Just before the end of 2019, the CEO of SCM Medical Missions and Salaam Cultural Museum announced that she was finally on a path to make one of her longest held ambitions become reality. Salaam Cultural Museum has been a traveling exhibit of cultural artifacts collected from across the Middle East and North Africa over...
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Mother & Baby Housing Project
Rita has just returned from visiting the border of Greece and Macedonia where she was able to see first hand the situation of the refugees. As a result of her visit, SCM will be redirecting some of our efforts from coordinating medical missions to providing temporary housing for pregnant women and their new babies. One...
Baby Box Project Update
Today we received the first half of the New Baby Welcome Kit boxes! Our goal is to get 200 total, and we received 100 boxes to get started on. We have partnered with The Baby Box Company that provides the Bed Box, and they have been really great to work with. You can donate to...
Baby Box Project 2016
Last week the 5000th baby was born in Zaatari at the UN-operated Women and Girls Comprehensive Center. Many of the refugees thought they would only stay in the camp temporarily, then be able to go home, or move on to somewhere else. As the war in Syria has dragged on to it’s sixth year, many realized...
Information on Refugee Crisis
This is a link to a good information source about the refugee crisis in Greece and the humanitarian response. Refugee Flows to Lesvos: Evolution of a Humanitarian Response
Lesbos Update
29 February 2016 | Dr. Bill Dienst I landed here on the Northern shore of the Greek Island of Lesvos on 26 February. Lesvos is the third largest of the Greek Islands, and is the closest to the Turkish coast, separated on its Northern Coast by only 6 miles (10 km). For this reason, it has...
Luqmaan Malik: Inside Zaatari—Jordan’s largest refugee camp
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SCM in Urgent Need of Medical Volunteers
We are in urgent need of medical volunteers for our missions to Lesbos, Greece for the following missions: January 16 – 24, 2016 February 6 – 14, 2016 February 13 – 21, 2016 February 27 – March 6, 2016 We have extended our missions through the end of March, at least, and continue to evaluate...
My last few days on Lesvos
One last post from our volunteer Raafia G. Thank you for sharing your experience and photos! My last few days on Lesvos have been even more overwhelming than the firsts. I’ve learned that for most, it doesn’t get any easier any step of the way. It’s made me really think about how horrible their...
Greece Missions Extended
A quick update to let everyone know that our missions to the Greek island of Lesvos will continue through January 17th. Please contact Brenda@salaamculturalmuseum.org in the office for more information. You can also download our registration forms on our Dates and Registration page. We are in particular need of doctors and first responders. The boats...