Our shipping container arrived safely in Duhok on Sunday 27 September 2020. It was delivered to the Directorate of Health Warehouse complex in Duhok, Kurdistan. Unpacking of the Shipping container started on Tuesday 29 September, 2020. Vian Ahmed, Project Manager of NGO “The Lotus Flower collected 2,913 x Women’s Health kits. The kits will be … Continue reading 2020 Women’s Health Kits for Refugees and Internally Displaced Women
2020 Start a Heart – Funded
14 September, 2020 Update: New hard paddles for defibrillators donated. We are very grateful to STRYKER, a medical supply company in Sydney who have donated 5 brand new hard paddles for the 5 Defibrillators that were donated from Westmead Children’s Hospital in Sydney. The defibrillators are in the shipping container that is expected to arrive … Continue reading 2020 Start a Heart – Funded
2020 Medical Equipment on its way to Sinjar Hospital
We have been given donations of medical equipment by generous Donors that will be delivered to Sinjar Hospital in Northern Iraq. The equipment is packed into our shipping container heading for Kurdistan right now. History of the Sinjar Region and Yazidi people: Sinjar has been the centre of the homeland for Yazidi (religious minority) people … Continue reading 2020 Medical Equipment on its way to Sinjar Hospital
2020 Outstanding Humanitarian of Year Award
On 21 July, I was honoured with an award from my Rotary Club, who nominated me for the Rotary International Zone 8 (Australasian) “Outstanding Humanitarian of Year Award 2020”. Each Rotary District is part of 6 worldwide Zones, with Australia’s being part of Zone 8, which includes oceanic nations like Australia, New Zealand, East Timor … Continue reading 2020 Outstanding Humanitarian of Year Award
2020 Shipping Container Project
All finished – feeling very happy as we close the door on the shipping container. The 40 ft container was collected earlier this week and it will be shipped from Botany Bay in Sydney early next week. Arrival is expected into Duhok, Kurdistan by mid September. The value of the medical equipment (replaced as new) … Continue reading 2020 Shipping Container Project
2020 Shipping Container to Kurdistan
Project Update: There has been significant progress in filling the 40ft Container with Medical equipment and Women’s Health kits. We hope to have the container on the sea in July heading to Kurdistan. The medical equipment will be distributed throughout hospitals in the Duhok province. The equipment will assist Kurdish residents, Syrian Refugees and Yazidi … Continue reading 2020 Shipping Container to Kurdistan