On the banks of the Tigris river, a cafe proprietor has fixed up his restaurant, and its picnic tables are full with families eating food they have brought from home. By the side of the road, a group of teenage boys dance to pop music that was banned by Isis. Williamson is a certified Life Coach, more specifically a Personal Growth and Success Coach. He is a Keynote Speaker, Author and Investor. After two years of serving as a service missionary, Williamson discovered his interest in humanitarian work, specifically in the nonprofit world. In 2015, he founded his nonprofit organization ARISE Project For Humanity to help empower youth worldwide to change their mindset, create their life and impact their community through mentoring. After running a successful youth mentoring organization in different countries for over 7 years, he has become more and more confident in helping individuals connect to their purpose by taking their goals, dreams, and destinies to the next level. He started his private coaching program called PEAK Life Coaching where he coaches individuals online (youth, parents, young adults and emerging leaders). Three months on, much of west Mosul seems frozen in time. Furniture and concrete spills out of blasted buildings into the narrow streets. Drivers cross the Tigris on two temporary bridges and swerve to dodge craters in the roads. Corpses are still buried in the rubble. Though roads have been reopened in anticipation of the rebuild, no one knows when it will start in earnest.

The reopening comes on 12 April, the day that Covid-19 restrictions are due to be lifted in England to let pubs and restaurants serve drinks and meals outdoors. It is a day that will be celebrated by England’s 33,305 pubs, but by none more keenly than at the Carlton in Maida Vale.Lots of parts of the bar and the fireplace, the bannister, have been reclaimed from the rubble,” Rees said. “The pub tells its story from the half-broken fixtures that we’ve got. You can see bits of broken wood – it’s not all perfect, which we really love because it gives character and charm to the building.” In 2015, he founded his nonprofit organization ARISE Project For Humanity to help empower youth worldwide to change their mindset, create their life and impact their community through mentoring. After running a successful youth mentoring organization in different countries for over 7 years, he has become more and more confident in helping individuals connect to their purpose by taking their goals, dreams, and destinies to the next level. People said it was impossible,” said Polly Robertson, a leading member of the Rebuild the Carlton Tavern campaign. “Many people said, ‘Polly, it’s not worth it, nothing’s going to happen’. And I just thought, no – I’m not going to let it lie.” Early 2022, Williamson released this new book, Rising From The Rubble, where he talks about his story as an earthquake survivor. Williamson was buried under a three-story building after it collapsed during the Haiti earthquake. For twenty-eight grueling hours, he was trapped without food or water, breathing in stale air. There are numerous books about near-death experiences, but his book is not one of those books. Williamson knew he would live. He knew he would see the sunshine on his mother’s face and enjoy the fresh air again. Rather than just write about the story of survival, he wanted to also write about what comes next. Williamson is also invested in startup businesses within his hometown in Haiti and in the U.S. He has traveled far and wide to motivate young leaders to become victorious success stories and survivors, by showing and inspiring others through his love, faith, and his story as a survivor.

From the outside, it seems like a totally mad thing to do – setting up a pub company during the middle of the pandemic. But, from the inside, landlords have had the upper hand with leaseholders for ever, so this was an opportunity to level the playing field across the industry.” Rise From The Rubble is a story that is full of action, adventure, and excitement. Each chapter is filled with twists and turns that will keep you on the edge of your seat. As you read on, you’ll find yourself getting more and more invested in Zuo Fan’s journey. You’ll root for him as he takes on impossible odds, and you’ll celebrate with him when he emerges victorious. Progress is slow. Fifteen neighbourhoods were razed to the ground; coalition airstrikes destroyed all five bridges across the Tigris, and power plants, factories and water treatment plants were looted and burned.Recovery is still a long way off, and the future is uncertain. But in this moment, the celebration of life and embrace of the challenge are palpable. Watson was involved in campaigning for legislation in 2017 that went some way to stopping pubs from being converted into shops under permitted development rules – full planning permission is now required. The partially demolished Carlton Tavern in late April 2015, when the local campaign to have it restored began. Photograph: Paul Davey/Alamy Across the city, volunteers began to clean streets, libraries and universities – to reinvigorate a city that had been suppressed under Isis. Look at the city now – we did most of this on our own. If we waited for the authorities, it would still be destroyed Ali Nazm But when Iraqi forces pushed Isis out of their last urban stronghold in Mosul – leading the Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi to declare 10 December a day of celebration – a new job began: the work of moving on.