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WFP Hosts A Hangout From Syria
WFP aims to feed as many as 1.5 million affected by the conflict in Syria this month in addition to nearly 230,000 refugees in neighboring countries. Copyright: WFP/Abeer Etefa
Live from Damascus, join WFP’s Abeer Etefa for a Google+ Hangout at the centre of the humanitarian crisis in Syria to learn how families are surviving as the conflict wears on. This unique event will be broadcast live on Google+ and on YouTube Thursday 20 September at 12:00pm NYC / 5:00pm London.
Google+ Hangout From Syria
Thursday 20 September at 12:00pm NYC / 5:00pm London
ROME—WFP will host a Google+ Hangout on the humanitarian crisis in Syria on Thursday 20 September at 12:00pm NYC / 5:00pm London.
From our office in Damascus, WFP’s Abeer Etefa will join a group of bloggers and journalists to talk about her recent visit to Homs to see how food assistance is helping families survive in one of the areas hardest hit by the fighting.
This unique event will be broadcast live on our Google+ Page as well as on YouTube. During the Hangout, viewers will be able to submit questions to Abeer and the other participants either on Google+ or via Twitter using the hashtag #wfpsyria.
Here are some of the people who will be joining the hangout.
+Abeer Etefa
Abeer Etefa is WFP’s Spokeswoman and Senior Regional Public Information Officer for the Middle East & North Africa region. Before joining WFP, she was the spokeswoman for the UN Refugee Agency covering the MENA region. She spent six-years working for the BBC and ABC News as a field TV producer. @AbeerEtefa
+Julian Borger
Julian Borger is the Guardian's diplomatic editor. He was The Guardian's Middle East correspondent based in Jerusalem from 1997 to 1998, and joined The Guardian in 1993 from the BBC, after several years as a radio and television reporter in Africa. He has also reported for The Guardian from the Balkans. @julianborger
+Noon Arabia
Noon Arabia is a prominent Middle Eastern blogger of Yemeni origin. She spent much of her life living in different Middle Eastern and Western countries and has written extensively about issues surrounding the “Arab Spring”. She also blogs about women’s issues and the plight of families in Yemen to survive amid ongoing conflict. @NoonArabia
+Gregory Barrow
Gregory Barrow heads WFP's liaison office in London. Before joining WFP, Greg worked for 14 years as a TV and radio journalist for the BBC. He spent six-years reporting from sub-Saharan Africa, covering mainly conflict and humanitarian disaster stories. He then spent three years in New York as the BBC United Nations Correspondent and reported on the 9/11 attacks. @GregoryBarrow
+Julie Mollins
Julie Mollins is the communities editor for the Thomson Reuters Foundation AlertNet and TrustLaw humanitarian news websites in London. She reports, edits and micro blogs. She started at Reuters Toronto in 2005, moved to Reuters London in 2008, and to her current role in 2010. @jmollins
