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

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]

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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