We have 11 people traveling to Jordan at the end of this month to provide medical assistance and treatment to the Syrian refugees. Our team includes doctors and surgeons, child education and disaster relief specialists. Several of our group have already visited the refugees and are returning to provide even more relief to them. Here some of...
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Supplies request for middle school age girls
Dear All, The Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan has a secondary school for girls. The condition there is really bad, especially with this weather. They are in need of socks and underwear … the girls there are requesting these items, and currently we’re trying to find some people who can help us in providing them...
Stories from the Turkish-Syrian border
Sometimes we think, “oh, that is being too dramatic”, or someone is just saying that to be “overly dramatic”. Well, at the risk of sounding overly dramatic, children are literally freezing to death in the refugee camps, and it is only going to get colder and worse weather before the spring comes. Children don’t have...
Thanks to all who helped sort donated goods for the refugees!
Thank you to all that helped with the sorting of clothes etc for the Syrian refugees today: Beryl, Rula Borelli and her family, Carla, Aisha, Ayman Hakim and his family. We got over 100 big black garbage bags full of items that are in great condition, and lots of new items. We have enough now...
Medical Aid for Syrian Refugees
Here is a list of medicines that doctors in Syria have given us of their needs. We will have a medical group going in around the first week or so of January for about one week to do some needed surgeries. These doctors will be going into Jordan to work on the Refugees that are...
News from family in Syria
I called and talked to family about a week ago. At that time we were getting emails, but they have now stopped. The last one I received said that he had gone out to try and find bread , but there was nothing to be had. He had to run to a neighbors house to...
War in our time is always indiscriminate…
This is a different blog today and it is an appeal- Howard Zinn said “War in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children.” We at Caravan-Serai Tours and Salaam Cultural Museum have joined other international organizations in trying to help the innocent people of Syria: the women and children...
Syria Update, September 30, 2012
Syria Update, September 30, 2012 (Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic and Strategic Studies. By Sherifa Zuhur) Today’s death toll: More than 120 Syrians were killed today, among them 43 unarmed civilians. Saturday’s revised death toll: More than 160, among them 89 civilians. The al-Nusra Front claimed to have captured five Yemeni army officers sent by...
More Information on Syria and the Refugees
UNICEF, the UN Children’s Fund said that $54 million is needed urgently to help Syrian refugees. Jordan issued an appeal for $429.7 million needed to host Syrian refugees. Approximately 200,000 Syrian refugees are already in Jordan, and 17,000 of these are in the Zaatari refugee camp. The government said it anticipated that the Zaatari camp...