Mass starvation in Syria In a mountain city 15 miles outside of Damascus, there are no cats or dogs roaming the streets because they have all been killed for food. Mothers are no longer able to produce milk to feed their babies. People are making soup out of grass, if they can find it. Many...
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Diary Entries from Lesvos – October 10th-18th
Dear All, Please see below for our daily escapades. Best Wishes & Salaam, Zoya Day 1 Today we received a full handover from Hina, Sabrina, Basel, and Daoud. Hina and Sabrina informed us of their current set up which largely involved slotting into the medical tent of Waha. They used only their own supplies and...
Humanitarian Crisis in Syria – AlJazeera Interactive Page
Humanitarian Crisis in Syria Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, millions of people have either sought refuge in neighboring nations or have had to leave their homes to find shelter inside the country. As the conflict continues, conditions for civilians become more dire. http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/multimedia/interactive-humanitariancrisisinsyria.html
ABC #Nightline – Following our mission in #Jordan
Lama Hassan and her field crew from ABC Nightline joined the mission for a few days this week to get an inside look at what we are up against. This video is very moving, and sometimes hard to watch, but it is why we are there, helping as much as we can. Our next mission...
Please help us provide protective equipment!
We are collecting money to buy protective gear for people working in and around the areas affected by the chemical attacks. Emergency medical personnel need to be protected when they treat people brought into the clinics and hospitals with chemical injuries. Below is a list of items we need: 7 different things needed to help...
The Darkest Places
This was written by one of the doctors that was on our mission- Khaled Issa ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis. Dan Brown-Inferno Bed no. 1: 18 months old girl with left lower leg amputated, scared Bed no. 2: young man with...
Why do we do these missions?
It is for the children that all of us are working and helping and going on these missions. This is the next generation that is being destroyed – mentality and physically. Some of them are stronger than others and will come out of it, but the others that we see are so depressed with what...
The need is so great for more help
This is a message we received today from people on the ground that know our mission has started: we have a House full of wounded and paralyzed patients need to be seen We have another house full of paralyzed children who need to be seen and supported emotionally, financially and morally (the youngest is 1...
Donation of medicines
We got a nice donation of medicine from World Relief out of Detroit today- thank you so much- it will help so many people. NAME OF MEDICATION MG. EXP. DATE AMOUNT DILTIAZEM ER 120 9/13 90 GABAPENTEN 100 11/13 360 GABAPENTEN 100 10/15 240 GABAPENTIN 300 9/15 546 GABAPENTIN 400 6/14 185 GABAPENTIN 400 ...
Syrian Refugee Crisis
More than 1.5 million Syrian refugees have fled their country. Three-quarters of a million of them are children. Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq and Jordan are all sheltering Syrian refugees. These numbers are only those who have registered with the UN, so actual numbers of refugees are likely to be much higher. Please help – we are...