Syrian Refugees in Turkey - A Conversation with CORE's Yaman Salam and Dina Sharif

<p>In this episode, SWANA Region Radio collective members Nyma Ardalan and Rana Sharif discuss the dire situation facing Syrian refugees in Turkey. Our guests are Yaman Salam and Dina Sharif, members of CORE, Community Organized Relief Effort. CORE is a global crisis response organization that brings immediate aid and recovery to underserved communities. Our mission is to empower communities in and beyond crisis. When an emergency strikes, CORE responds immediately to fill gaps, mobilize resources, and establish trust and collaboration from within communities to respond. Our efforts are fueled by local hands, and we partner with local leaders, organizations, governments, and other stakeholders to bring equitable relief directly to those who need it most. To donate, please visit <a href="https://www.coreresponse.org/turkey-syria-earthquake/">⁠Turkey-Syria Earthquake - CORE (coreresponse.org)⁠</a>.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Yaman Salam is CORE Program Manager for our Turkey-Syria EQ response. He is Syrian, worked on the Syria crisis with several humanitarian organizations from 2014-2018 in Turkey, including CARE International and Watan (a regional organization operating in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Syria and Egypt.) Since then, Yaman’s humanitarian work has taken him to Sierra Leon, Iraq, Myanmar and Somalia. Prior to his career working with NGOs he was working in private sector. Yaman is completing his 3rd Master’s Degree online in Data Science at the Guglielmo Marconi University in Italy.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Dina Sharif is CORE Director of Global Communications based in Los Angeles, and has traveled to Haiti, Ukraine, across the U.S. and now, Turkey to support CORE’s emergency response efforts and impact storytelling. Prior to CORE, she worked for UNRWA (the UN agency for Palestine refugees) for five years and was based in Jerusalem as a Visibility and Communications Officer, overseeing communications projects spanning across Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Before the field of humanitarian work, Dina worke