The entrance to Zaatari is full of people for and security reasons you need to get permission from 7 different agencies to get in. The refugees that are in Zaatari are mostly without paperwork when they came to Jordan. The only way that they are abale to get out is thru a Jordanian or a Syrian that will...
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Medical Mission Update from Rita
I do not know one day from the next they seem to run together going from one hospital to another and one clinic to another and one home to another. You are left emotionally drained at the end of the day to see all the suffering of the people. I am not sure what I...
Update on the Medical Mission
January 25th: We arrived in Jordan for our mission with SAM Syrian American Medical Association on Friday with 7 bags of clothes and medicines for the refugees. We were met at the airport by my cousin Basil and we had no problems in getting through customs. I got to the house and a couple of hours...
Photos from the Medical Mission in Jordan
Below are some photos that Rita sent from their visit to a hospital where refugees are being treated, and also of the camp at Zaatari.
Rita Zawaideh’s Interview About the Medical Mission
Rita was interviewed Wednesday morning on the local NBC affiliate, King5 News, about the upcoming medical mission she is going on to Jordan to assist the Syrian refugees. You can watch the video here: http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/Lending-aid-to-Syrian-refugees-188058821.html
A Plea for More Help
This is a desperate plea for help for the Syrian refugees that are scattered around Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and also Egypt. There are over 2.5 million people that are displaced and we are still not sure of the numbers since not all the refugee are living in the camps or have registered with their...
Information about the upcoming medical mission to Jordan
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...
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...
U.S. Doctors Provide Supplies, Training To Syrians
U.S. Doctors Provide Supplies, Training To Syrians by Deborah Amos NPR – December 11, 2012 Syria’s health care system is collapsing after 21 months of revolt. According to a new report by the World Health Organization, half of the country’s public hospitals have been destroyed in the fighting…. To read the rest or listen 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...