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Introduction
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Letter from Chairman and CEO Board Members & PCRF Staff Medical Advisory Board Members PCRF Chapters Charity Navigator Letter Special Events Climb of Hope Cycling for Gaza Team Palestine
Humanitarian Projects
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Contents
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Urgent Gaza Relief Child Sponsorship Program General Humanitarian Projects Specialized Pediatric Wheelchairs for Disabled Youths Plastic Surgery for Children in the West Bank Syrian Relief Summer Camps
The Huda Al Masri Pediatric Cancer Department 30 31
Medical Missions to the Dept. The Dr. Nadim Y. Kassem Scholarship Fund
Treatment for Children Abroad Medical Missions 59 60 61
Training for Medical Personnel Abroad Providing Medical Equipment and Supplies in 2014 Sponsoring Local Workshops and Seminars
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Budget for 2015
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Huda Al Masri Humanitarian Spirit Award 2014
Letter from Chairman and CEO Dear Friends and Supporters,
With all of these tragedies and more, the PCRF offers hope and a light of humanity in the region by continuing to provide thousands of children medical care and humanitarian aid that they otherwise would not have access to due to the political and economic forces. We are proud to help any child in the region get medical care or other humanitarian aid regardless of their religion, nationality, creed or ethnicity. We do this at a very high level of efficieny, as documented by our 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. This is the third year in a row that we have the highest rating and only %12 of all charities in the USA have such a record. We also scored a perfect mark for accountability and transparancy. This is to hopefully demonstrate to you as our supporter that we are maximizing your help to respond to the needs of children throughout the Middle East. 2015 is a year of even greater challenges and the PCRF is growing to better respond to the basic human needs of children in Palestine and the region. This includes starting a new pediatric cancer department in Gaza, a pediatric cardiac program in Ramallah, a mental health project in Gaza, orphan sponsorship and a continuation of our core programs of bringing expert doctors to the region as volunteers to provide care for children and training for local personnel, as well as arranging free care abroad for sick and injured children who cannot be treated locally. Thanks to our thousands of active volunteers from Chile to the USA to the Middle East, we are proud to be a truly grassroots organization, privately funded and giving volunteers a chance to use their desire to help children on a basic human level the opportunity to make a positive difference in a region torn by war, occupation, poverty and sectarianism. We hope you will continue to stand with the PCRF to help us grow and have an even greater impact on the lives of children here suffering from man's inhumanity.
In solidarity,
Dr. Musa Nasir
Chairman of the Board
Steve Sosebee President/CEO
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2014 was a year of terrible tragedy for children throughout the Middle East. Troughout the year, Syrian children continued to suffer from living under a terrible civil war and in refugee camps throughout the region, while kids in Gaza continued to live under siege and in the summer months, suffered nearly two months of terrible violence and assualt from the air, land and sea, which resulted in over 500 kids being killed and hundreds more physically injured. Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza suffer from the psychological scars of seeing their homes destroyed, relatives killed and society assaulted. Children in the West Bank continue to live under military occuaption, and kids in Lebanon's camps suffer from poverty and statelessness.
Board Members Dr. Musa Nasir
Chairman of the Board
Ashraf Abu Issa
Vice Chairman
Dr. Khaled Abughazaleh
Secretary, President, Medical Advisory Board
Board Members & PCRF Staff
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Omar El Quqa Treasurer
Tayseer Barakat
Kuwait
Hiam Khaireddin
USA
Marwan El Masri USA Imad Nasserrdin USA Farid Al Shalabi USA Oussama Abughazaleh Chile Ali Alireza
Saudi Arabia
Steve Sosebee
President & CEO
Executive Staff Steve Sosebee Anna Hardy Larry Housel Dunia Saed Suheil Flaifl Nadia Hassan Olga Cera Sireen Musleh Sarah Alrayyes Dalal Hillou Mysoon Sayeh West Bank Staff Farah Kasabri Noura Dalou Randa Shararh Tareq Hodali Loureena Nasser Samah Rukab Mona Fayed Feda’ Abu Rub Hana Abdeen Sawsan Sofan Amal Hemoni Enas Shareef Maha Madani Sua’ad Shawahneh Marwa Khalifah Niveen Abed AL Hadi Gaza Staff Islam Hejazi Mohammad Hussein Mohammad Afana Khalid Al Najjar Asma Abed Mohammed Abu Ghali Najwa Safadi Reem Matar Reem Mahmoud Lebanon/Jordan staff Mohmoud Al Hajj Mona Al Khayali Manal Shreteh
President and CEO Senior Finance IT/ System Manager Patient Affairs Coordinator Missions Coordinators South American Coordinator / Webmaster European Coordinator Social worker Supervisor Chapter Coordinator SM Coordinator Humanitarian Progams Coordinator
IT/ System Office Manager / HR Assistant Social Worker Coordinator Accountant Secretary Ramallah Social worker Jenin Area Coordinator Jenin /Toubas Social Worker Nablus Area Coordinator Nablus Social worker Hebron Area Coordinator Hebron Social Worker Tulkarem Area Coordinator Tulkarem / Qalqilia Social Worker Bethlehem Social worker Cancer Dept. Social Worker
Secretary Social Work Coordinator South Gaza Area Coordinator Central Gaza Area Coordinator North Gaza Social Worker South Gaza Social Worker Gaza City Social worker Central Gaza Social Worker Accountant
Missions/Humanitarian Coordinator (Lebanon) Patient Affairs Coordinator (Lebanon) Social Field Worker (Jordan)
Chairman
Dr. Khaled Abughazaleh (USA) Orthopedics
Dr. Hugh Watts (USA) Pediatric Cardiology
Dr. Ra-id Abdulla (USA) Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
Dr. Stefano Luisi (Italy) Pediatric Surgery
Dr. Abdulla Zarroug (Qatar) Spine Surgery
Dr. Ahmad Nassr (USA)
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Dr. Alex Zouros (USA) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Dr. Rafael Ruiz (Mexico) Anesthesia, Pain Management and ICU
Dr. Hussein Abu Khudair (Jordan) Pediatric Oncology/Hematology
Dr. Mohamed Radi (USA) Pediatric Urology
Dr. Mohamed El Sherbiny (Canada) ENT
Dr. Mark Ray (USA) Pediatric and General Dentistry
Dr. Daniel Ravel (USA) Pediatrics
Dr. Barbara Zind (USA) Vascular Surgery
Dr. Walid Masoud (Jordan) Plastic Surgery
Dr. Walter Kunzi (Switzerland) General Surgery
Dr. Andrea Carobbi (Italy)
Medical Advisory Board Members
Dr. Francis Nathan (Australia)
Palestine Representation: Mazen Qupty, Esq. 5
Auditing: Escott & Company Kent, Ohio Auditing: Price Waterhouse Cooper Ramallah, Palestine
Annual Report 2014
USA Representation: The Bernabei & Wachtel Law Firm Washington, DC
Ophthalmology
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The foundation of the PCRF is the hundreds of volunteers from all over the world who give of their time to support and host children, organize events, and represent the vision and mission of the organization in their local communities.
Arizona President Sommer Arekat Vice-President Fufu Jabbar Social Media Coordinator Rashad Maady Treasurer Sharif Arikat Secretary Shifa Al-Khatib Atlanta President Imad Nassereddin Vice President Widad Saad Medical Affairs Coordinator Dr. Dania Masseoud Patient Affairs Coordinator Ghada Elnajjar Events Coordinator Tamara Quadri Yasmine Makhlouf Media/PR Coordinator Natalia Barreto Social Media Coordinator Eman Abdullah Yasmina Nassar Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Mouna Ibrahim Community Outreach Coordinator Andrea Himmo Treasurer Cherie Imam Secretary Diana Al-Qud Members at large Luma Warrayat Tareq Mustafa Monther ElNajjar Baltimore President Laila Elhaddad Vice-President Amna Malik Media/Social Media Coordinator Basmah Nada Treasurer Lina Judeh Boston President Marwan ElMasri Medical Affairs Coordinator Karameh Hawash Patient Affairs Coordinator Rima Hamzeh Media/Social Media Coordinator Sara Faisal Events Coordinator Laila Kassis Yasmeen Kazimi Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Ahmed Faisal Fundraising Coordinator Badawi Dweik Treasurer Sameer Tuffaha
Cape Town President Dr Vincent Joseph Medical Affairs Coordinator Prof Gilmie Kariem Patient Affairs Coordinator Dr Saleigh Adams Media/Social Media Coordinator Heidi Groennebaum Ruwayda Van Der Schiff Events Coordinator Abby Fredericks Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Dr Amenah Shaikh Treasurer Dr Yakub Omar Charlotte President Randa El Darini Hussam Cheblak Medical Affairs Coordinator Nadeen Dahir Patient Affairs Coordinator Linda Bargouthi Treasurer Hassan Aris Media/Social Media Coordinator Kareman Ghannam Events Coordinator Lulu Thiebalt Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Noor Shayeb Chicago President Dr. Khaled Abughazaleh Medical Affairs Coordinator Mazin Abughazalah Dr. Ra-id Abdulla Patient Affairs Coodrinator Dr. Suzi Azhari May Barqawi Rahmah Treasurer Sa’ed Arafat Media/Social Media Coordinator Kaldoun Rahmah Amel Alqadah Events Coordinator Dr. Sahar Alrayyes Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Rania Sadeq Mervet Abuhadba Chile President Dr. María de los Angeles Fernandez Cincinnati President Deema Maghathee Medical Affairs Coordinator Lama Khoury Patient Affairs Coordinator Tala Masri Tasneem Falah Media/Social Media Coordinator Haneen Maghathe Events Coordinator Alaa Maghathe Lena Shawwa
Treasurer Rami Masri Cleveland President Hanan Mahmoud Medical Affairs Coordinator Nada Karaja Christine Heggie Patient Affairs Coordinator Media/Social Media Coordinator Enas Shaheen Events Coordinator Enas Shaheen Treasurer Raja Shaheen Volunteers at large Joanne Rabah Tammy Hamed Hayam Ayyad Columbus President Nadia Atway Rasul Patient Affairs Coordinator Amne Shalash Asst. Patient Affairs Coordinator Samia Alzeir Medical Affairs Reem Aly Asst. Medical Affairs Coordinator Lana Alghothani Treasurer Masa Abdelhadi Media/Social Media Coordinator Elham Hussein Events Coordinator Enas Kweik Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Sumaya Hamadmad DC-Metro President Nabila Assaf Besma Bedri Medical Affairs Coordinator Dr. Mazen Bedri Dr. Kritis Dasgupta Patient Affairs Coordinator Brenda Abdelall Leigh Fraiser Media/Social Media Coordinator Maha Swais Events Coordinator Suhad Rasoul Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Hiba Tahboub Secretary Sandy Ibrahim Members at large Hiba Tawalli Hana Abed Asmahan Bedri Sara Hawa Joan Dienzo Mohamed Abdelkader Delaware President Nora Whisnant Detroit
President Yasmeen Hamed Medical Affairs Coordinator Ekram Smith Patient Affairs Coordinator Maysoon Abu-omarah Treasurer Saada Salem Media/Social Media Coordinator Nour Abed Events Coordinator Ola Louzon Secretary Dina Farah Houston President Rania Awwad Medical Affairs Coordinator Greg Stocks Ali Alhimyary Patient Affairs Coordinator Doha Ayish Media/Social Media Coordinator Samya Ayish Events Coordinator Amani Zayed Diya Alnajjar Enas Yousef Imad Qashou Zehra Quadri Hatim Khayyal Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Farah Shah Italy President & Medical Coordinator Dr. Vincenzo Luisi Patient Affairs Coordinator Olga Cera Treasurer Paolo Giorgi Media/Social Media Coordinator Michele Giorgio Events Coordinator Giulia Dagliana Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Alberto Marabotti Chapter Body Coordinator Martina Luisi Jordan Nadeem Hamzeh Dr. Ghassan B. Alami Maisa Thweib Eyad Younis Suhair Fahmawi Safa’a Jarrar Eyad Younis Fadi Sunna Ramzi Hashweh Maha Al Amir Sahar Fatayerji Rania Malhas Samia Khader Sirsa Qursha London President Sammy Sharifi Medical Affairs Coordinator
Hoda Mansour Media/PR Coordinator Cynthia Arnold Event Coordinator Abeer Karzoun Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Monique Dabbous Treasurer Alma Hazboun Qatar President Sanaa Sobh Social Media Coordinator Ghalia Farzat Amina Ahmadi Dani Oreilly Members at large Haneen AlOraidi Haya AlGhanim Shaima Altamimi Una Seth Zahra Shikara Mohammed Gamar Raleigh/Greenville President Heeba Sarsour Medical Affairs Coordinator Mohammad Dahir Patient Affairs Coordinator Lena Handoush Dina Qoran Media/Social Media Coordinator Sabreen Wshah Events Coordinator Tina Saib Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Layla Qoran Treasurer Samar Badwan Rutgers University President Luma Hasan Vice President Janna Aladdin Treasurer Kashan Rashid Events Coordinator Sarah Ibrahim Secretary Jordan Back Public Relations Chair Omar Abukwaik Karine Yamout General Body Coordinator Shaheena Shahid San Diego President & Treasurer Karen Longstreth Patient/Medical Affairs Coordinator Hiam Khaireddin Suzan Hamideh Social Media Coordinator Rafeef Samo Youth Coordinator Jonathan Arias IT Coordinators Maesa Hanhan Rana Aryan
Members at Large Farah Kheireddin Amanda Nasser Maya Karram-Houry Maria Papayianni San Francisco-Bay Area President Shireen Qaru Vice President Samar Aburahma Medical Affairs Coordinator Nuha Shuman Patient Affairs Coordinator Rima Qaru Media/Social Media Coordinator Samar Aburahma Event Coordinator Ahmed Saleh Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Raghda Karajeh PR/Networking Coordinator Alaa Daoudi Entertainment Coordinator Tala Khalaf Treasurer Hanine Rafidi Southern California Chairman of the PCRF Board Dr. Musa Nasir President Lily Karam Vice President Dr. Randa Issa Treasurer George Abuhamad Secretary Khaldoon Khaireddin Members at large Manal Sansour, Legal Counsel Samira Jaridly, Cultural Director Mayada Abdullah Haitham Aranki Dr. Sami Asmar Ahmad Azie Aida Azzam Adilah Dahdul Joe Dibsy Lulu Emery Hala Gabriel Adel Hagekhalil Dr. Renna Hazboun Dolly Hishmeh Karim Karam Nahla Kayali Da’ad Makhlouf Suhaila Nasir Heyam Omar Dr. Said Shehadeh Susan Schwartz Asmaa Suqi Dr. Hala Tarifi Alia Yunis Hisham Zawil Anis Zubi Tennessee President/Media/PR Dorothy Zwayyed Patient Affairs Coordinator
Meira Yasin Social Media Coordinator Fida Jadallah Events Coordinator Suhad Kamah Treasurer Dorothy Zwayyed Suhad Kamah Members at large Amanee Al Osta Liz Asad Toledo President Ruba Jadallah Farah Patient Affairs Coordinator Ali El Mokdad Media/Social Media Coordinator Ranya Sarsour Jallad Treasurer Amanda Rachidi U.A.E Dubai President Yara Al Saleh Chapter Admistrator Frauke Hortsman Medical Affairs Coordinator Rihab Adel Ninar Itani Patient Affairs Coordinator Sasha Abohijlih Media/Social Media Coordinator Mazen Aloul Lina Abu Chabaan Nada Saif Farha Khan Events Coordinator Farah Nasrawi Youth Coordinator Bana Mamlouk Volunteer Afffairs Coordinator Renad Al Ashy Treasurer Mohammad Halloum Laith Abohijlih Abu Dhabi Team Head Coordinator & Medical Affairs Coordinator Mohamedd Arab Washington State President/ Patient Affairs & Medical Coordinator Fatimah Awad Event Coordinator Layla abdel Jawad Social Media Coordinator Salam Awad Youth/Volunteer coordinator Meisam Haghighi Treasurer Lisa Dilek
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Rihab Adel Patient Affairs Coordinator Majeda Begum Faye Walker Social Media Coordinator Dalia Alireza Events Coordinator Reem Harb Rawan Harb Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Suha Abdul Rahim Treasurer Jamil Khammu New Jersey President Dr. Sawsan Najmey Nora Whisnant Medical Affairs Coordinator Arlene Mikkelsen Treasurer Samar Siyam Social Media Coordinator Noha El Ghobashi PR Coordinator Rima Qasim Secretary Tamara Elsamna Patient Affairs Coordinator Wafa Saleh North Jersey Outreach Coordinator Lamiah Askar Mosque Coordinator Tarek Abdelkhader Event Coordinator Duha Khaddash Youth Coordinator Ghadeer Hasan Rutgers Liason Shehnaz Abdeljaber Design Rajie Cook Jordan Liason Farid Asmar Members at large Mary Jebara Asad Jebara New York President Tahanie Aboushi Medical Affairs Coordinator Dr. Laila Farhat Patient Affairs Coordinator Jameileh Shoman Media/Social Media Coordinator Katherine Azcona Events Coordinator Zeinab Bader Youth/Volunteer Coordinator Nerdeen Kiswani Treasurer Salha Aboushi Philadelphia President Hoda Mansour Medical Affair Coordinator Dr. Heba Durra Patient Affair Coordinator Abeer Karzoun
Charity Navigator Letter
March 3, 2014 Steve Sosebee Palestine Children's Relief Fund P.O. Box 1926 Kent, OH 44240 Dear Steve Sosebee: On behalf of Charity Navigator, I wish to congratulate Palestine Children's Relief Fund on achieving our coveted 4-star rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. As the nonprofit sector continues to grow at an unprecedented pace, savvy donors are demanding more accountability, transparency and quantifiable results from the charities they choose to support with their hard-earned dollars. In this competitive philanthropic marketplace, Charity Navigator, America's premier charity evaluator, highlights the fine work of efficient, ethical and open charities. Our goal in all of this is to provide donors with essential information needed to give them greater confidence in the charitable choices they make. 10
Based on the most recent information available, we have issued a new rating for your organization. We are proud to announce Palestine Children's Relief Fund has earned our third consecutive 4-star rating. Receiving four out of a possible four stars indicates that your organization adheres to good governance and other best practices that minimize the chance of unethical activities and consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way. Only 12% of the charities we rate have received at least 3 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Palestine Children's Relief Fund outperforms most other charities in America. This “exceptional” designation from Charity Navigator differentiates Palestine Children's Relief Fund from its peers and demonstrates to the public it is worthy of their trust. Forbes, Business Week, and Kiplinger's Financial Magazine, among others, have profiled and celebrated our unique method of applying data-driven analysis to the charitable sector. We evaluate ten times more charities than our nearest competitor and currently attract more visitors to our website than all other charity rating groups combined, thus making us the leading charity evaluator in America. Our data shows that users of our site gave more than they planned to before viewing our findings, and in fact, it is estimated that last year Charity Navigator influenced approximately $10 billion in charitable gifts. We believe our service will enhance your organization's fundraising and public relations efforts. Our favorable review of Palestine Children's Relief Fund's fiscal health and commitment to accountability & transparency will be visible on our website as of March 3th. We wish you continued success in your charitable endeavors. Sincerely,
Ken Berger President & Chief Executive Officer
The PCRF depends on the support of volunteers all over the world to support our relief efforts. Often our volunteers will organize special events to raise funds and awareness for our work in the Middle East. Here are a few of the most notable events in 2014:
Climb of Hope In January, a twelve-member team, led by the first Arab woman to reach the top of Mt. Everest, Suzanne Al Houby, climbed to the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain and the world's largest free standing mountain, with two teenage amputees 17-year-old Yasmeen Al Najjar from Nablus and 16-year-old Mutussam Abu Karsh from Gaza. Both kids climbed with artificial legs as a symbol for other handicapped youths in the Middle East and all over the world to not let their disabilities to stop them from reaching their goals, and to show the courage and determination of Palestinian children. The other climbers who volunteered and raised funds to help provide medical care for Syrian and Palestinian children were Maha Nablusi, Yara Al Saleh, Malek Zouki, Samaher Mously, Steve Sosebee, Rania Barakat, Manal and Nawal Fakhoury.”
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Special Events
Cycling for Gaza In September, over forty volunteers from all over the world joined in a cycling event from Philadelphia to Washington, DC to raise funds for the PCRF's work in Gaza, and to bring awareness to the plight of Palestinian children under siege and occupation. Joining the volunteers was 16-year-old Ahmed Abu Nammous from the Jebalya refugee camp, who lost his leg in 2013 by an IDF sniper and was treated in Ohio by the PCRF. Cycling4Gaza has been supporting the PCRF's relief work in Gaza for two years and has enabled thousands of children to get the care and support that they need.
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Team Palestine for PCRF continues to be a leader in organizing runners to participate in events in the Chiocago area, including the Chicago Marathon, which has raised funds to enable us to provide medical care and humanitarian aid all over the Middle East. Team Palestine for PCRF continues to grow and serve as a model for others efforts that bring people together for a common cause.
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One area of the PCRF has grown significantly is in addressing the humanitarian needs of children in the Middle East. This is due to the particular suffering of children in war-torn Syria and Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of children were made homeless and living without even the most basic services. Because there is no end in sight to the wars and occupation in the region, we feel that part of our duty is to help support the urgent basic humanitarian needs of children, whenever possible. Here are some of our projects and programs in the past year:
Urgent Gaza Relief In the summer of 2014, the Israeli military led an assault on the Gaza Strip for over fifty days, that left over 500 children dead, thousands injured and hundreds of thousands homeless. The PCRF staff in Gaza at the time put their lives at risk everyday to go into the field to help support the urgent needs of children in the following areas:
No. of Beneficiaries 3972 families
Iftar meals during the war
2450 families
Milk for babies
165 infants
Diapers for babies
200 infants
Blankets for winter
500 families
Mattresses for homeless during the war
6400 families
Hygiene kits for children
3000 families
Children's clothing
5021 children
School bags/School uniform/shoes
337 children
Winter Relief (jackets/boots/clothing/umbrella/gloves)
2000 children
Electric heaters for homeless families
300 family
Specialized wheelchairs for handicapped and injured youths
472 patients
Cancer Drugs
$800,000 USD
Two Major Shipments of medicine and disposables
$525,000 USD
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Name of Project Food Parcels
Child Sponsorship Program The PCRF has two types of child sponsorship programs, the monthly program, in which we sponsor over three hundred children monthly through foreign donors giving medication, supplies and non-cash assistance for poor children, and our one-time sponsorship program, which identifies children who need support for medicine, an operation or other support that we raise through crowd funding. 16
Monthly Sponsorship Project: Since the year 2000, the PCRF has been providing hundreds of chronically ill and injured children monthly sponsorship which their families are too poor to provide. We locate donors who adopt a child's medical needs and our staff provide that child the medicine or other supplies (no cash) to help them. This year, 360 children were sponsored through this program. Here is the breakdown by location. Location
Number of Children
Jenin
36
Tubas
14
Qalqilia
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Tulkarem
25
Nablus
26
Ramallah
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Bethlehem
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Hebron
36
North Gaza
34
Central Gaza
32
South Gaza
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North Lebanon
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Central Lebanon
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South Lebanon
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Jordan
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One-time Spronsorship Project: In addition to the monthly sponsorship, we also identify children in the field who are in need of only a one-time sponsorship to heal, but whose families are too poor to provide them the treatment or medication that they need. Through our online newsletter and crowd funding, we are able to sponsor these children and enable them to get the care and support that they need.
General Humanitarian Projects The PCRF continued thorughout 2014 to provide general humanitarian aid and support for children throughout the Middle East with direct material non-cash support for eyeglasses, wheelchairs, summer camps and other aid, regardless of politics or religion. Our goal is to help reduce the suffering of chidlren.
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Eye Glasses
Winter Clothing/Blankets
Hygiene Kits
Food Parcels
Milk Distribution
West Bank
West Bank
Lebanon
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Syria
420 Families
Lebanon
Iftar Clothes
Hygiene Kits
School Bags
Lebanon
West Bank
West Bank
234
323
70
674
368
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ENT cases transportation, food, gifts
Braille Books
Food Parcels
Iftar Clothes
West Bank
Lebanon
West Bank
West Bank
West Bank
Jordan open day
Hearing Aids
Winter Jackets
Diabetes Monitoring
Jordan
West Bank
Lebanon
Nablus
360
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50
100
286 Families
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Wheelchairs
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Specialized Pediatric Wheelchairs for Disabled Youths For nearly fifteen years, the PCRF has been shipping containers of highly specialized pediatric wheelchairs from the USA to Palestine, Lebanon and Syria to enable disabled youths the mobility to live better lives, particularly to go to school. Our partners - Hope Haven International and Wheels for Humanity, along with ANERA - have been supportive in our goal to ensure that every disabled child in the Middle East receives a high-quality wheelchair, particularly those suffering from Cerebral Palsy. Our two main volunteers - Greg Skolaski and Tom Glumac - have helped to fit and distribute thousands of chairs over the years and volunteered on two major distributions in 2014: Nablus/Ramallah: Working with the local municipality in Nablus and the Presdent's office in Ramallah in May, the PCRF distributed nearly four hundred high quality pediatric chairs in the West Bank. The Gaza Strip: Following the attack on Gaza in the Summer, which left hundreds of children injured and disabled, we were able to get 420 wheelchairs into Gaza in December for distribution to the mostly desperately needy people.
Plastic Surgery for Children in the West Bank There is a significant shortage of plastic surgeons in the West Bank, and a large number of children with burns and other traumatic or congenital conditions that require surgery. In response, the PCRF restarted the project of sponosring operations for children in cooperation with Dr. Hisham Ammous, the chief of plastic surgery at Makassed Hospital in East Jerusalem. Once a week Dr. Ammous traveled to a local charitable hospital and provided a total of 103 specialized surgical operations for children through the PCRF.
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These were: Tulkarem: Alzakat Hospital - 22 operations Jenin: Al-Amal Hospital - 53 operations Hebron: Al-Mizan Hospital - 28 operations
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Syrian Relief The PCRF does not only help Palestinian children. As a humanitarian relief organiztaion, we are obliged to support any child in need, including those in or from Syria. While the security situation there poses real challenges for any organization working on the ground, we are able to assist those in the camps in Jordan and Lebanon, and also did a major food distribution for the besieged people of the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damasus in May.
Summer Camps The PCRF continues to sponsor summer camps for disabled youths in the West Bank, Gaza and in Jordan to enable them to have social and educational experience in the summer months. The objective of these camps is to help integrate disabled and mainstream children as to break down negative stereotypes and to create an atmosphere of companionship. Here are the three summer camps we sponsored in 2014:
Period: Location: Local Partner: No of chidlren: No of local volunteers: No of foreign volunteers:
9/6/2014 to 22/6/2014 Nur Shamis refugee camp/Tulkarem Local Committee for Rehabilitation of Disabled 60 11 8
The activities of this camp were many, as sponsored by our volunteers from abroad, which included a trip to Al Waha swimming pool, different sports and games, handicrafts and other field trips. The children also had extensive training in photography and documenting their lives with cameras, which culminated in a photo exhibition in the UAE in the Fall of 2014. The volunteers who came from abroad to give their time and expertise for our children were Celia Peterson, Ivana Maglione, Chiara Maioni, Pietro Antonio Spinelli, Nadia Askar, Soha Al-Jurf, Nawal Youssifova and Sophie Russell.
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The Hope (Amal) camp
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Period: 7/6/2014 to 18/6/2014 Location: Khan Younis/Gaza No of chidlren: 65 No of local volunteers: 9 The activities for this summer camp, which were mainly on the beach in Khan Younis, included swimming, sports, drawing, folklore dance, kite flying, and training kids on how to take pictures.
Period: Location: Local Partner Community: No of chidlren: No of local volunteers: No of foreign volunteers:
21/6/2014 to 26/6/2014 Jerash refugee camp - Jordan Development Office, Community Based Rehabilitation Center 30 10 15
The activities of the camps included teaching kids about their rights, playing sports, culture, health and hygiene, painting, crafts, and building things. They also repaired the classroom and playground with the group of volunteers from Medtronic company in the UAE.
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Medtronic-PCRF summer camp
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In April, 2013 the PCRF opened the first and only public cancer department for children in the West Bank under the name and in honor of our head social worker for 17 years, who passed away from cancer in July of 2009. The department is now a fully functioning center in the Beit Jala Hospital where any child with cancer gets free care under the PA health insurance. The PCRF continues to support children's social and medical needs in the department through the following programs, as well as by sponsoring the following missions to the department:
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Sponsoring Medical Care
Due to the poverty of the family and the lack of MOH support for some medicine or transportation,the kids with cancer had sponsorship through the PCRF in 2014.
The Red Nose Clowns
The PCRF partners with this NGO to sponsor clowns to come and entertain the children weekly in the department to help lift their spirits and to bring some childhood joy to them while they are undergoing difficult care.
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Birthday Parties
When a patient has a birthday, we provide a party for them to provide them a feeling of love and happiness. These parties are attended by all of the staff and the other children being treated. This is a crowd-funded program.
Story Tellers
One way to help our chidlren in the department pass the long days of painful treatment is to bring a storyteller into the dept. to read to them and to lift their spirits.
Some children miss long periods of school while undergoing treatment in the dept. so we started a program in 2014 to hire teachers to come and tutor the chidlren while they are missing school so they do not fall far behind and they can return to their lessons when they are healthy.
Iftar Food for Families
Many of the families during the Holy Month of Ramadan do not have the opportunity to obtain good food to break their fast. So the PCRF provides them an iftar meal in the dept. which is sponosred by our donors online.
Christmas Parties
During Christmas, the PCRF staff throws a party for the children in the Dept. in which they get gifts and enjoy a celebration in the town of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus.
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Volunteers to the Dept
Many schools, companies and organizations throughout Palestine visit the dept. and bring gifts for the children as a way to show them that they care and to bring some happiness and support for them during their difficult treatment.
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Medical Missions to the Dept. As part of our support and training for the staff in the Dept. we continue to sponsor missions of volunteers from all over the world to come, spend time and give their experience to the patients and staff. Here is the list of the missions in 2014:
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Mission Name Dr. Dorota Wojick Dr. Elham Al Khateb Dr. Mike Cooper Dr. Mike Cooper Dr. Sahar Alrayyas and Dr. Francesca Benedetto Shahwan Hanin Salm Dr. Mohamed Radhi and Joy Bartholomew Robyn Blue Dr. Priyanka Tiwari and Dr. Jasmine Gadhavi Fenna Canters
Date June - 2014 April - 2014 May - 2014 October - 2014 Dec - 2014 May - 2014 November - 2014 June - 2014 October - 2014 August - 2014
Counrty Norway USA USA USA USA Denmark USA Canada New York Holland
The Dr. Nadim Y. Kassem Scholarship Fund In 2014, the family of Dr. Nadim Y. Kassem created a scholarship fund to sponsor personnel from the Huda Al Masri Pediatric Cancer Department to travel for one-month training courses at the King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman, Jordan. The purpose of this fund is to enable the staff to have a good education and experience in the region's top cancer hospital so to better serve our children in Palestine. Name of Nuse Ibtesam Rajbi Missada Abu Zwyad Salam Rahal Khadejih Sahouri Samar Hasonah Shorouq Ghahshn Inas Swalha Kefah Nassar Iman Farhoud
Date of the training November November November July July October October October October
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The PCRF continues to be the main NGO in the Middle East arranging free medical care for sick and injured children who cannot be treated in their home countries adequately. We thank the many doctors and hosptials who helped treat our children on a humanitarian basis, and also the hundreds of other volunteers from all over the world who gave their time as host families, translators, and who helped in countless other ways while our children are abroad for treatment. Here are the lists of children who had free care abroad in 2014:
Europe
Age
Where they are From
Type of Treatment
Where They were Treated
Date
Hala Kiwan
Child's Name
9
Syria
Cardiac Surgery
Italy
April
Shayma Adil
3
Iraq
Cardiac Surgery
UK
May
Mohmmed Hossain
6
Shatilla RC/Lebanon
Neurosurgery
Spain
July
Limar Alkasem
2
Syria
Cardiac Surgery
Italy
August
Souad Fares
5
Syria
Orthopedic Surgery
Ankara
October
Hala Al Masri
2
Gaza
Cardiac Surgery
London/UK
August
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In 2014, six children from the Middle East were sent for free care in European hospitals.
North America In 2014, the PCRF sent 25 sick and injured children from all over the Middle East for free medical care in North America. The PCRF is the main non-profit organiation arranging free care for children from the Middle East who cannot be treated in their countries.
Child's Name
Eman Ajrab
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Age 14
Where they are From Ramallah/Palestine
Type of Treatment
Where They were Treated NY
January
Prosthetic Arm
Date
Mohmmed Alzarro
6
Hebron/Palestine
Bladder Surgery
Baltimore
January
Hadi Abukhadra
6
Tulkarem/Palestine
Orthopedic Surgery
Bay Area
January
Rawan Bsharat
10
Tubas/Palestine
Prosthetic Legs
Atlanta/Alabama
March
Nasrallah Nassar
13
Hebron/Palestine
Reconstructve/Orthopedic Surgery
Ann Arbor
January
Marah Al Hindawi
3
Gaza/Palestine
Orthopedic Surgery
Dallas
December
A›hd Hamdan
3
Gaza/Palestine
Orthopedic Surgery
LA
February
Sondos Aleeda
14
Hebron/Palestine
Orthopedic Surgery- Hip Surgery
Toledo
February
Tarteel Jub›ah
7
Hebron/Palestine
Reconstructive Surgery
Sacramento
July
Hanan Alhroob
6
Dara RC/Syria
Stump Revision and Prosthetic Leg
Chicago
April
Karim Awad
11
Jenin/Palestine
Prosthetic Arm
San Francisco
April
Mahmoud Alsousa
10
Tulkarem/Palestine
Prosthetic Leg
Philadelphia
April
Kefaya Shafee
7
Tulkarem/Palestine
Reconstructive Surgery
Boston
June
Mustafa Eqlah
14
Yarmouk RC/Syria
Reconstructive Surgery
Galveston
May
Ayyam Abu Alroub
11
Jenin/Palestine
Vascular/Reconstructive Surgery
Chicago
June
Fady Alareer
17
Gaza/Palestine
Prosthetic Leg
Charlotte
October
Bisan Zaino
17
Gaza/Palestine
Urological Surgery
Knoxville
October
Amna Alhaboush
11
Gaza/Palestine
Prosthetic Leg
Huntville
October
Omayma Rabaia
15
Jenin/Palestine
Back Surgery
Philadelphia
October
Ammar El Ali
3
Sabra Refugee Camp/ Lebanon
Cochlear Implant
Toledo
October
Zahraa Alssadi
17
Baghdad/Iraq
Urological Surgery
NJ
August
Ahmed Abunamous
16
Gaza/Palestine
Prosthetic Leg
Canton Ohio
September
Shahd Zakaria
2
Syria
Cardiac Surgery
Columbus Ohio
September
Majed Nasou
2
Syria
Cardiac Surgery
Jacksonville
September
Hebatallah Shaheen
14
Gaza/Palestine
Prosthetic Leg
Raliegh
September
2014
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Middle East and Asia
In 2014, eleven children were sent for free care to hospitals in the Middle East and India. The PCRF cooperates with UKbased Chain of Hope for children who are being treated in India. Child's Name
Age
Where they are From
Salwa Shehada
9
Tulkarem/Palestine
Prosthetic Arm
Dubai
August
Yousef Abulrub
10
Jenin/Palestine
Orthopedic Surgery
Dubai
February
Ghadeer Altiti
16
Hebron/Palestine
Reconstructve Surgery
Dubai
April
Tareq Jawad Abu Farha
5
Jenin/Palestine
Pediatric Surgery
Sharjah
June
Mamoon Kabha
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Afnan Ghasan In›erat Ali Qassim Faraj Mohammed Qassim Faraj Abrar Mohammed Farah Kareem Ibrahim Sabah
17
Jenin/Palestine
Type of Treatment Prosthetic Eye
Where They were Treated Dubai
Date
December
24
Jenin/Palestine
Urological Surgery
Egypt
September
18 m
Iraq
Cardiac Surgery
Banglore
March
3
Iraq
Cardiac Surgery
Banglore
March
10 m
Iraq
Cardiac Surgery
Banglore
May but the child passed
10
Iraq
Cardiac Surgery
Banglore
March
Iraq
Cardiac Surgery
Banglore
December
2014
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Jordan
In 2014, through the PCRF Jordan chapter, thirty-six Palestinian, Syrian, Iraqi, and Jordanian children had medical care in Jordanian hospitals through the sponsorship and support of the PCRF.
Child's Name
Age
Where they are From
AbdilJalleel Al Harriri
14
Al-Zaatari Camp
Urological Surgery
February
Amneh Abu Dlakh
14
Gaza camp
Orthopedic Surgery
February
Fatimah Khaled Al Mashaher
5
Al-Tafila
Cardiac Surgery
March
Manal Mahmoud Al Nabhan
5
Abu Alandah- Amman
Plastic Surgery
April
Ghadeer Abu Odeh
16
Yadudah - Amman
Hearing Aids
April
Dina Nidal
2.5
Gaza camp - Jarash
Plasric Surgery
April
Rahaf Wa›el Kharraz
2.5
Gaza camp - Jarash
Plastic surgery
April
Faris Odeh Abu Waked
9
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedic Surgery
May
Rania Kharroob
11
Al-Zaatari Camp
Maxillofacial Surgery
May
Eid Mohmmad Moqbe
8
Dhlail
Physical therapy
May
Christine Markoos
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8
Iraq
Type of Treatment Orthopedic Braces
Date
February
Yumna Mohmmad Moqbe
7
Dhlail
Physical therapy
August
Basma Naim Ghanem Abu Rijil
13
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedics
June
Sara Abu Shabab
15
Gaza camp - Jarash
Oral Surgery
July
Mumen Mohammad Al-Atmeh
2.5
Al-Zaatari Camp
Urological Surgery
June
Amal Saleh Al Sufi
13
Al-Zaatari Camp
Orthopedic Surgery
June
Sameer Adeeb Al-Turk
8
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedic Surgery
July
Aseel al-Dheini
14
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedic Surgery
July
Doa'a Hasan Sarhan
2.5
Ramtha
Plasrtic & Reconstructive Surgery
July
Nada Awni Jueid
12
Gaza camp - Jarash
Plastic Surgery
July
Yazan Al-Zamal
2.5
Al-Zaatari Camp
Urological Surgery
August
Kaiser Al-Amour
1.5
Gaza camp - Jarash
Growth Horones
August
Mohammad El Aidi
3
Gaza camp - Jarash
Urological Surgery
August
Ahmad Wesam Abu Dhebaa
7
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedics
August
Abdallah Adeeb Alrousan
16
Gaza camp - Jarash
Prosthetics
August
Islam Khammash
11
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedics
August
Maria Khammash
2
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedics
August
Faris Al hindi
5
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedics
October
Hammad Abu-Robo›
12
Gaza camp - Jarash
Hand Surgery
October
Jana Al-Hroub
4
Al-Taebah - Amman
Pediatric surgery
October
Fu'ad Abu Subeih
6
Cyber City- Ramtha
Medical Care
November
Mohammed Al-Hourani
3
Gaza- Palestine
Hearing Aids
November
Ayat Marshood
7
Irbid
Oral Surgery
November
Zeid Rateb Al-Mashaheerh
13
The Jordan Valley
Plastic Surgery
December
Hala Al-Jalad
2
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedic surgery
December
Mu›ath Abu-Athra
10
Gaza camp - Jarash
Orthopedic Surgery
December
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Jerusalem
In 2014, we arranged to pay for the prosthetic limbs for six Palestinians from the West Bank who were treated in Jerusalem.
Child's Name
Ahmad Naser Abed Alaziz 40
Age 15
Where they are From
Type of Treatment
Where They were Treated January
September
Jenin
Prosthetic Arm
Date
Saif Sobhi
11
Jenin
Prosthetic Leg
January
March
Rana Fukha
25
Nablus
Prosthetic Leg
May
March
Yassmine Alnajar
17
Nablus
Prosthetic Leg
May
May
Sameh Abed Alghani
19
Tulkarem
Prosthetic Leg
February
March
Mohammad Azar
20
Nablus
Prosthetic Leg
May
December
Lebanon
In 2014, the PCRF arranged surgery for five Syrian and Palestinian refugee children in Lebanese hospitals.
Age
Where they are From
Karim Alsholi
8
Rami Mohammed
15
Souad Fares
5
Khaled Mawwas
14
5m
Type of Treatment
Where They were Treated
Rashidiah Camp
Chemo Treatmenr
Rafic Hariri hospital
October
Sabra Camp
Reconstructive Surgery
Getawi Hospital
November
Syria
Orthopedic Surgery
Middle East Hospital
December
Syria
Reconstructive Surgery
Tripoli Hospital
April
Refugee camp
Cardiac Surgery
Hamoud Hospital
Date
September 41
2014
Child's Name
Hala Ali Abdallah
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The PCRF is the main NGO in the Middle East sponsoring, organizing and running volunteer medical teams from all over the world to come to the region and give their expertise to help treat our patients for free. Our volunteer teams also train and support our local doctors and nurses to improve the quality of medical care within the local public health care system. In 2014, we sent hundreds of volunteers from dozens of countries to the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon in ninety missions, that resulted in 1,898 operations and over 4,000 children screened.
January
French Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Team members Dr. Dominique Metras, Dr. Bruno Bourdarias, Dr. Metras Alexandre, Dr. Richard Sigonney, Brunetti César, Melissa Avenier Location: European Gaza Hospital Date: 17-24 Jan The number of patients screened: 15 The number of patients treated: 11 US Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Team members Dr. John Lovejoy, Dr. Richard Bosco, Dr. Caroll Vazquez Colon, Miguel Espinal, Silvia Carcamo. Location: Jenin Hospital Date: 17-24 Jan The number of patients screened: 61 The number of patients treated: 15 US Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Team members Dr. David Apel Location: Ramallah Medical Complex Date: 24 Jan - 8 Feb The number of patients screened: 37 The number of patients treated: 14 Kuwaiti Hand Surgery Team members Dr. Husam Basheer Location: Hamshari Hospital, Saida/Lebanon Date: 25-30 Jan The number of patients screened: 26 The number of patients treated: 4
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Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Pediatric Neurosurgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Dental Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: Italian Pediatric Cardic Surgery Team members
Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated:
Dr. Román Capdevila, Dr. Guillermo Pons, Dr. Humberto Alvarez European Gaza Hospital 2 - 7 Feb 55 15 Prof. Dominique Le Nen, Dr. Lucile Vaiss, Dr. Jean Branellec, Tristan Merieult Jenin Hospital 1 - 8 Feb 70 19 Dr. Samer Elbabaa, Dr. Joanna M. Kemp, Dr. Kevin Healy, Asma'a Taha, Teresa Bubb Rafidia Hospital, Nablus 9 - 16 Feb 38 13 Dr. Sahar Al Rayyes, Sarah Alrayyes Karama Hospital, Gaza City 16 - 21 Feb 33 33 Dr. Vincenzo Luisi, Dr. Bruno Murzi, Dr. Federica Iezzi, Dr. Roberto Tumbarello, Dr. Alvise Tosoni, Dr. Pierantonio Furfori, Dr. Elisa Barberi, Dr. Piergiorgio Setti, Calogero Danilo Avarello, Jermaine Gibson, Guadalupe Capizzano, Kozachuk Zhanna European Gaza Hospital 14 - 23 Feb 19 14
Dr. Mohamed Al Sherbini Tulkarem Hospital, European Gaza Hospital 12 - 27 Feb 89 24 Dr. Wael Otibi, Dr. Clarisa Hammer, Dr. Peter Ning Jenin Hospital 8-19 Feb 44 40 Dr. Hisham Ammous Haifa Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon 7-18 Feb 31 14
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Canadian Pediatric Urology Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US General Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: Palestinian Plastic Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated:
March
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US Plastic Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: French Hand Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: Japan Plastic Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: Australian Arthroscopic Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Hand Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated:
Dr. Randy Smith, Rabecca Smith, Dr. Stacy Story Salfeet Hospital 7-16 March 63 26 Prof. Christophe Oberlin, Dr. Takaakira Kishi, Dr. Christophe Denantes Shifa Hospital, Gaza City 8-17 March 55 25 Dr. Daichi Morioka Tulkarem Hospital 9-14 March 65 23 Dr. Tim Keenan Rafidia Hospital, Nablus. European Gaza Hospital 17-26 March 30 11 Dr. John Birch, Dr. Charlie Johnston Ramallah Medical Complex 23-31 March 23 11 Dr. Scott Oishi Ramallah Medical Complex 23-31 March 12 6
April
2014
Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: Chilean Urological Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated:
Prof. Andres Chahin, Dr. Catalina Larrain, Dr. Gino Martínez, Dr. Marcelo Bernandin, Dr. Viviana Alam. European Gaza Hospital 13-18 April 106 21 Dr. Francisco Ossandon, Dr. Gloria Gonzalez, Dr. Claudio Nome, Dr. Haydee Osses, Dr. Claudia Saez Beit Jala Hospital 18-28 April 55 35
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May
2014
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Italian Tracheal and Respiratory Surgery Team members Dr. Lorenzo Mirabile, Dr. Paola Serio, Dr. Vincenzo Luisi, Dr. Bruno Murzi, Dr. Nadia Assanta Location: Makassed Hospital, Jerusalem Date: 4-8 May The number of patients screened: 23 The number of patients treated: 23 British Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Team members Dr. Babulal Sethia, Dr. Orsolya Friedrich, Dr. Laila Tutunji, Dr. Hasan Ismail, Dr. Alistair James Cranston, Dr. Danniella Seddon, Bruno Claro, Margarida Santos, Kathleen Henry, Lydia Lofton, ulie Combes, Sarah Osborne, Coleen Murphy, Dr. Sushmita Mikkilineni, Claire Greenwood Location: European Gaza Hospital Date: 2-5 May The number of patients screened: 16 The number of patients treated: 8 Swiss/German Plastic Surgery/Maxillofacial Surgery Team members Dr. Walter Kunzi, Dr. Johannes Kuttenberger, Kathrin Sculze Location: Nasser Hospital, Gaza Date: 11-18 May The number of patients screened: 111 The number of patients treated: 30 US Pediatric Orthopedic surgery Team members Prof. Hugh Watts, Dr. Anna Cuomo Location: Ramallah Medical Complex Date: 7-16 May The number of patients screened: 27 The number of patients treated: 7 US & South African Prosthetic & Orthotic Evaluation Mission Team members Prof. Hugh Watts, Mr. Charl Stenger Location: Gaza Date: 12-13 May The number of patients screened: 15
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Chilean Orthopedic Surgery Team members Dr. Veronica Abdala, Dr. Veronica Herrera, Dr. Patricia Bondi Location: Jenin Hospital, European Gaza Hospital Date: 15-20 May The number of patients screened: 40 The number of patients treated: 13 Chilean Urological Surgery Team members Dr. Renato Gana, Dr. David Astorga, Dr. René Bustamante Location: Rafidiah Hospital, Nablus Date: 25-29 May The number of patients screened: 66 The number of patients treated: 19 Italian Pediatric & Urological Surgery Team members Dr. Sergio d’Agostino, Dr. Bruno Cigliano Location: Shifa Hospital, Gaza Date: 26 May-1 June The number of patients screened: 36 The number of patients treated: 11 US Pediatric Cardiology Training Team members Dr. Mike Cooper Location: Beit Jala Hosopital Date: 13-16 May The number of patients screened: 48 French Hand surgery mission Team members Dr. Vincent Travers Location: Jenin Hospital Date: 29 May-4 June The number of patients screened: 29 The number of patients treated: 15
June
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Australian Cataract Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Oncology Teaching Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: International Maxillofacial Surgey Team members
Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: French Hand Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Hand Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated:
Dr. Francis Nathan, Merlin Nathan Rafidia Hospital, Nablus 14-22 June 40 40 Dr. Rami Abumasmah Shifa Hospital, Gaza 6-13 June 30 Dr. Khaled Abughazaleh, Dr. Rafael Ruiz Rodriguez, Dr. Raul Fernando Sandoval, Dr. María de los Ángeles Fernández, Dr. Luis Alvarez, Dr. Juan Pablo Álvarez, Dr. Hussein AbuKhudeir, Dr. Yaser Wafai, Amy Alpert, Asma Aged Salfeet Hospital 7-12 June 150 43 Prof. Christophe Oberlin, Dr. Asan Rafee, Dr. Christophe Denantes, Serge Negre Shifa Hospital, Gaza 14-23 June 39 21 Dr. Idris Gharbaoui, Tiffany Zachreson Ramallah Medical Complex 13-23 June 32 23
July
2014 British/Palestinian Plastic Surgery Team members Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah Location: Shifa Hospital, Gaza Date: 29 July-10 August The number of patients treated: 34
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US Hip and Knee Surgery Team members Dr. Greg Stocks, Brandon Thompson, Joanne Woodrow,Omar Stocks Location: Ramallah Medical Complex Date: 13-23 June The number of patients screened: 27 The number of patients treated: 15 US Pediatric Neurosurgey mission Team members Prof. Alexander Zouros, Dr. Justin Horricks, Dr. Asma Taha Location: Rafidia Hospital, Nablus. European Gaza Hospital Date: 21-27 June The number of patients screened: 70 The number of patients treated: 11 Palestinian Plastic Surgery Team members Dr. Hisham Ammous Location: Haifa Hospital, Beirut/Lebanon Date: 20 June-2 July The number of patients screened: 86 The number of patients treated: 25
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US Dental Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Pediatric Urological Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: German Neurosurgey Team members Location: Date: The number of patients treated: US Pediatric Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients treated: US Hand Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: US Pediatric Cardiology Team members Location: Date:
Dr. Bilal Saib, Dr. Suzi Azhari, Dr. Rena Hazboun Tulkarem Hospital 2-5 August 74 29 Dr. Joseph Kuntze, Dr. Robert Hetzel Jenin Hospital 3-13 August 51 30 Dr. Samir Kazkaz European Gaza Hospital 7-17 August 4 Dr. Nathan Novotny European Gaza Hospital 10-17 August 1 (War Case) Dr. Jose Monsivais Alia Hospital, Hebron 12-21 August 40 9 Dr. Thomas Bailey Ramallah Medical Complex 29 Aug-12 Sep 26 8 Dr. Ra-id Abdalla Various Clinics, West Bank 31 Aug-5 Sep
September
US Pediatric Medical Evaluation Team members Dr. Barb Preston, Katherine Brown Location: Lebanon Refugee Camps Date: 1-12 Sep The number of patients screened: 169 Jordanian Vascular & Kidney Transplant Team members Dr. Walid Masoud Location: Shifa Hospital, Gaza Date: 4-12 Sep The number of patients screened: 90 The number of patients treated: 27 French Hand Surgery Team members Prof. Christophe Oberlin, Dr. Christophe Denantes, Dr. Zoubir Belkheyar, Farah Benarab Location: Al Hamshiry Hospital, Saida/Lebanon Date: 19-23 Sep The number of patients screened: 42 The number of patients treated: 9 Japanese Plastic Surgery Team members Dr. Daichi Morioka Location: Tulkarem Hospital Date: 22-29 Sep The number of patients screened: 85 The number of patients treated: 29 International Maxillofacial Surgery Team members Dr. Khaled Abughazaleh, Dr. Fernando Sandoval, Dr. Yaser Wafai, Dr. Vincent Joseph Location: Safad Hospital, Tripoli/Lebanon Date: 22-26 Sep The number of patients screened: 43 The number of patients treated: 15 Italian Neurosurgery Team members Dr. Alaa Qutum Location: Shifa Hospital, Gaza Date: 26 Sep-4 Oct The number of patients screened: 30 The number of patients treated: 22 Canadian Plastic surgery mission Team members Dr. Amera Murabit Location: Nasser Hospital, Gaza Date: 28 Sep-5 Oct The number of patients screened: 35 The number of patients treated: 12
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US Pediatric Surgery Team members Dr. Abdalla Zaroug, Dr. Angela Hanna Location: Rafidia Hospital, Nablus Date: 11-20 Oct The number of patients screened: 27 The number of patients treated: 10 US Spine Surgery Team members Dr. Ahmad Nassr, Todd Lichty Location: Rafidia Hospital, Nablus Date: 11-19 Oct The number of patients screened: 39 The number of patients treated: 7 US Laparoscopic Training Team members Dr. Mazen Khaldi Location: Tulkarem Hospital Date: 16-20 Oct The number of patients screened: 10 The number of patients treated: 6 Australian Cataract mission Team members Dr. Francis Nathan, Merlin Nathan Location: Rafidia Hospital, Nablus Date: 25-31 Oct. The number of patients screened: 46 The number of patients treated: 46 US Pediatric Cardiology Training Team members Dr. Mike Cooper Location: Beit Jala Hospital Date: 25-28 Oct The number of patients screened: 45 International Maxillofacial Surgery Team members Dr. Khaled Abughazaleh, Dr. Rafael Ruiz Rodriguez, Dr. Raul Fernando Sandoval, Dr. María de los Ángeles Fernández, Dr. Luis Alvarez, Dr. Juan Pablo Álvarez, Dr. Yaser Wafai Location: Salfeet Hospital Date: 31 Oct- 8 Nov The number of patients screened: 124 The number of patients treated: 32
November
The Little Wings Pediatric orthopedic Surgery Team members Dr. Marc Sinclair Pediatric, Gillian Beale, Dr. Levan Kajaia, Seonaid Biagioni, Joan Thomas, Dr. Hasan Ismail Location: European Gaza Hospital Date: 16-24 Nov. The number of patients screened: 80 The number of patients treated: 20 US Pediatric Dental Surgery Team members Dr. Daniel Ravel Location: 9-22 Nov. Date: Al Hamshari Hospital, Saida/Lebanon The number of patients screened: 40 The number of patients treated: 21 US Oncology Evaluation Team members Dr. Mohamed Radhi, Location: Beit Jala Hospital, Rantisi Hospital, Gaza Date: 18-20 Nov. Chilean Pediatric Urological Surgery Team members Dr. José Antonio Sepulveda Location: Rafidia Date: 23 Nov-6 Dec. The number of patients screened: 70 The number of patients treated: 35 Chilean Pediatric Surgery Team members Dr. Renato Acuña, Dr. Paulo Carrasco, José Luis Fuentes Location: Rafidia Hospital, Nablus Date: 23 Nov-6 Dec. The number of patients screened: 70 The number of patients treated: 14 German Spin Surgery Team members Dr. Samir Kazkaz Location: European Gaza Hospital Date: 25 Nov-4 Dec. The number of patients screened: 30 The number of patients treated: 30
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Swiss/German Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery Team members Dr. Walter Kunzi, Dr. Johannes Kuttenberger, Dr. Natasha Forster, Christen Linda, Mirjana Keva-Dokic Location: Nassr Hospital, Gaza Date: 30 Nov-7 Dec. The number of patients screened: 80 The number of patients treated: 28 US Pediatric Orthopedic Surger Team members Dr. Walid Yassir Location: Ramallah Medical Complex Date: 29 No- 6 Dec. The number of patients screened: 30 The number of patients treated: 10 French Hand Surgery Team members Dr. Christophe Oberlin, Dr. Christophe Denantes, Dr. Bertrand Lehanneur Location: Shifa Hospital, Gaza Date: 30 Nov-8 Dec. The number of patients screened: 42 The number of patients treated: 15
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December
Italian Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Team members Dr. Vincenzo Luisi, Dr. Federica Iezzi, Dr. Massimo Padalino, Dr. Carmelo Vullo, Dr. Vittoria De Lucia, Dr. Paolo Del Sarto, Dr. Simonetta Maghelli, Dr. Piergiorgio Setti, Jermaine Gibson, Dario Fichera, Cristiana Carollo Location: European Gaza Hospital Date: 1-11 Dec The number of patients screened: 16 The number of patients treated: 8 New Zealand Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Evaluation Team members Dr. Alan Kerr Location: Jerusalem, Ramallah and Gaza Date: 4-17 Dec. US Pediatric Surgery Team members Dr. Abdalla Zarrouq, Dr. Angela Hanna Location: European Gaza Hospital Date: 11-20 Dec The number of patients screened: 37 The number of patients treated: 21 US Spine Surgery Team members Dr. Ahmad Nassr, Gregory Geller Location: European Gaza Hospital Date: 11-20 Dec The number of patients screened: 34 The number of patients treated: 13 US/Chilean Pediatric Dental Surgery Team members Dr. Sahar Al Rayyes, Dr. Francesca Shahwan Location: Beit Jala Hospital Date: 21-28 Dec The number of patients screened: 29 The number of patients treated: 19 Australian Arthroscopic Surgery Team members Prof. Tim Keenan, Kassy Keenan Location: Rafidia Hospital, Nablus. European Gaza Hospital Date: 27-31 Dec The number of patients screened: 60 The number of patients treated: 26 US Cleft Surgery Team members Dr. Mark Ray, Dr. Lori Justice, Terri Caldwell and Dr. Hasan Ismael Location: Alia Hospital, Hebron Date: Dec 28-Jan 1 The number of patients screened: 55 The number of patients treated: 18
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UK Dental Aid Network (DAN) Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: UK Dental Aid Network (DAN) Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated: UK Dental Aid Network (DAN) Team members Location: Date: The number of patients screened: The number of patients treated:
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Dr. Asid Khan, Dr. Attiq Rahman, Dr. Taiyub Raja Salfeet Hospital Dec 26-31 70 55 Dr. Ferhan Ahmed, Dr. Rupa Mannan, Dr. Khuram Shafiq Nablus Dec 26-Dec 31 87 60 Dr. Tariq Bashir, Dr. Abdullah Khadbai, Dr. Nabeela Zahid, Dr. Aqdas Ali Qalqeliah Dec 26-Dec 31 59 50
Special thanks to The Smile Train In 2014 the PCRF continued our proud partnership with The Smile Train, enabling comprehensive services to babies born with cleft lip and palate deformities. These services include parent education, the distribution of special feeding bottles, psychological help and support, as well as primary and secondary surgical repair, speech therapy and dental and orthodontic treatment.
Five years ago the PCRF operated on the cleft lip of Sama Buzion from Kafr Haris village near Salfeet. Now she is going to school and living a normal life, thanks to our volunteer doctors and The Smile Train.
Training for Medical Personnel Abroad In 2014, the PCRFsponsored some doctors and others to travel abroad for trianing in areas to improve their skills and experierence to better enable them to care for our children locally. The following personnel went for training:
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Shadi Qadi is a perfusionist from the European Gaza Hospital who went for training in July for forty-five days in Tuscany, Italy to improve his skills and work in cardiac surgery for children through the support of the head of the PCRF cardiac program at EGH, Dr. V. Stefano Luisi. Dr. Mahmoud Abu Hatab is a maxillofacial surgeon from Rafidiah Hospital in Nablus who was sent to Chile in June for training through Dr. María de los Ángeles Fernández. Dr. Othman Bsharat is a neurosurgeon from Rafidiah Hospital who was sent in September to be trained in some pediatric neurosurgery procedures at the St. Louis University School of Medicine, through Prof. Samer Babaa
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Providing Medical Equipment and Supplies in 2014 The PCRF was able to purchase through donors many important medical supplies and equipment for hospitals in Palestine and Lebanon to better improve the quality of services and treatment for patients.
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Part of the ongoing aspect of training and support to improve the quality of medical care and experience in Palestine is our dedication to helping to sponsor seminars and workshops in Palestine and Lebanon. In 2014, the following were held in different specializations in medicine: January Pediatric Orthopedics: Ramallah Medical Complex
March
Hand Surgery: Jenin Congenital Heart Disease: Gaza Hand Surgery: Gaza
May May June
Pediatric Orthopedics: Ramallah Medical Complex
May
Oncology: Gaza Pediatric Orthopedics: Ramallah Medical Complex Pediatrif Dental Care: Lebanon
June
Club Foot and DDH Classification Management of Congenital Lower Limb Deciciencies, Management of DDH from birth to 2 years Bow Legs, Knock Knees, Rotational deformities in children, Management of fractures of the elbow. Congenital hand deformities, Making a thumb. Peripheral Hand Nerve Surgery Pediatric Intensive Care Hand Infection and Latrogenic Nerve Injury Foot Deformity, Treat associated deformity, Tibial abnormality, Ankle abnormality, Calcaneus feet, Ankle valgus, Scoliosis cases, Knee Flexion contracture, orthotic support Recent Oncological Medications and Protocols
September
DDH Pavik Harness
November
Infant Orgal Health Program
Dr. David Apel Dr. John Birch Dr. Charles Johnston Dr. Oishi Dr. Vincent Towers British ICU nurses Prof. Christoph Oberlin Dr. Anna Cuomo Dr. Rami Abu Mesmeh Dr. Tom Bailey Dr. Daniel Ravel
2014
Sponsoring Local Workshops and Seminars
62
In 2015, we will be launching many important programs and projects to better improve treatment for sick and injured kids, as well as to improve the quality of care in the region.
Volunteer Medical Missions
Humanitarian Projects
Children Treated Abroad
TOTAL BUDGET
Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Pediatric Urology Pediatric Surgery Pediatric Neurosurgery Maxillofacial Surgery Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Pediatric Dental Surgery TOTAL Summer Camps Wheelchair Shipments Urgent Gaza Relief Eyeglasses for children TOTAL Children From Palestine Children From Syria Syrian/Palestinian Children in Jordan TOTAL
Ramallah Gaza Nablus/Gaza Gaza/Ramallah Gaza/Nablus Salfit/Gaza/Lebanon Gaza/Ramallah Lebanon/West Bank
$35,000 $60,000 $45,000 $30,000 $40,000 $70,000 $45,000 $50,000 $375,000 Gaza/West Bank $30,000 Gaza/West Bank $128,000 Gaza $200,000 Lebanon/West Bank/Gaza $40,000 $398,000 $90,000 $45,000 $100,000 $235,000
$1,008,000
63
2014
Program Expense Fundraising Budget for 2015
64
2014 Huda Al Masri Humanitarian Spirit Award
In 2014, the PCRF awarded through our Southern California Chapter the Huda Al Masri Humanitarian Spirit Award to Dr. Khaled Abughazaleh and his wife Dr. Sahar Alrayyes. The two doctors from Chicago have been on dozens of volunteer medical missions to the West Bank, Gaza and Lebanon over the years for the PCRF, and continue to lead the PCRF-Chicago chapter as one of the most active and supportive of all of our chapters. In addition, Dr. Abughazaleh is the president of the PCRF Medical Advisory Board, and a member of the PCRF Board of Directors. Both of them exemplify the true spirit of Huda Al Masri, who lived her life with compassion, courage and humanity for her people and children. Previous winners:
2010: Dr. Hugh Watts 2011: Asma Taha 2012: Lulu Emery 2013: Dr. V. Stefano Luisi
