Rola Hallam - World Women Summit

Rola Hallam

Award-winning Doctor & Humanitarian Leader, Founder of CanDo, Healthcare Advocate, Syria

From Saviour to Healer – How Collaboration Can Help Us to Lay Down the Weight of the World

Highlights from this session:

Rola Hallam discusses the crucial role of collective care and healing during crises, emphasizing the power of subtle activism and the significant contributions of women. Rola shares about growing up in Syria and her journey from becoming a doctor to collaborating in trauma healing on the frontlines. She poses the question: “What does changing things at a root level look like?” and encourages a “journey back to wholeness.” Rola explores the disconnection and trauma at both individual and collective levels as central issues and highlights the importance of integrating personal healing with trauma-informed leadership, particularly for Middle Eastern women. She uses stories from her work in the field as a doctor to emphasize our potential to become “miracle-prone” healing presences and showcases the impact of collective action.

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Rola Hallam

Dr Rola Hallam is an award-winning doctor, trauma-informed life coach, campaigner, speaker, social entrepreneur, and humanitarian. Rola is sought after as a transformational speaker who has shared global stages with presidents, celebrities and grassroots activists. Her online talks have been viewed over 11 million times and inspired thousands to become changemakers. Her work has featured in most media from the New York Times to The Daily Show including two BBC documentaries.

She has been honored with several awards and is also the first Syrian TED Fellow and founder of CanDo - a humanitarian organization supporting frontline health and aid workers to save children’s lives in their war-devastated communities. She has helped build 7 hospitals in Syria, including the first ever crowdfunded hospital.

Her latest TEDX talk From Clever to Wise. How healing our traumas heals the world shows what Rola’s mission is about.

Please take a look at Rola's 6 minute assessment to identify if you are showing potential signs of trauma

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