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

FIMA GLOBAL RELIEF
“And if anyone saved a human life, it would be as
if he saved the life of the whole humanity”. 1
“Those who spend of their wealth in the path of
Allah by night and by day, secretly and openly, for
them are their reward with their Sustainer. There
is neither fear on them nor shall they grieve”. 2
“The believers, men and women, are
protectors/helpers of each other: they enjoin what
is right and forbid what is wrong”. 3
Not until the 1991 FIMA Council Meeting in
Amman-Jordan, that relief work has entered a new
stage of international collaborative undertaking
between various IMAs and other like-minded
relief non-governmental organizations, a
perspective that imparted awesome outcomes with
professional finesse, sincere human touch, in an
Islamic spirit.
FIMA, with the huge manpower of over 50,000
medical professionals, equipped with deep rooted
sense of volunteerism and welfare of mankind,
stepped into an era of worldwide commitment and
achievement that escalated year after year.
Over the past two decades, highlights of FIMA’s
history reveal the following milestones:
• In July 1991:
IMAs and relief organizations leaders and
professionals, assembled in Amman-Jordan, at the
time of the eighth FIMA Council Annual meeting.
The concept of expansion of relief work from a
local endeavor to international dimensions was
adopted. FIMA relief has since, crossed the
boundaries and extended professional helping
hand, which went beyond just food and medicine.
The concept of relief work has been again
confirmed at the 9 th Council meeting in Malaysia,
September 1992.
• September 1994:
Under auspices of the eleventh FIMA Council
Meeting in Paris-France, a comprehensive meeting
of Islamic relief organizations was held, to
coordinate relief activities and face challenges.
The meeting was attended by the Deputy Health
Minister of Bosnia which was still under fire.
A master plan was drawn, whereby all IMAs and
cooperating relief non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), would undertake relief activities in
coordination with an IMA located in, or adjacent
to the country considered a disaster-stricken area
(regionalization).
Dr. Aly Mishal, from Jordan, was appointed as
coordinator between FIMA and the other
collaborating relief NGOs.
In this meeting, FIMA was looked upon as a huge
medical manpower provider, which should
complement the efforts of other relief NGOs that
own significant financial and material resources:
• July 1999:
At a special relief session, during the 16 th FIMA
Council meeting in Beirut-Lebanon, IMAs relief
representatives and leaders from other relief
NGOs, discussed lessons, achievements,
challenges and shortcomings of relief work during
the past years. Dr. Hafeez Ur Rahman, from
Pakistan, was appointed as FIMA Relief
Coordinator, with the following terms of
reference:
1. To coordinate relief activities of different
IMAs.
2. To invite like-minded relief NGOs to
participate in different relief activities
organized by FIMA.
3. To seek cooperation with international relief
organizations.
4. To prepare a relief database of FIMA, as
well as international volunteering medical
professionals.
• June 2001:
Following the 18 th FIMA Council meeting in
Sarajevo, Bosnia, a relief workshop was
conducted, under the theme: Medical Dilemmas in
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