Newcastle humanitarian hairdresser Chris Hassan has smashed his fundraising targets and raised enough money to pay for a doctor in a remote Syrian village for at least a year.
Chris, 33, a hairdresser at Green Ginger, in Newcastle city centre, took part in a zip wire across the Tyne to raise £200, bringing his total pot to £2,000 - which he will be sending to help fund the doctor in Maaloula, 37 miles north of capital Damascus, where he spent time on a humanitarian mission in 2017.
"I am really, really pleased with the support I've had," he said. "I had have lost of help and donations from NHS doctors and my colleagues have also been a great support. I am also pleased that people seem to be genuinely interested in the plight Syria is in and want to know more. Syria has fallen from the news agenda somewhat due to the Ukrainian war, but people need to know that there is still suffering in Syria. Getting the word out about this is equally as important as raising the money."
