Bushra Dabbagh

EDD participation year: 2018
Country: Syria

Bushra pursued a Master of science in molecular biology, ecology, and immunology from the University of Vienna, as well as a Masters of Science in Biotechnology and Enterprise from Northeastern University in Boston.
She is the founder of Eelitna, a foundation that provides psychological and financial support for Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Aleppo, through which she developed educational catch-up classes for children and youth.
She is also a Project Manager for Core Relief Assistance to Vulnerable Population of Aleppo at the Al-Ihsan Charity and Development organization. She is currently founding “She Learns”, an online platform that aims at creating a network of experts that believe in the values of gender equality in education, in order to provide females with online courses, while also networking them with scholarship providers.

Posts

Education – The Flame of Hope in Emergencies

A resilient seven years into the Syrian crisis, Syrians have been calling for more sustainable solutions to support their livelihoods and generate income. Affected people have exhausted their resources and still remain with little or no opportunity to re-build their livelihoods. Host communities are also overstretched, putting significant stress on basic services as a result […]

by Bushra Dabbagh

May 17, 2018