Post by Jo:
Louise and I met the lovely Hanadi from Hand in Hand for Syria yesterday. We managed to get our total number of children down from five to three thanks to the judicious use of babysitters, but it was still a little hectic as Louise's two boys and my small daughter ran rings round the three of us (note from Louise - Jo is being kind here; my four year old was a shrieking, wailing, whingeing nightmare).
Hanadi filled us in on a lot of the work Hand in Hand for Syria has been doing. Mostly the charity is made up of people who work full-time as well as running it. On top of this they all have friends and family who remain in Syria. Hanadi's family is in Damascus and one of the doctors is from Homs, where many of her family have been lost.
We also heard about the tireless work Hand in Hand's doctors have been doing getting into Syria and smuggling in equipment for life-saving operations. The conditions are so hard, with operations being carried out in field hospitals and patients who would in this country be in intensive care being sent home with follow-up visits from nurses. We're hoping to hear more from some of the doctors here on Raffleblog later on.
The charity has also bought a mobile clinic which is working with refugees in Lebanon, where medicines are sometimes sourced. Prices there are being driven up due to such high demand and obtaining medicines in Syria is becoming harder and harder. Hand in Hand's doctors are able to source drugs here in the UK and ship or airfreight them sent out to where they are needed in containers.
The work involved is incredible, especially with the weight of the worry over the worsening situation in Syria. The medical supplies that Hand in Hand provides are desperately needed and your money can buy them. The £40 added to the total on the JustGiving page today might buy eight hours of pain relief for an injured person, or 13 bags of intravenous fluids, or 12 bottles of childrens' antibiotics. This is real, practical help where it is really needed.
If you'd like to enter the raffle we're running on the JustGiving page to raise money, we'd be delighted. There are some fantastic prizes, so do give it a whirl!
www.justgiving.com/syriamedicalaid
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