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Handicap Assistance
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Handicapped people around the world are denied the common luxury of independent mobility. Whether they are born with a disability or receive it through war, the disabled lack access to opportunities, services, and social networks that are necessary to participate in modern society. In areas such as Iraq, Palestine and Afghanistan, chances of the handicapped developing skills to function in modern society are even more desolate. Life recognizes the importance of helping those - who cannot help themselves - to become more self-reliant and independent. Life’s goals are to provide such services and programs that may condition the handicapped to move and work within society without feeling impaired. In cooperation with the Wheelchair Foundation, UNOPS, the U.S. Government, the Iraqi Handicapped Society, and the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled in Afghanistan, Life is able to provide such provisions as wheelchairs, medicine, food, and more to help the handicapped survive and grow. Life also builds and renovates local rehabilitation centers for the handicapped to gather and take part in programs that help develop their skills and talents.
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Medical Shipment Sent From the US Arrives in Lebanon
Life in partnership with Children of Abraham sent a 40-foot shipping container filled with medical supplies and equipment to the Al-Farouk Medical Clinic in Al-Bekaa, Lebanon
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Food, school supplies, blankets and kitchen items given to an Autism Center in the West Bank
Life Nazareth purchased food, household items, blankets and school supplies for an Autism center for Palestinian children in Jenin in the West Bank
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Life distributes wheelchairs to the disabled in Sierra Leone
Life for Relief and Development distributed 296 newly purchased wheelchairs to the handicapped, the elderly and sick people in Sierra Leone. The distribution ceremony was attended by members of various handicapped groups across Freetown city.
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LIFE FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT SIERRA LEONE DISTRIBUTES DESKTOP COMPUTERS AND LADIES HAND BAGS - Arabic
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Over $6 million dollars worth of medicines and medical supplies airlifted to Mexico
Life sent medicine and medical supplies donated by Medical Teams International in Tigard, Oregon valued at $6,248,991 to Mexico
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Life Sends Advanced Medical Equipment to Pakistan
Making healthcare accessible to the poor has always been a high priority for Life for Relief and Development. From Haiti to Somalia, and Palestine to Iraq, Life has delivered tens of millions of dollars in medical aid to hospitals, clinics, and refugee camps.
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Beds Given to Orphans, Disabled in Sierra Leone
Orphans, disabled persons, and families living in poverty were among the recipients of the beds, which came complete with frames, mattresses, and box springs.
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1,000 Handicapped Palestinians Receive Wheelchairs
Last winter, Life for Relief and Development launched a program to provide wheelchairs to handicapped Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as in the refugee camps of Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon.
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Wheelchairs distribution in the Palestinian Territories
Life for Relief and Development's distribution of wheelchairs to handicapped children in the Palestinian Territories
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Life's interview with MBC TVHandicap Assistance program
Life for Relief and Development's interview with MBC TV about the Handicap Assistance program and it's recent activity in Jordan.
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150 Disabled Palestinians Receive Wheelchairs
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Palestinian Refugees in Syria Get Assistance
Life completed a project to assist families from Palestinian refugee camps. Some 150 refugee families living in camps on the outskirts of Damascus received food baskets.
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LIFE Partners to Provide Medical Supplies, Clothing & Humanitarian Aid to Hospitals & Civilians in Somalia
Life in partnership with four other U.S.-based charities, provided three major shipments of medical supplies, clothing, educational books and other humanitarian supplies with a value of over six million dollars to hospitals, clinics, schools, and needy civilians in Somalia.
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Thank You Letters from Wheelchair distribution
Letters from Iraqi Handicapped Association-Peace Lovers, Al Ethar Humanitarian Foundation, and The Disabled Children's Care Organization-Diwaniyya Chapter
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Handicapped Iraqis Receive Wheelchairs - June 2008
The wheelchairs were made available through a generous donation by AmeriCares, a LIFE partner, and distributed in cooperation with several local NGOs and institutions.
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LIFE Wins $1.1 Million Grant for Three New Clinics, New School in Iraq
LIFE is pleased to announce a recent award of a $1.1 million grant by the UAE-based Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Charity Organization (MCO).
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LIFE Ships Container of Relief Supplies to Somalia
LIFE shipped a container of relief items, including food, medicine, wheelchairs, and school supplies, to aid the citizens of Somalia.
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World Handicapped Day
In the occasion of the World Handicapped Day and the Iraqi Handicapped Week, LIFE planned various festivities.
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Distribution of 5,000 wheelchairs in Afghanistan
LIFE implemented one of its most challenging programs in Afghanistan.
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LIFE Rebuilds hope for disabled
When looters ran rampant in the streets of Iraq, many rehabilitation centers for the handicapped were targeted and as a result some of the most needy people had nowhere to turn.
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LIFE combats wheelchair shortage in Iraq
The Iraqi ministry of health estimates that 20,000 wheelchairs per year will be needed to combat the rising influx of injured and handicapped.
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Eid Al-Fitr celebration for the amputee community of Makeni
After a devastating civil war ravished Sierra Leone for ten years in the 1990s, many families continue to struggle.
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