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...
Tag: Syrian children
Malki Class Graduation!
Check out the photos below of the graduating class of April 2015! The children at our Malki Center had a graduation party, complete with every child receiving a handmade quilt. These quilts were made by devoted crafters in the states, and are prized possessions by many of the children and their parents. They have a tag...
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Children’s Center Update
Children’s Play Center presentation Please take a look at the presentation about the Children’s Center put together by Beryl Cheal, one of the main organizers of the center. Beryl’s specialty is helping children after disasters, helping them through the process of emotional healing and dealing with what has happened. Just click on the link to...
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No end in sight
There is no end in sight for the Syrian crisis- every day we hear about more Syrians leaving their country and coming across to neighboring countries- Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Iraq. These countries have opened their doors and their hearts to their Syrian brothers and sisters, but the resources and the funding is running out. The United Nations...
Update on Medical Mission in Jordan
Back in Jordan with another Doctors group – this time it is with 20 physicians and they are Syrian, Palestinian and Iraqi, all in different fields. The group meets every morning before going out to the different clinics and hospitals and camps. We are exchanging places so everyone is getting a chance to see everything and...
Syrians hide underground to escape struggle for control
By Ian Pannell, BBC News, Idlib province, northern Syria A small band of rebel fighters pointed towards a gaping hole in the ground in the middle of an orchard. “Sometimes families live there to keep safe,” I was told. We were in the north of Syria, on one of the country’s multitude of front lines,...
Aid for Syrians getting through from Turkey
I talked to my cousin Ibtesam in Turkey this morning to see about her checking out places near the big towns close to the Syrian border where we could buy blankets to take into Syria. We are thinking that 30 percent of the blankets will be given out at the border refugee camps and then...