Launching the “Nafas – Your Right to Life” Campaign in Response to the Latakia Wildfire Disaster.

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The International Organization for Human Rights and Refugee Affairs, in cooperation with the International Aviation Services Organization (IASO), has announced the launch of an urgent humanitarian campaign entitled “Nafas – Your Right to Life”, led by Dr. Majed Al-Rukabi, High Commissioner for the Middle East and North Africa. This campaign comes in response to the environmental and humanitarian disasters caused by the wildfires that have broken out across vast areas of the Syrian coast, continuing to pose a direct threat to the health and safety of civilians.

The “Nafas” campaign focuses on supporting efforts to confront this crisis through several key pillars, including:

  • Supporting firefighting and rescue teams who are making heroic efforts to combat the fires amidst severe climatic and geographical challenges.
  • Assisting families affected and displaced by the wildfires.
  • Distributing urgent humanitarian aid, including clean water, medicine, and shelter.
  • Conducting awareness campaigns in threatened areas to minimize damage and protect civilians.
  • Honoring contributors and volunteers who are dedicating their time and efforts to confronting this disaster.

As part of the campaign, the organization has mobilized its teams inside Syria for field preparedness and opened volunteer registration to participate in the operational plan, with further details to be announced soon.

The organization expressed its deep concern over the escalating environmental and humanitarian damage and reaffirmed its full solidarity with the affected people of the Syrian coast. It also commended the efforts of the civil defense, firefighting teams, and volunteers who are bravely facing the fires under harsh climatic conditions and complex mountainous terrain, despite limited resources and support.

This campaign represents an open call to the international community and local actors to enhance the urgent humanitarian response and provide the logistical support and necessary resources to confront this disaster, which threatens the lives and livelihoods of thousands of civilians.

The organization calls on everyone to contribute to the “Nafas – Your Right to Life” campaign, in collaboration between the International Organization for Human Rights and Refugee Affairs and the International Aviation Services Organization, to preserve every breath and grant a better life to those affected by these catastrophic wildfires.


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