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UPDATE: Woman injured by mortar shell needs immediate assistance
In June, Buthaina H. Muhammad, 38, was severely injured when her house in Baghdad was struck by a mortar fired by unknown forces. The three other inhabitants of her house, all women, were killed....
View ArticleUmm Ali
In May of 2007, DAI provided funds for Umm Ali, 57, to undergo uterine surgery to address a chronic condition, and for follow-up medication during her recovery. She was in the hospital for four days...
View ArticleMustafa
On April 1, 2003, a week before the fall of the Saddam Hussein regime, Mustafa climbed to the roof of his home in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood to adjust his television receiver in order to get news...
View ArticleFatima
Due to a birth defect possibly related to exposure to chemicals from munitions, Fatima lost one kidney when she was one year old, immediately following her arrival in Jordan. Her remaining kidney is...
View ArticleSamira and Amira
In the midst of family tragedy, Samira and Amira suffer from diabetes, which is easily manageable with the necessary resources, but can be quickly lethal without resources to pay for ongoing medication...
View ArticleRasul
Rasul (whose name in Arabic means 'messenger') is an eight-year-old boy from Baghdad. Rasul was struck by gunfire as he returned from a candy store. A bullet from an ongoing firefight entered Rasul's...
View ArticleMuna
Muna's house in Kut, a village southeast of Baghdad, was struck by a US missile in early April of 2003, during the US invasion. The explosion killed Muna's parents, as well as her four brothers. It...
View ArticleHussein
Hussein, a four-year-old Iraqi boy, has a long history of hospitalizations and surgeries - first in Iraq and more recently in Jordan - aimed at treating his illness and its symptoms. Hussein and his...
View ArticleAl-Fuhays: Helping the Iraqi community help itself
Direct Aid Initiative's Amman Coordinator, Najlaa Al-Nashi, writes from Jordan about a new effort DAI is supporting to help Iraqis in a remote area access basic medical care by training them and...
View ArticleA different kind of healing for Iraqi kids in Jordan
The wounds of war go far beyond destroyed infrastructure and broken bodies. For Iraq's children, these casualties include a genuine childhood, and in many cases, the sound of laughter. In this brief...
View ArticleHealing the Healer: Dr. Muhammad
Kathy Kelly writes from Jordan with an appeal for an Iraqi doctor in need of an urgent surgery. In the process, she gives us a window into the struggles of Iraq's doctors to support even one of their...
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