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We know that child marriage keeps girls from pursuing their potential. Married girls are deprived of their fundamental rights to health, education and safety. They face huge challenges and often feel disempowered. “I dropped out after grade six, and I suffered a lot because I did not continue my education....

We are incredibly proud to announce that Firefly has been selected for the second year running to be part of the Big Give Christmas Challenge, the UK’s largest match funding campaign. Between 1st – 8th December 2020 every donation made to Firefly on their platform will be doubled by them and given to us Please give whatever you...

We are running our online gala tomorrow night and we are really excited about the shared experience we have put together. Starting with a delicious menu created for us by Syrian chefs Itab Azzam and Dina Mousawi – link to menu and recipes. Music from Maya Youssef, Clara Pople, Kenza...

Join us for our annual fundraising gala on the 17th November at 7pm from the comfort of your own home. Our partners in Bosnia, Turkey, Syria and Gaza have prepared filmed updates of what life is like for the children we work with in each location at the moment. We...

Update from North Syria Camps – Maria chambers Project Coordinator Firefly International   The general situation There is no space in Khirbet Al Jouz camp, where Firefly for Syrians supports two schools. During the past month there have been families on the move trying to find safety as the bombings...

Young international and local volunteers worked together to create a wonderful new mural for the Ellie Maxwell Centre in Brčko. Svitac (Firefly in Bosnia) runs creative activities every day to bring together the divided community still living with the aftermath of a bitter civil war. Thank you Tamara, Asmira, Dicle...

Currently all our classes are online as Turkish schools haven’t opened. Our staff are coming into the centre in Antakya and preparing top quality resource packs for our students to support their online learning at home. Staff have developed the Firefly for Syrian’s you tube learning channel with over two...

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Update from Antakya August 2020 Maria Chambers, project coordinator. Online learning continues in Turkey and Syria. This week we celebrated with end of course parties – small groups of socially distanced children came into the centre seeing each other for the first time since March. There was a great atmosphere...

  Come and join us on the 11th of August at 7.30pm UK time when comedian, Mark Thomas, is live streaming his world famous show, Walking the Wall, and donating a % of the proceeds to Firefly, IMET2000(who are organising) and ICAHD UK. We hope to have an audience from...

  Firefly’s annual gala has moved online and will be on the 17th November at 7pm via zoom. With films, updates from our partners, readings from actors who support us and beautiful music and singing as well as a themed Syrian supper to prepare at home. There will also be...

  With the support of our partners Action for Child Trauma International/IMET2000/Firefly International, in July 2019 we launched a pilot service for children in Gaza suffering from severe symptoms of psychological trauma. So the clinic has now had its first birthday! With remote clinical supervision from Jordan by Dr Ghalia...

  “We must not let time pass in an empty way – lost time is never found again” These times have been particularly challenging for anyone under the age of twenty living in Turkey. Young people have been restricted to their homes for three solid months from March 15th to...