As the week moves on, we are hearing more and more words of despair… joblessness, hopelessness, a toxic environment, the trauma of imprisonment and siege and the constant threat of another attack are inescapable. The ability to concentrate on caring for one another seems one of the strongest factors in sustaining life here. A friend […]
There are heroes working here in incredibly difficult conditions to make life safer and more fulfilling for Gazans – despite the critical challenges of life under siege. Issa Nahal directs a women’s empowerment center – aiding women in Rafah to gain work skills and to cope with life in this economically depressed area. SOS Children’s […]
Over the last few years, Dr. Bill Dienst and Dr. Bob Haynes have been teaching versions of Advanced Cardiac Life Support. With the advent of new guidelines, this year’s courses are helping to certify instructor trainers for ACLS in Gaza – thereby making it possible for this skill to be taught throughout Gaza. Twelve participants […]
Surgeons Grant O’Keefe and Clyde Farris operated through the day at Al Shifa Hospital and several members of our group consulted and taught classes at the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme Clinic. A good day of work! This morning, several of us visited the Qatar-funded rehabilitation hospital being constructed near the Mediterranean Sea. The top […]
Construction and rebuilding signify hope and aspiration. In Gaza, we are seeing many sites demonstrating hope and aspiration in action. But in Gaza, construction and rebuilding also carry the possibility of destruction by another attack and these activities are demonstrations of resilience in action! Today, some members of our group were treated to a tour […]
After a brief stay in Jerusalem and short visit to the Palestinian Center for Reconciliation in Bethlehem, the January, 2016 delegation of medical professionals sponsored by Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility returned today to Gaza. In Bethlehem, we met and were inspired by the dedication to learning and service of a visiting group of students […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has traveled to Gaza since 1993. Since 2009, following the Cast Lead invasion by Israel, WPSR has sponsored nine medical delegations to serve the people of Gaza.) Slowly we complete our work here in Gaza – realizing there is no completion. How we wish for open borders and justice for […]
One of the main objectives of our Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility medical delegations to Gaza has been empowerment. Dr. Bob Haynes and I have tried to fulfill this objective by teaching elements of Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) to doctors and nurses here in Gaza. Gaza has plenty of physicians and nurses. It has […]
(Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility has traveled to Gaza since 1993. Since 2009, following the Cast Lead invasion by Israel, WPSR has sponsored nine medical delegations to serve the people of Gaza.) Surely the children of this land are among the most beautiful in the world. Studies of these children speak of resilience but cannot […]
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