The PCRF and Little Wings have worked on several projects together in the past, sending several other injured and needy children to Dubai for free care, and sponsoring surgery missions to the West Bank in which dozens more Palestinian children got the care that they needed in their homeland. Also being treated in Dubai at three kids from the Gaza Strip who suffered amputations, two of them as the result of...

On February 24, Dr. Tom Bailey, a Clinical Professor of Orthopeadic Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, completed his fourth mission to Palestine in the past three years with the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF). Dr. Bailey has been working with the PCRF in the continuation of the treatment of children with scoliosis and the training of Dr. Ala’a Azmi El Sheikh at the Specialist...

On November 12, a 3-member team of doctors from Chile completed a week of surgery at the New Jericho Hospital in the West Bank. The team was from the Hospital Clínico San Borja Arriarán at the Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Pedro Aguirre Cerda and was led by surgeon Dr. Yerko Cuevas. The two other team members were Dr. Victor San Martín and Dr. Johnny Yañez. The operated on several children from...

On October 17, Dr. Tim Keenan, an Australian orthopedic surgeon, arrived in the West Bank town of Nablus to start a week of arthroscopic surgery and training for local doctors at the Rafidiah Hospital.  His team also included anesthesiologist Dr. Orysia Sandry and OR nurse Margie Brewster. Dr. Keenan has led several past missions to Palestine through the PCRF and is active on humanitarian work all over the...

During the holy month of Ramadan, the PCRF continued to send surgery teams to Palestine, despite the difficulty of working during the month of fasting.  On September 6, Dr. Kostas Giannikas from Athens, Greece went to Nablus to screen over 100 patients as part of a new project in helping to develop orthopedic surgery at the medical school there.  On September 12, Dr. Jiab Suleiman from Dearborn, MI arrived...

On July 6, a 3-member team from the South American nation of Chile completed a 10-day long mission in the West Bank town of Jenin, treating children with burns and other plastic surgery needs, as well as children with orthopedic disorders. The team included pediatric surgeon Dr. Jorge Larrea Jorquera, Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Veronica Vilches Galves, and anesthesiologist Dr. Patricia Bondi. The PCRF has sponsored...

On March 5, 2009, Dr. Tom Bailey, a Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery from the University of Georgia in Augusta completed a week of spine surgery and teaching for local doctors at the Specialized Hospital in Nablus. This is Dr. Bailey’s third mission to Palestine through the PCRF, and is part of an ongoing effort by the PCRF to build a local spine surgery program in Palestine for children with scoliosis....

On August 4th, 2008, Dr. Charles Johnston of the Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas traveled to the West Bank to perform a week of spine surgery at the Specialist Hospital in Nablus. Dr. Johnston has led several missions to Palestine through the PCRF over the past two years and was part of a volunteer effort by an international group of spine surgeons to help build a scoliosis surgery program in Palestine....

On May 3rd, 2008, a 3-member team went to the West Bank town of Jericho to perform a week of orthopedic surgery on children through the PCRF. Led by Dr. Marc Sinclair, a German surgeon working in Dubai at the MedCare Hospital, the team screened many children through a visit to Palestine in late March. He also led a mission in November, 2007, to Ramallah Hospital. The team included Dr. David Sinclair, an anesthesiologist...

On March 7, 2008, a 5-member team of doctors and nurses from France went to the Gaza Strip for a continuation of the training program of local hand surgeons, as well as to treat some difficult cases at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. This team has been coming on a regular basis to ensure that the certification of local surgeons in Gaza continues, despite the siege and closure, in an effort to improve the quality...