On Sunday 09 February 2020, Rethink Rebuild Society, in partnership with members of the Egyptian, Sudanese, Palestinian and Somali communities organised an event about the impact of Brexit on Arab communities residing in the UK.
We are so thrilled to announce that Rethink Rebuild Society (RR) is the winner of Emerging Impact Award as voted on social media, for their work with supporting and improving the lives of refugees in the UK. The ceremony took place at the University of Manchester on Thursday 6 February 2020.
On 30 January 2020, RR hosted Lisa from Forever Manchester who introduced Cash 4 Graft Awards. This program allows community members to fund their projects and ideas that can make them happy, and bring the member of the community together. Grant can be between 50£ and 250 £.
On 29 January 2020, Rethink Rebuild hosted film screening event for ''The Echo of Pain of the Many'' as well as the launch of the photo exhibition '' An Enduring Struggle for Justice''.
On Monday 20th January 2020 Rethink Rebuild Society hosted a Celebration of life for Dina Newton-Edwards, who sadly passed away on Thursday 2 January.
Dina was a true friend of us. She was an inspiration. She did so very much to support Syrian refugees and she was the reason many people learned about Syria and volunteered to help them.
On Sunday 5 January 2020, Rethink Rebuild Society hosted the first lecture in 2020 about the role of humanitarian NGOs in responding to the Syrian Crisis. The lecture was provided by the humanitarian activist Mr Mazen Al Hossaini who shared his knowledge and experience through working with different Syrian and International NGOs.
As part of Erasmus Plus Training Programme, RR's manager Dr Haytham Alhamwi provided a talk on 17 December 2019 at Sharon Youth Centre on 17 December 2019. The program hosted participants from 9 different countries. The talk highlighted many areas related to the refugees crisis and the root cause of the influx of Syrian influx outside their country.
In collaboration with Nour AL-Sham Foundation and Answer Cancer Programme, Rethink Rebuild Society hosted an awareness session on the importance of the early detection of cancer.
On Wednesday 27 November 2019, in collaboration with the UK Parliament Education services, Rethink Rebuild Society had a successful workshop to "Learn How the UK Parliament Works".
Journalist Leonore Schick reported to Associated Press (AP) about the 3rd annual Celebrating Syria Festival which was held in various locations across Manchester between 2 and 9 November 2019. Leonore reported on the main events that happened in the first two days of the festival. Thank you Leonore and AP for covering part of the festival
