Physiotherapy services helped Abo-Alhasan regain his job

July 31, 2022, 1:33 am

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Back to his driving seat in his small truck, Abo-Alhasan (59 y) restored the everyday life that he has lost for 3 months.

The story started on 18 February 2022. He was watching a football match of Al-Foutoa Club, in which he was a former player when he felt motion difficulty in his right limb that turned into completely motion loss.

The Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers transported him immediately to the medical compound in Deir Ezzour city, where his condition was diagnosed as paraplegic resulting from a cerebral hemorrhage caused by a blood flow increase. He stayed 5 days in the hospital.

“I was incapable to do the simplest movement with the unresponsive parts of my body. It was so difficult, but my family and relatives supported me, so I decided not to give up. Moreover, I have a wife and a son; and I need to work and afford them. I had no other choice but to back to my truck and work,” said Abo-Alhasan describing his condition then

Steps towards recovery

To realize his hopes of recovery, Abo-Alhasan went to the SARC physiotherapy clinic in Deir Ezzour. He has received weekly sessions for three months that have helped him improve well. He regained his physical abilities to drive and work.

It is worth mentioning that the SARC- physiotherapy clinic, supported by the IFRC, provides different services: Physical treatment, mobility aid, and air mattresses. Up-to-date, the clinic has received 577 people.

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New project offers an economical alternative to fodder to support livestock breeders

August 4, 2022, 2:26 am

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New project offers an economical alternative to fodder to support livestock breeders

The protection and enhancement of the livelihoods of livestock keepers within the northern countryside of Sweida Governorate, is an essential foundation that determines whether stock-breeding continues or stops. And to support its continuity, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers presented the Feed Project, which will help farmers produce low-cost fodder through hydroponic fodder production units.
The project’s inputs consist of (10 plastic trays with its holder, 650 kg of compound feed, and 200 kg of barley seeds whose sprouts are used as fresh fodder), and they were distributed on 220 livestock farmers in the villages of ( Um hartin – Alsawara Alzaghira – Khulkhlah -Hazm – Radhima Al liwa).

Hydroponic fodder project helps (Akram) double his production

With his strong determination, Akram, a stockbreeder from Khulkhleh village , could overcome the problems of high costs and scarcity of fodder, after he succeeded in producing fodder hydroponically, thanks to the fodder grant he received from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.

“What a wonderful project, it saved us much money and effort”, the 60 year-old man expresses his happiness with the results of the project, which helped him increase the number of his sheep from 12 to 22, as each kg of barley seeds produces 8 kg of fresh fodder.

Last season, Akram was able to produce 280 kg of milk and make several varieties of dairy products, he sold most of them, and saved the rest for the next winter. He also explains that if it wasn’t for this grant, he would have been forced to sell a part of his livestock to be able to feed the remaining sheep.

The goal of the fodder grants is to safeguard livestock, by helping farmers produce hydroponic fodder, and providing them with technical support and periodic follow-ups, knowing that these grants are distributed with the support of #InternationalCommitteeoftheRedCross.

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How does the SARC grant helps Halva maker in Rural Damascus?

August 24, 2022, 12:07 am

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Sugar syrup, Saponaria, and peanuts are the ingredients of the sweets recipe that Waleed Baqouni has repeated for 15 years, to make the Halva fostoukiah.

His only concern is to maintain his profession and his name, which has become known in some towns of Rural Damascus, while his priority is to afford his family, which is expecting a newborn.

In Erbin (Rural Damascus), Waleed (39 Y) lives with his wife and four children, although he did not leave his hometown during the crisis, his life and career were greatly affected due to a leg injury, mobility difficulties, and difficulties in selling his goods. However, at the beginning of 2020, the Syrian Arab Red Crescent grant which included raw materials helped him remake Halva.

“The grant has assisted me increasing productivity, my sales went up between 25 and 30 KG per day, and up to 70 KG on Fridays, at that time my income helped me repair my family’s house and move in, afford for my children’s needs, and buy a new electric bike to sell Halva”. Said Waleed.

Two years after receiving the grant, the Halva maker says that prices rise due to increases in production costs, such as raw materials (sugar and peanuts), whereas the demand on Halva decreases under the current difficult economic situation where most families have other priorities. Moreover in summer, while the needs of his family are growing and his physical ability limits his movement over time.

These changes worry Waleed, but he actively wakes up every day at half past five a.m. to make Halva, cool it, and sell it, clinging to the profession he started as a worker, and now he has his own business. “All I need is new support” he added.

With support from the International Committee of the Red Cross, Waleed is one of 460 people who received the livelihood grants allocated to people with amputees in Rural Damascus during 2020 and 2021.

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I would have had to make choices between buying food or medicine

September 27, 2022, 3:56 am

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“Hadn’t it been for getting the insulin for free, I would have had to make choices between buying food or medicine,” said Mahmoud, the 52-year-old patient who visits the SARC Shatha’s dispensary in Hama.

Mahmoud has been suffering from type-1 diabetes for 30 years; he visits the SARC dispensary in Shatha to get periodic checkups and insulin, along with other medications that prevent the disease complications such as diabetic neuropathy, diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic foot.

“The dispensary reduced the burdens of traveling long distances and the medicine high costs that I cannot afford; therefore, it’s normal to come and get health care services from this health care point,” said Mahmoud, who follows the internist’s advice and takes care of his health.

Supported by the Danish Red Cross, the SARC dispensary in Shatha, (90 KM away from Hama), offers medical care services to the residents and arrivals. The dispensary welcomed more than 4300 patients during the first half of 2022.

Dr. Fahed, an internist in the dispensary, said: “We receive everyone in need, regardless of where they come from, and provide them with health care services as much as possible. We do our best to meet their needs and to ensure their dignity.”

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Ar-Rastan medical point ensures access to free medical services for Um Ebraheem

September 28, 2022, 5:29 am

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“I am relieved from the huge burdens and concerns related to the medical treatment costs,” said Um Ebraheem in appreciation of the free medical services provided by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent medical point in Ar-Rastan, Homs.

The thirty-year-old mother recounts the difficult circumstances she faced with her husband and four children, as they were forced to flee for years from their home in Al-Rastan, Rural Homs, to Maarin al-Jabal village in Hama countryside, and live in an unfinished building.

When they returned home, she was suffering from diabetes, which caused her eye damage, in addition to spinal disc herniation. What makes things worse is that she became the only breadwinner for her family as her husband had cerebral hemiplegia palsy. She found herself with four children who needed care, food, treatment, and education. The costs of the medical treatment, alone, put her in debt to pharmacies, until she heard about the services of the SARC’s medical point in Ar-Rastan.

“When my children got sick or injured, I could not take them to private clinics because of their high cost, but that changed after I visited SARC medical point in the area. Now, I am able to benefit from its free services, especially that of the emergency department and the internal clinic, to check on my health and the health of my husband and children. The clinic provides us with the necessary medicines for free. I was relieved from the huge burdens and concerns related to the medical treatment costs,” said Um Ebraheem.

Um Ebraheem is visiting the clinic regularly, and her last visit was when her son stumbled and got injured in the street. She feels comfortable with the clinic staff who are so kind and respectful, as she said.

It is worth mentioning that the services of SARC medical point in Ar-Rastan are supported by the Danish Red Cross and they include: Departments of the internal, pediatric, laboratory, pharmacy, orthopedical, neurology, urology, gynecology, ophthalmology, emergency, and radiology.

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