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

FIMA GLOBAL RELIEF
supervising local and international FIMA relief
undertakings.
Dr. Fuad Rifai, IMALB president, circulated the
immediate relief needs:
• Additional ambulances.
• Medical supplies and consumables, for both
acute and chronic care, in view of
consumption of necessary medications from
local markets.
• Food materials, including infants and
children nutrition.
• Blankets, clothes and cleaning materials.
• Shelters.
Fortunately, the local Lebanese health manpower
was enough to deal with all health needs of IDPs,
and no outside manpower help was needed.
FIMA, member IMAs and collaborating relief
NGOs response was timely and effective.
Seven ambulances, plane loads of supplies, food
materials, medications and consumables came
through Jordan, Syria and by sea.
Lebanon South: Heavy brutal Israeli bombardment,
resulting in a large wave of civilian casualties and mass
immigration
IMALB struggled to provide various kinds of
relief to the displaced persons, who left the
southern regions and poured to other, relatively,
safer areas especially in and around Beirut. A
wide relief committee was hastily assembled that
combined several Lebanese associations and
charitable NGOs.
Refugees needs were timely provided, including
food, water, clothing, health care in and out of
hospitals. Lodging of displaced families took
place in homes, schools, mosques and public
buildings.
IMALB regularly updated FIMA on the status of
the internally displaced persons (IDPs) relief. Dr.
al-Hout made a tour in neighboring countries,
including Jordan, where he addressed gatherings,
associations and NGOs about the situation, its
ramifications and obligations. Relief donations
were raised from IMA-Jordan and other NGOs.
The following IMAs/NGOs had remarkable input:
• Pakistan: PIMA and al-Khidmat Foundation.
• South Africa: IMASA and Gift of Givers
Foundation (Waqful Waqifeen).
• USA: IMANA.
• Egypt: IMA, AMU and Medical Association.
• Turkey: Hayat-DWW.
• Malaysia: IMAM-Mercy Malaysia.
• Sudan: SIMA-Sudanese NGOs.
• Jordan: IMA, Islamic Hospital.
• Indonesia: IIMA, MER-C Indonesia.
• UK: Islamic Relief.
• Saudi Arabia: IMAKSA-World Assembly of
Muslim Youth (WAMY).
• Islamic International Council for Dawa and
Relief: 80 Arab-Muslim relief NGOs.
Finally, when cease-fire was imposed on August
14 th , there was a great deal of misery, pain and
destruction, that needed, prolonged and dedicated
relief efforts for years to follow, taking in
consideration, hostilities are continuous .
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