Hello, My name is Neil. I’m a family and emergency physician. Earlier this year I was visiting Turkey and became increasingly interested in the Syrian conflict, as border skirmishes and politics kept it in the news frequently. I’ve been aware of it, but something about proximity makes it more palpable. Due to widespread unrest in Turkey it...
Tag: refugee camps
Post Mission Report
This report was written by Dr. Rania Habal who participated in both the March and June missions. She is reporting back to donors who supplied medications she took with her in March. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More than 35 US physicians, pharmacists and humanitarians, including teachers and social workers joined in. We had 2 neurosurgeons – Harvard and...
Jordanian Charities Warehouse
Below are some photos taken of the Jordanian Charities warehouse. We have been sending the containers here to be unloaded and the items then distributed to the people in need both inside and outside the refugee camps. Thank you for your help, and just a reminder that now we are focusing on medical supplies and...
Stories from the doctors on the mission
“it is 4 pm, no more patients allowed to the clinic at the camp, a man rushing to the gate carrying his few month old baby screaming for help, Dr Alwani, stopped at the middle of the yard to check on the patient, one look he told me she is 20% dehydrated, he asked me...
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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...
New Refugee Camp at Mrejeeb Al Fhood
I spent the day today (Saturday) going to the new camp being built in Mrejeeb Al Fhood this is near Zakra which is about 1 1/2 hours outside of Amman. We traveled through a military area to get there and it is all desert. The good thing about this area is everyone will have a small pre-fab home and there is a...
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
Thank you for the donation of fleece children’s clothes
Dear Miriam, Your gift will make a difference to thousands of Syrian kids as the winter storm magnifies their misery. You brought tears to my eyes admiring your amazing work! I could not believe you took the time to make all those wonderful kids clothes yourself! You are an amazing woman with a big heart!!!...
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