Two Arab Children Get Treatment in Texas
by PCRF
 In early March, two children from the Middle East arrived in Texas for treatment that was not available to them in their homelands.
15-year-old Latifa Hemran from the West Bank town of Jenin will have orthopedic surgery at the Scottish Rite Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
Latifa suffered a gunshot wound to her right shoulder last year and has significant scarring and bone deformities as a result.
KinderUSA is helping with the local logistics in Dallas for her housing and appointments. 12-year-old Nasser Hamad Ibrahim from Al-Anbar in Iraq had heart surgery at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas. The boy was born with congenital heart disease and could not be treated adequately in his war-torn country. Both children are charity cases sponsored by the PCRF.
There will be a CAIA dinner on March 29 in aid of the Palestinian ChiIdren's Relief Fund. St. Dunstan’s Anglican Church, 1806 San Juan Road, Saanich
(at the corner of San Juan and Tyndall), Sun. March 29, 5pm – 8pm
Speaker: Ramzy Baroud, will inform us about the situation in Gaza.
 Established in 1991, the PCRF has sent over 800 sick and injured children for tens of millions of dollars worth of medical care in North America, Europe and the Middle East. Several more injured children will be going to the Gulf and the USA for free care in the coming months.
12-year-old Nasser Hamad Ibrahim from Al-Anbar in Iraq had heart
surgery at Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas.
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