Commencement addresses have a way of becoming classic formulations of what matters most in life. It has something to do with the Polonius/Laertes nature of the occasion: final words of wisdom from someone older to a young person before setting …
INDIA & NEPAL MISSION
In 2011, Mission: Restore volunteer surgeons went to Dehradun, India and Kathmandu, Nepal. The goals of the mission were to establish a relationship with an existing medical facility in India, to provide burn care on an ongoing basis to patients …
ABDEEN: YOUNG VICTIM OF BOMBING RECEIVES PLASTIC SURGERY
Abdeen, as he is called, and his uncle, Hasan Hadi Khazaal, 21, arrived on Long Island in the Spring of 2011 from their home in Iraq. His parents abandoned him after he was badly burned when a car bomb exploded …
MARZIEH: AFGHAN GIRL GETS LIFE-SAVING SURGERY IN LONG ISLAND
Just four days before Christmas in 2012, a six year old Afghan girl, Marzieh, underwent surgery at a Long Island Hospital.
“A bullet had entered her left cheek and exited her right temple,” said Long Island plastic surgeon Dr. Kaveh …
NEBAL: LITTLE GIRL FROM GAZA RECEIVES MUCH NEEDED AID
Nebal Al Shamali, a 6 year old girl, and her mother Ekram, arrived at JFK from Gaza on January 17th 2011.
In May of 2009, Nebal was injured in an accident at home in Rafah, the Gaza Strip. Nebal was …