Two of our past mission participants, Omar and Jasser Kassab from Switzerland, took some of the paintings done by children at the children’s center while they were there, framed them, then auctioned them off in Switzerland. They created an NGO called Syrian Refugee Crisis to collect the funds. It was a huge success and they...
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Mission: Day 1 Rehab/AL Mafraq
This is a post from our November mission that for some reason is showing as not posted, so here it is again, just in case. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Today we visited a new location in a village where refugees are living, and they have had no medical services until now. After our meeting this morning we set...
Food distribution and container arrival
Below are photos from the food distribution we held just 2 days ago, and the others are photos from the container that just arrived and is being unloaded into our warehouse in Madaba. Thank you everyone that donated to the food drive. We were able to distribute the food to refugees in the Madaba are,...
Bitter Cold and Snow Affecting Syrian Refugees
We often think of the Middle East as hot and dusty, desert and palm trees, so how could it possibly be so cold people could freeze to death? Yes, it does get very cold in the winter in many places of the Middle East, particularly in the Levant region which is Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon....
Dinner on the Deck Fundraiser Update
We have a few seats available for our event on August 23rd to raise funds for the Malki-SCM Children’s Center in Amman, Jordan. Proceeds from the ticket sales will go to the center, and additional funds will be raised from an auction, that will be conducted over 3 formats: online, silent, and live. Here are...
URGENT! Funds Needed for Medical Treatment
Hasan, a 17 year-old boy from Syria, has been diagnosed with a tumor in his left knee (possibly osteosarcoma or Ewing’s sarcoma). His parents fled from Homs in fear for their safety. Hasan was seen by doctors in Jordan and was told that he is in need of, at minimum, chemotherapy and then surgery to remove the...
Tears for Syria (Music Video)
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Medical Mission – Day 2/Nov 17, 2013
Monday 17 Nov: Today the vans each went to a different clinic in northern Jordan. The teams saw about 300 patients at each location and handed out so much medication that when we came back to the hotel we all went to Dr Humam’s room to sort more medications for the next morning. We had...
More donations getting sorted
Yesterday we had 2 pallets of medical supplies show up at the office! We also had donated clothing and other items that people had dropped by and were in need of sorting, so 2 of our friends and long-time supporters, Barbara and Jere, showed up to help sort and organize. We are thankful for their...