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

FIMA GLOBAL RELIEF
Emergency medicines were purchased in Kirman
City which is about 200 km from Bam. and
delivered to the Pakistan Army Mission.
Darfur-Sudan: 2004
Relief Missions as Eye Opener for Sudan
Health Dilemmas
Darfur is a Sudanese province, located in the west,
neighboring Libya and Chad. Its area is more than
that of France, and the population are 6 million, all
Muslims 12 .
There are several medium-size cities, with
universities, and medical schools.
Outside the main cities, Darfur society is tribal,
with occasional, long standing, conflicts related to
water and grazing. Nearly all the tribal people are
traditionally armed as part of their nomadic life
and culture.
FIMA-PIMA team visiting the Jordanian Relief
mission in Bam
They also distributed blankets to the needy people.
These blankets were also purchased from Kirman
City
In addition to its professional duties, the
delegation met with officials of city government
and Red Crescent Society and conveyed the deep
condolences on behalf of PIMA/FIMA members.
The delegation also visited the emergency hospital
organized by the Jordanian Army and Red
Crescent Society of Saudi Arabia.
This mission left Iran on 7 th of January 2004,
while a second mission led by Dr. Surbuland
Zubair, comprising of five members, a joint
collaboration of Islamic International Medical
College (IIMC) and PIMA, arrived in Iran on 4 th
of January. They carried equipment, medicine and
tents for emergency hospitals which were again
handed over to the local authorities on their desire.
Both missions were warmly welcomed by the
Iranian government and were generously
facilitated by the Iranian Embassy in Pakistan.
Iran Air and Pakistan International Airlines
provided free carriage of consignments.
ICNA Relief of USA and al-Khidmat Foundation
of Pakistan financially supported these missions.
Tribes are either from ancient African origins (e.g.
The Zaghawa tribes in Darfur and Chad) or of
Arab origin that emigrated to Sudan since the
early Islamic era, and were assimilated by
extensive intermarriages and prolonged combined
lifestyle for centuries.
Early in 2004, a tribal conflict took place in
western Darfur, over local water and grazing
issues 12 . The Sudanese Government, as usual,
intervened to mediate the conflict, and was
initially successful, but, unexpectedly, a group of
men, broke their subordination to their Zaghawa
tribal chief, and declared disobedience to the
Sudanese government, claiming Darfur
independence. They started armed attacks on
villages, and police outposts. Other tribes
counteracted, and tribal skirmishes erupted.
Amidst all this, the innocent villagers sought
refuge for their lives by immigrating to safe
places, mainly near the main cities in Darfur,
where the Sudanese government provided food
and security. Some of the villagers near the
borders with Chad, went to that country.
As of September, 2004, when FIMA sent the first
relief mission, there were about 300 thousand
refugees, most of them were under the Sudanese
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