A Newcastle hairdresser turned humanitarian is hoping to raise funds to pay for a doctor in a remote Syrian village.
Chris Hassan, 33, a hairdresser at Green Ginger, in Newcastle city centre, has already raised enough money to pay for five months wages, but needs more to get vital medical help for the villagers in the war-torn country.
Chris, who lives in Walker, says he has already had lots of support from both his colleagues and NHS medics, but he is hoping for a final push to keep the doctor in place for the next few months. He spent time in Maaloula, 37 miles north of capital Damascus in 2018, on a humanitarian mission with a French organisation called SOS Chrétiens d'Orient.
