Rencontrez Ammar, General Secretary
Mehad
Ammar is an Engineering Doctor by profession and currently the General Secretary of the organization which he co-created in 2011 with franco-Syrians doctors from the diaspora in order to support the victims of the conflict in Syria. He is very proud of this local-rooted association growth now employing more than 1000 persons on the field as well as on the 3 offices established in Paris (France), Gaziantep (Turkey), and Erbil (Iraq).
Samantha joined the organization recently on a position created for her to bring HR expertise to structure the Human Resources department and function. After graduating from Law University, she completed her academics with a master's degree in Human Resources and started her professional career in the private sector. Two years ago, driven by her values and social commitment, she joined the humanitarian sector.
Kerstin is a german development economist by profession. She holds a Master's degree in International and Development economics from HTW Berlin University. She started working for the organization in 2017 in Berlin as a Manager for programs and donor relations. Then, in 2020, she was promoted Head of Partnership Department in Paris. Currently, as Head of Partnerships, she is responsible - in close collaboration with UOSSM France offices in Gaziantep (Turkey) and Erbil (Iraq) - for partners and institutional donors relations (including grant management) as well as proposal development.
Présentation
Mehad is a French health and international solidarity NGO. Mehad was born in 2011 from the will of a group of doctors to respond to the urgent need to provide healthcare to the populations affected by the war in Syria and in the neighbouring countries.
Mehad is committed to a sustainable health response, which we are helping to build with local actors, to guarantee quality care and long-term social development for vulnerable populations. Mehad carries out vital missions with populations, relying on a network of more than 1,000 health professionals, mobilized from France and all over the world.
Thanks to our detailed knowledge of the needs of the populations and the partnership relationship we have maintained with them for several years, our NGO has developed unique expertise in local emergency, health and development issues.
As long as the populations do not benefit from a sustainable health system, we continue to alert the urgency to act, to inform and challenge public opinion, and remind public decision-makers of their responsibilities in this sense: to take the necessary decisions and measures to improve the condition of the populations we help on the ground.
Ce qu'ils recherchent
Mehad is looking for professional and passionate candidates demonstrating curiosity, dynamism, and proactivity to be able to develop and adapt to a fast-paced environment by nature.
Mehad promotes diversity and inclusion as a core value and needs, on a regular basis, diverse profiles to integrate its different departments :
- Partnerships, Programmes, and Monitoring & Evaluation
- Communication & Fundraising
- Finance and administration, etc.
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Mehad currently employs around 600 national and international employees on the field to work on its health programmes:
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Primary health care (chronic disease, maternal and reproductive health)
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Secondary and tertiary health care (dialysis, thalassemia, blood bank)
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Protection
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Mental health and psycho-social support
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Nutrition and community health
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Training and capacity building
Gaziantep Office (in Turkey) develops and implements health projects essentially located in the North West of Syria while Erbil office (in Iraq) focuses on developing and supporting health projects in the North East of Syria.
Mehad also responds to Ukraine's crisis with a medical training centre for Health and First Aid personnel to enhance their capacity in the field of War and disaster Medicine as well as two rehabilitation centers for war-wounded populations. More recently, mehad developped health project in south Yemen.
Paris office (in France), HQ of the organization, holds a technical support role and ensures global consistency of the projects and the strategic approach of the organization.