Orphan Sponsorship
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Sudan & Sudanese Refugee Appeal
Palestine & Palestinian Refugee Appeal
Hospitals in Gaza are operating beyond capacity amid recurrent mass-casualty events, damaged infrastructure, and chronic supply disruptions. Unstable electricity and fuel scarcity interrupt oxygen production, sterilization cycles, and life-support equipment, while ICU and neonatal units struggle to keep ventilators, incubators, and monitors running.
With limited access to spare parts and biomedical support, essential devices sit idle or fail under continuous use. Clinicians are forced into high-risk workarounds, infection-control standards slip, and preventable complications rise—turning routine procedures into life-threatening emergencies.
Meeting the need requires more than shipments; it demands a systems approach that pairs equipment with power, parts, training, and maintenance so hospitals can deliver safe, continuous care.
Access & logistics: Movement restrictions and damaged roads delay deliveries and limit technician mobility, so last-mile planning and pre-positioned spares are essential.
Power reliability: Frequent outages and voltage spikes damage sensitive devices; UPS units, surge protection, and guaranteed backup power are required to protect uptime.
Oxygen & consumables: Without a steady supply of oxygen, circuits, filters, and sensors, even donated machines remain idle; secure resupply and local production are critical.
Maintenance capacity: A shortage of biomedical engineers, tools, and calibration parts leads to long downtimes; service kits and on-call/onsite support close this gap.
Training under pressure: Shift-friendly, multilingual training and clear job aids help rotating staff operate equipment safely and consistently in surge conditions
Gaza’s healthcare providers are under immense strain, often operating without basic equipment to support infection control or facilitate safe blood collection and storage. The urgent demand for cold storage units, particularly medicine refrigerators, underscores the critical need for safe handling and storage of life-saving medications. Infection control is also hampered by a lack of washing machines, which are necessary to maintain hygiene standards in such a high-stress, high-risk environment.
This project seeks to directly address these urgent healthcare needs by equipping Gaza’s medical facilities, especially Nasser Hospital, with essential medical resources.
The initiative includes:
1) One Blood Donation vehicle: This will support mobile blood collection efforts across Gaza, helping to maintain a steady supply of blood for emergencies and routine care.
2) Three Medicine Refrigerators: These hospital-grade refrigerators will ensure that critical medicines, vaccines, and blood are stored at safe temperatures.
3) Four Industrial Washing Machines for Nasser Hospital: By supporting effective sterilization of linens and medical attire, these washing machines will play a crucial role in infection control, reducing the risk of hospital-acquired infections and enhancing patient and staff safety.
Dr. Yahya Hendi is the Director for Muslim Life. He has been at Georgetown for 25 years and was the first Muslim chaplain to be hired full-time by an American university. Imam Hendi is a Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow at the Center for Dispute Resolution at the University of Maryland School of Law and the Maryland Judiciary’s Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office. Imam Hendi is the founder and president of Clergy Beyond Borders. He also serves as a member of the Islamic Jurisprudence Council of North America. Imam has served as an adjunct faculty member for Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Osher’s Lifelong Learning Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Fordham University, and Hartford Seminary. Imam Hendi also taught the course Inter-religious Encounters at Georgetown University. He is passionate about environmental responsibility, racial justice, eliminating poverty, fighting against the growing sense of militarism, and empowering Muslims to reform the way they practice and understand Islam. When Imam Hendi is not talking about these topics with students, you’ll find him in the kitchen cooking Maqloobah or his other favorite dishes, grilled chicken, rice, and hummus.
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