Marhaba from Palestine - Nablus
The Village of Jayyous
Jayyous is a village that was seperated from its land by the illegal segregation barrier. The barrier isolated Jayyous from it's five wells and 90% of its Olive Groves.
An American in the West Bank
(Faraa Refugee Camp Day - 1)
Mike Mullenix(Contributing Editor)
Once again, because of the travel agenda I had, my contact and I had a lot to do. The first was to visit Ahmed. Ahmed is a young child and lives in the Belata refugee camp, just outside Nablus. Ahmed was subjected to an explosion from an Israeli artillery shell and a piece of metal lodged in his left eye. Ahmed’s sponsor, in combination with sales of arts and crafts and other donations to PCWF, paid for a trip to Spain to see the best surgeons and eye specialists, in the world. Unfortunately, the eye was damaged beyond repair. In addition, Ahmed has developed some other issues and has been given the nickname “tsunami” because at times he is completely uncooperative, and that may not have to do with the damage to his eye, as I experienced when dealing with his family. Without going into too much personal detail, we met with his family who was not the most cooperative. We were informed that a doctor in Jerusalem had recommended another surgery that would improve his vision, and we would be best just to leave any money we had with the mother. However, in reviewing the doctor’s report, it was clearly stated that no operation would improve his vision, however, eye glasses were recommended to protect his other eye and to make sure that in case of another incident, his eye would at least be behind protective lenses.