Annual Report 2007 RELIEF

I would like to encourage friends who are interested in helping heal the wounds of war RELIEF BankWire Information: USA and occupation in the Middle East to support CHILDREN'S The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund the humanitarian work of the Palestine FUND Huntington National Bank ALESTINE Children’s Relief Fund. They have a proven P Columbus, OHIO USA track record of providing life-saving, non- Account Number: 01591596242 political aid in an area where children are Swift: HUNT US 33 suffering and in great need. The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Routing #: 044000024 A non-profit humanitarian relief organization Former US President Jimmy Carter Annual Report RELIEF CHILDREN'S FUND ALESTINE P PCRF The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund 2007 P.O.Box 1926, Kent-OH 44240 Phone (330) 678 2645, Fax (330) 678 2661 E-mail: [email protected] Ramallah Office Beituni Building, 3rd Floor Ramallah, West Bank Phone/Fax (970) 2 298 9293 Gaza Office Rimal Quarter, Gaza City Phone/Fax (970) 8 283 8266 BankWire Information: Palestine E-mail: [email protected] The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Arab Bank PLC Lebanon Office Al Bireh- Palestine Tax-ID number P.O.Box 916, Saida, Lebanon Arab Bank PS 22030 Phone (961) 3 945 461 Account: 196870 93-1057665 www.pcrf.net E-mail: [email protected] I would like to encourage friends who are interested in helping heal the wounds of war RELIEF BankWire Information: USA and occupation in the Middle East to support CHILDREN'S The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund the humanitarian work of the Palestine FUND Huntington National Bank ALESTINE Children’s Relief Fund. They have a proven P Columbus, OHIO USA track record of providing life-saving, non- Account Number: 01591596242 political aid in an area where children are Swift: HUNT US 33 suffering and in great need. The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Routing #: 044000024 A non-profit humanitarian relief organization Former US President Jimmy Carter Annual Report RELIEF CHILDREN'S FUND ALESTINE P PCRF The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund 2007 P.O.Box 1926, Kent-OH 44240 Phone (330) 678 2645, Fax (330) 678 2661 E-mail: [email protected] Ramallah Office Beituni Building, 3rd Floor Ramallah, West Bank Phone/Fax (970) 2 298 9293 Gaza Office Rimal Quarter, Gaza City Phone/Fax (970) 8 283 8266 BankWire Information: Palestine E-mail: [email protected] The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund Arab Bank PLC Lebanon Office Al Bireh- Palestine Tax-ID number P.O.Box 916, Saida, Lebanon Arab Bank PS 22030 Phone (961) 3 945 461 Account: 196870 93-1057665 www.pcrf.net E-mail: [email protected] RELIEF CHILDREN'S FUND ALESTINE P The Palestine Children’s Relief Fund A non-profit humanitarian relief organization Annual Report 2007 RELIEF CHILDREN'S FUND ALESTINE P Board of Medical Palestine West Bank The Gaza Directors Advisory Board Social Workers Strip field Dr. Musa Nasir Board George Risek Amal Haimouni workers Chairman Chairman Hebron Dr. Riyad Zannoun Khaled Najjar H.E. Paul Lagendijk Former Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmed Abu Maraq Amani Odah Central Gaza Vice-Chairman Qalqilia Vice-Chairman Palestine Mohammad Hussein Sue Nasir Ayman Al-Masri Mona Fayed Northern Gaza Professor Guido Van Treasurer Jenin Treasurer Nooten Cardiac Surgeon, Belgium Mohammad Afana Huda Sosebee Maha Madani Southern Gaza Hiam Khaireddin Secretary Tulkarem Secretary Dr. Hugh Watts Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon, Omar Anabtawi Niveen Abed Al Hadi Donya Abduljawad California Bethlehem San Diego, CA Mazen Sinokrat Dr. B. Sethia Randa Shararah Sameer Alansari Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon, UK Hala Khoury Ramallah Dubai, U.A.E. Dr. Imad Tabry Ikram Abu Al Haija Tayseer Barakat Cardiac Surgeon, Florida Nablus Kuwait Dr. Enrico Robertto Steve Sosebee Plastic Surgeon, Italy President & CEO Suheil Flaifl Dr. Nader Hebela Project Manager: Palestine Orthopedics, Philadelphia Nuha Al-Masry Dr. John van Aalst Project Manager: Lebanon/Syria Pediatric Plastic Surgeon, USA Dr. Joesph Binard Huda Al-Masri Urology, Wisconsin Director of Human Resources Mike Lowe Administrative Assistant Suhad Samara Managerial Assistant Represented by: Bernabei & Wachtel, PLLC Washington, DC Cleveland New Jersey Bay Area Baltimore Los Angeles Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Chapter Naifa Mansour Nora Whisnant Amin Abuamara Mazen Bedri Haitham Aranki Hanan Mahmoud Dina Aburous Ahmad Azie Arlene Mikkelsen Besma Al-Humadi Nehaya Samamreh Marie Khoury Elaine Asal Adilah Dahdul Ikhlas Munnayyer Raja Shaheen Mona Sousou Aline Hitti Joe Dibsy Ahlam Shaheen Ali and Wafe Jadalhack Nabila Mango Leila Abuelhawa LuLu Emery Hala Nafe Rasha Jadalhack Nahla Shoman Rania Abu-Hamdah Adel Hagekhalil Nawal Suleiman Rana Hawit Sherief Hammad Dolly Hishmeh Rajie and Margit Cook Joanne Rabah Rima Qaru Nadine Samara Randa Issa Rima Taha Inshierah Hamed Shireen Qaru Andrew DuFresne Samira Jaridly Nadra Farhat Mary Jebara Zaid Albanna Karim Karam Tammy Hamed Lily Karam Sara Sadik Eman Dughly Diana Kassis Annie Salem Nahla Kayali Zohra Hamed Dr. Musa Nasir Washington, Suhaila Nasir Abu Dhabi Boston DC Chapter Basel Othaman Dubai Chapter Chapter Manal Sansour Rania Awwad Karim Talleh Chapter Nawal Hasan Laila Kassis Nader Ayish Edward Tawil Tanya Zabaneh Hourani Marwan El Masri Rana Said Khaled Bouri Alia Yunis Doha Al Wazany Sherif Fam Dina Saleh Lana Ghandour Anis Zubi Nesreen Srouji Lana Kattan Naila Jirmanus Susan Kerin Nadia Wehbe Samara Sahtout Caline Jarudi Jamilah Shami Hanan Saadeh Iman Abdulwahab Salma Tag Muna Shami www.pcrf.net PALESTINE CHILDREN'S FUND RELIEF 06 Letter from PCRF Chairman & President 08 Letter from Rev. Tutu & Gov. Schwarzenegger 10 Children Treated Abroad 20 Treatment in Lebanon 22 Volunteer Surgery Missions 40 PCRF Sponsored Societies 42 Humanitarian Relief Projects 52 PCRF Budget for 2008 RELIEF CHILDREN'S FUND ALESTINE 6 P Letter from the PCRF Board Chairman & RELIEF CHILDREN'S FUND ALESTINE P President Dear PCRF friends and volunteers, year, Gaza teetered precariously on the brink of an economic collapse. Children, of course, are the most 007 was a year in which the political situation vulnerable members of society, especially as they in the Middle East became more complex, make up over 50% of Palestine’s population. Hunger, 2the economic disparities deepened and the disease and more war-related injuries were the humanitarian crisis facing Arab children worsened. challenges we faced as a humanitarian relief group. While concerned persons looked in frustration for positive ways to effectively respond to this crisis, We established the Palestine Children’s Relief we’re proud to say that we gave many a chance by Fund during the first Intifada to provide free providing life-saving urgent specialized medical care medical care for injured children who could not be for sick and injured Arab children. adequately treated in their homeland. Since 1991, we have sent over 800 children abroad for free care In Palestine, the splitting of authority between Hamas in North America, Europe and parts of the Middle in Gaza and a centrist government in the West Bank East. Since Oslo, we’ve organized, sponsored and created a complicated political environment in which managed hundreds of volunteer missions by doctors more innocent people were victims of poverty and and nurses to the Middle East, providing expert neglect. Israel declared Gaza an “enemy entity” and surgical care for several thousand children in their imposed a devastating siege in which all aspects of local hospitals. This gives training and experience social and civil life deteriorated. At the end of the to local health care providers, furthering our long- 7 term goal of training Arab doctors in much-needed of the refugee population in the diaspora as well. subspecialities. Surgical missions were sent to provide expert care for refugee children in Lebanon and Syria, and 2007 was our most effective year in providing life- we continued our “women empowerment project” saving care for sick and injured children. Our most for refugee women in Lebanon to create quality shining contribution to the welfare of Palestinian embroidery for sale abroad. We also sponsored milk children is the building of the first and only pediatric and breakfast for refugee children in several camps. cardiac surgery program in Makassed Hospital on the Mount of Olives. Thanks to generous outside support, The war in Iraq has presented a new responsibility we built a pediatric intensive care unit in which to provide free care for injured children. Many Iraqi 191 children recovered following life-saving open- kids were sent abroad for free through the PCRF heart surgery in 2007. In the coming years, this unit in 2007. We have a humanitarian responsibility to will be independent and providing care for nearly help innocent victims of war, regardless of their every Palestinian child born with heart disease. In religion, race, creed or nationality in a nonpolitical December, we created the Palestinian Cleft Society or sectarian manner. to build a comprehensive national group to provide surgical and rehabilitative care for children born with This annual report humbly outlines our 2007 facial deformities. achievements. One of our new projects in 2007 was sponsoring 2008 will be a year of greater challenges for surgery for children through local hospitals and organizations like the PCRF, who are dedicated doctors. Over 100 burned children were treated to providing positive support for Arab children in by a local Palestinian surgeon at local West Bank the Middle East. We will work hard to provide life- hospitals. We also sponsored surgery for dozens saving surgery and medical aid for children in need more children with cleft lip and palate deformities in in a strictly nonpolitical, but positive and effective Gaza. manner. We depend on the support from donors and volunteers who make our relief work possible. We continued our humanitarian duties through other Without the support of our chapters and volunteers, aspects of social and medical care for Palestinian we cannot provide these poor children the medical children in 2007.

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