24. Tareq Hailat
Age: 27
Occupation: Director of Global Patient Affairs at the Palestine Children's Relief Fund (PCRF)
Nationality: Jordanian
Residence: U.S.
Category: Social Impact
Hailat led an initiative to evacuate injured children from Gaza through connections with hospital systems and collaborations with corporate entities such as the World Health Organization and the European Union's Emergency Task Force. As of October 2024, 100 children had been evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, and 236 children in total had been treated outside of Gaza. Hailat secured funding from volunteers. PCRF stepped in to fund all future evacuations from January 2024. Hailat joined PCRF as the head of the Treatment Abroad Program before being promoted to director of global patient affairs in August 2024.