FIMA Year Book 2010-2011 - Federation of Islamic Medical ...

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is expected to grow and benefit more
entrepreneurs over time.
2. EMPLOYMENT FOR WOMEN
THROUGH “FAMILY AND SOCIETY
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION”
Family and Society Development
Association has a small factory making
cakes and pastries, sewing embroideries
and traditional clothes. It provides
employment to 30 widows and women
whose husbands are martyred or
imprisoned. It is under financed and lacks
expertise. We intend to assist technically
and financially to make the business viable
and provide employment to more women
in the Jabalia Camp area. Funds required
would be US$80,000.
3. SMALL INTEGRATED
AGRICULTURAL ANIMAL
HUSBANDRY PROJECT WITH
“QURTOBAH CHARITABLE
SOCIETY”
The Israeli Siege on Gaza has created
extreme shortages and high prices of
vegetables and meats in Gaza. Gaza has
ample fertile and vacant lands available for
cultivation and establishment of animal
farms which would also provide
employment to Palestinians. There is a
ready local market for the products, and
the size of the project would be dependent
on the funds available. We hope to provide
US$140,000 for this project.
4. “THE ROOTS OF PALESTINIAN
HERITAGE” WITH “OUR CHARITY
HERITAGE SOCIETY”
This project aims to produce and market
products of Palestinian cultural heritage,
like crafts and souvenirs, thus preserving
and protecting Palestinian identity. At the
same time, it provides employment to
women and disabled persons to alleviate
their economic sufferings. We plan to
allocate US$30,000 for this project.
5. TRAINING OF DOCTORS FROM THE
MEDICAL FACULTY OF ISLAMIC
UNIVERSITY OF GAZA.
This project aims to provide post-graduate
training in various medical and surgical
specialties in Malaysia for medical doctors
in Gaza. Close liaison is undertaken with
the Federation of Islamic Medical
Associations (FIMA) to provide funding
for this project.
Aqsa Syarif listed the following projects in Gaza
as requiring urgent attention and which they
would immediately source funding:
1. Aid to the very poor in the district of
Jabalia for 1 year (500 families) – USD
800,000
2. Water well drilling in Jabalia district –
USD 150,000
3. Food plant center in the district of
KhanYunis offering employment
opportunities – USD 400,000
4. Dairy farm project in Jabalia and beitlahia
(ongoing project) – USD 65,000
5. Loaf Bread factory in Jabalia and
Beithahya – USD 80,000
6. Fish farm and Cattle farm – USD 100,000
Conclusions:
The Gaza invasion is yet one more tragic story in a
long, sad tragedy that has befallen a people whose
story has been denied and distorted. Nelson
Mandela (born 18 July 1918) the president of
South Africa from 1994-1998, sums it well when
he said,“it is the worst moral crisis of our
times” 19 . Thus making it a humanitarian crisis; a
colossal failure of our collective humanity.
Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907-1972) one of the
leading Jewish theologians and philosophers of the
20 th century adds “few are guilty but all are
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