SCM is having a clothing and soft goods drive to benefit SCM’s programs. We are partnering with another organization to turn your donated clothing (including accessories like handbags, duffel bags, scarves, ties, hats, mittens and gloves, etc) bedding, towels, curtains, tablecloths, shoes (all kinds), socks, etc, into cash that we can use to support our...
Category: Palestine
Photos from Day 1 of the Mission
Here is a photo gallery of the pictures taken by volunteer and professional photographer Samia El Moslimany. She has shared many more pictures than I am able to fit here, but this will give you a good idea of what took place. They are in no particular order.
Reham’s first day on the Mission
Although I’ve showered away any physical evidence of the first day of the SCM mission, I can’t seem to shake away the feelings I experienced. Our first location was Al-Wahdat, originally a Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. Both Palestinians dating back from the 1948 Nakba and recent Syrian refugees were prevalent. It was a long...
Quick run-down/first day stats
Here are the numbers from the first day of the current medical mission. We will have more reports shortly. Team split between 2 buildings: 1 team saw 520 patients, mostly Syrians, and a few Palestinians The other team was dental and psych/mental health and saw 130 dental patients and 40 psych. Most patients in this group...
Getting Donations Ready for Distribution in Amman
Below are photos from our warehouse just outside Amman, Jordan. We had our local team there loading a truck with men’s, women’s, and kids coats, nearly 4 tons of clothes in bags, 6-7 boxes of diapers, 2 big boxes sheets and bed pads, 2 boxes of alcohol pads, 6 walkers, and 16 crutches. These items were...