Syria to Ireland: Journey to save a young life

2,941 views · Published 11 June 2014 · 3:26 · Indexed 18 October 2026

Channel: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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The ICRC in Syria
http://www.icrc.org/eng/where-we-work/middle-east/syria/
Abdallah and his family fled Syria due to the armed conflict in their hometown Qousseir. They entered Lebanon with nothing, not even their official  documents, which turned out to be an obstacle on the path leading to Abdallah' s cancer treatment in Ireland. ICRC provided the five-year-old child and his family with the travel documents they needed to facilitate his trip to Ireland and thus put the boy on the way towards healing. 

Arabic version of the video:
http://youtu.be/KFZ2KqVZR4Q

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