Arrived at the new Amman airport – huge and a lot better and more efficient than the last trip when they were first opening. Got a porter and picked up the luggage – I had two other doctors with me on this flight. As I was going through customs the agents wanted to open one...
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Recap of meeting with US Ambassador in Amman
Monday we had a meeting with the American ambassador in Amman. This was set up before arrival and we took the whole group with us which included people already in Jordan and working plus the US doctors that went over for the week-long medical mission. The meeting lasted about 1 1/2 hours and it was good. We asked for...
Medical Mission Arrives in Jordan
Arrived in Jordan yesterday to the new airport in Amman. It is big and beautiful, but so chaotic. No enough staff on the ground, not enough porters, not enough luggage carts and too many people not knowing where to go. Had to wait about 1 hour for the luggage to be unloaded from the plane and then I...
Thank you for your donations!
Saturday March 16 we had a fund raiser in Seattle for the Syrian refugees with an auction. About 100 people showed up to the event that lasted from 6pm to 9:30pm. Ian Moncaster, ex CEO of the World Affairs Council was the MC, Dr, Eiad Sayed, flew in from Ohio to be our keynote speaker,...
Still more to be done for refugees in Jordan
The ongoing armed conflict in Syria has created an influx of over 800,000 refugees to neighboring countries since spring of 2011. Many cities have been completely destroyed, massive human rights violations and evidence of systematic acts of brutality, including torture and arbitrary arrests in Syria have been committed as Syrian security forces have responded to protesters with...
NAAMA – Medical Mission to Jordan Call for Participants
It is Time to lend a Hand to our Fellow Syrians NAAMA’S First MEDICAL MISSION FOR SYRIA WHAT: Medical mission to help the Syrian refugees in Jordan WHEN: Depart the U.S. on Friday, March 22, 2013 Depart Jordan on Thursday, March 28, 2013 WHERE: General Clinics in Amman, Irbid, Al Zaatari Refugee Camp; Hospitals in...
Papers to get approval to get into Zaatari
These are the forms we needed to get into the Zaatari camps. They had to go through 7 levels of approval before we could get in.
Medicines Purchased for Refugees
Just after we arrived we took some of the money we had collected and went to a pharmacy to buy medicines needed for the refugees. These are photos of the trip to pick them up and the receipts. It works out to just over $9100 usd in medicines and supplies.