Extensive tornado activity in the south has left a swath of death and destruction in several communities across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Mississippi, the Carolinas and Kansas. The current count of 34 dead and 200 injured is likely to rise as rescuers clear up the debris. It is incumbent upon us to extend help to the unfortunate victims who have endured physical and financial loss and show compassion for their suffering.
IMANA Medical Relief (IMR) has donated $25,000 for immediate use in disaster response work in the affected areas. Join us and share your concern for those in need of urgent help. Donate to IMANA Medical Relief (IMR), your generosity will go a long way in alleviating the pain and suffering of the tornado victims. Donate Today.
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FIMA SAVE SMILE (FSS)
FSS is a FIMA project for repair of cleft lip and/or palate mooted in 2008 in Jeddah and officially adopted by FIMA in 2010 in Makkah.
It is the second project after FIMA Save Vision (FSV) which began in 2005 and till end 2012 has undertaken 1 million eye out-patient consults and 100,000 cataract operations in 17 different countries. FSV won the Rosenthal humanitarian award from American College of Physicians in 2009.
The first FSS camp was held in Khartoum in March 2010. Up to early 2013, 504 surgeries have been performed in Sudan, Palestine, Somalia, Yemen, Mauritania & Syria.
In March 2013, the FSS team of 35 surgeons, anesthesiologists & nurses from IMANA (Islamic Medical Association of North America) & DWW-Turkey (Doctors World Wide) plan to perform 300-500 cleft repairs in Khartoum.
Anyone interested to join the FSS fraternity in their future operations can contact:
Dr Parvaiz Malik pmalikmd@gmail.com
Consultant Plastic Surgeon & Director FSS
President FIMA 2009-13
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13 Feb 2012
Syria Relief III – News from IMA North America
Inshallah, IMA North America (IMANA) will fund this. I have put
forth the information for final approval from the relief committee.
We will forward USD 50,000.00 immediately for the purchase of
emergency medicines.
Please also forward us the proposal for a field/triage hospital. We
will support financially as well as with volunteers.
I am returning from Sudan on 9 March, and will be flying via Beirut.
Is it possible for me to visit the site on 9 March?
Dr. Ismail A. Mehr
IMANA Relief Committee Chair
imr-chair@imana.org
13 Feb 2012
Dear Respected Brothers and Sisters
Assalamu Alaikum!
We pray that you are all in good health and spirit. We cannot report the same for the besieged and bombarded population of Homs and other regions in Syria who are struggling to survive the ruthless onslaught of their ruler. We read with tears and broken hearts of the pain and suffering that these people have to endure in their quest for freedom, justice and equality.
More than 300 have been killed over the past week alone, including innocent women and children. Existing health facilities and field hospitals are overwhelmed by the constant stream of casualties, many of whom die due to inadequate care and resources and blood loss. We also learn, with disgust, of the government’s unethical and immoral violation of all human rights conventions by preventing the injured from receiving care and treatment and firing on medical and other health personnel or facilities.
Our colleagues in Lebanon and Turkey have responded with courage and conviction in providing the thousands of refugees, many injured, most destitute and starving from the blockades to food and sustenance in their villages, towns and cities. They have established emergency health centres with triage facilities and specialist care. They, however, need our urgent support. Medicines and medical supplies are urgently required to deliver this emergency care and treatment. Medical personnel and related health professionals are also required to sustain the operations.
Please rally the support of your membership in your respective countries to assist our brothers working on the ground in these refugee camps in Lebanon and Turkey. Donate generously to alleviate the pain and suffering of these destitute and abandoned people of Syria.. You will find the bank account of IMA Lebanon and the FIMA relief account below. Please donate and donate generously! May Allah (SWT) reward you all abundantly with His choicest blessings for your contributions, whether it be your labour, your cash or your prayers.
Jazakumallah Khairan
Ashraf Jedaar
FIMA Relief
FIMA RELIEF BANKING DETAILS
JORDAN ISLAMIC BANK
SHMEISANI BRANCH-AMMAN
ACCOUNT NO. #46327
BENEFICIARY: JORDAN SOCIETY FOR ISLAMIC MEDICAL SCIENCES
SWIFT CODE: JIBAJOAM
FULL NO. (235860-235821)(001) 001 0046327
e-mail: info@islamic-hospital.org
Bank name: Libano - Francaise - Zahiria Branch
A /C: 245251.40
Name of account: Islamic Medical Association
IBAN : LB16 0010 0000 0000 0000 2452 5140
Country : Lebanon - Tripoli
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Dear Brothers and Sisters
Assalamu Alaikum!
We trust and pray that you are all well. We thank and praise all those engaged in humanitarian relief in their region and elsewhere. Syria has been strangled by the tyrannical rule of its current government led by Bashar Al-Assad. We are shocked by the daily raids on innocent families and so-called ‘insurgents’ and ‘militants’ resulting in indiscriminate killing and destruction. Until December 2011, more than 5,500 people were killed including approximately 400 infants. There have not been any recent updates due to the chaos and instability in the country. Many thousands have been injured by the fighting and violence. Approximately 10,000 people have fled into neighbouring Turkey with a daily cross-over of about 100 people/day. Lebanon is host to 6000 Syrian refugees.
Organizations such as DWW-Turkey, Palestinian Red Crescent Society, IMA Egypt, IMA Lebanon, Arab Medical Union (AMU) have been involved in humanitarian projects in various regions including Gaza, Palestine, Syrian refugee camps in Turkey and Lebanon as well as Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. These organizations are led by noble workers including Bros Drs Ihsan Karaman (DWW-Tr), Omar Al-Hayat (IMA Egypt), Hassan Najjar (Arabmed) to name but a few. They urgently need our help and support. Support includes medical missions, emergency relief aid, financial assistance, any other form, and your humble duahs. For further details and coordination of your responces, kindly contact the following members:
1. Drs Ihsan Karaman (DWW-Tr) mikaraman@hotmail.com and
2. Hassan Najjar (Arabmed) arabmed.dr.naggar@t-online.de will be the Local Relief Coordinators (LRC) for the Syrian refugees in Turkey.
3. Drs Mahmoud Sayed (IMA Lebanon) imalb@cyberia.net.lb and
4. Ihsan Karaman (DWW-Tr) mikaraman@hotmail.com will be LRC’s in Lebanon.
May you all be rewarded for all your noble efforts.
Jazakumallah Khair
Ashraf Jedaar
ajedaar@iafrica.com
DWW Turkey - Van Earthquake mobile clinic project proposal
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If you are interested in volunteering for Somalia Relief, please fill in the following forms:
More info here: Help IMANA Medical Relief in Somalia - Volunteer or Donate today!
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