". University of Oxford. 2022-06-22.
  24. "AidEx 2022 Award winners announced". Aid Ex. 2022-10-22.
  25. "UN Commission urges extension of last aid corridor into NW Syria, as Russia threatens to close it". Middle East Monitor. 2022-08-28.
  26. "Leading NGO condemns UN failure to renew Syria cross border resolution". Middle East Monitor. 2022-07-10.
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