Take a little more than thirty young adults.
Spread them across seven countries and choose nine different nationalities.
Sprinkle generously with enthusiasm and responsibility.
Mix with a unanimous cause.

Hey presto: it's the NUHA team!

We are all volunteers, and many of us have not yet met: the NUHA Foundation is an entirely virtual organization, with no offices and very little administrative overheads. We are fortunate to count within the team competences and experiences from a wide array of fields ranging from education to graphic design, including finance, architecture and law. This, combined with our cultural and ethnic diversity, informs our thinking and contributes to the fun of this adventure.

We are driven to run the NUHA project professionally and to learn as much as we can from this experience. Thanks to your support, we have an opportunity to translate our ideals and words into action, and gain first-hand experience in development work.

The Foundation is led by its co-founders: Hafez Virjee, Chair, and Nibras Aldibbiat, Secretary-General. Samah Haidar and Sameer Kassam are responsible for our programmes, respectively the LDP and the ECP. Mais Alaranje manages our team in Syria. Dan Burke handles our finances and Jessica Walch, our legal affairs. Jon Pretty is our IT guru. Raya Tueny designed our logo and this website and translates the NUHA identity into meaningful environments. Kate Benetti is the face of NUHA and Rumi H. its voice, and they tweet, blog and post to meet you wherever you may be.

Yours too, with best NUHA wishes: Ashraf Abdo, Nawar Aizuki, Ghieth Al Hamwi, Suhad Aljundi, Khaled Almashriki, Ben Barton, Ambroise Desplechin, Wisam Elhamoui, Ayham Fattoum, Tanya Ghaziani, Lara Hewitt, Mustafa Hwaijeh, Soha Jabr, Somar Katreeb, Rola Mustafa, Anna Park, Salima Shivji, Kamal Skaff, Aly Sunderji, Jaayda Warda and David Ziyambi.

We also have a number of 'helping hands', to whom we are grateful.