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Boy Injured By Hyenas Gets Treatment In Israel
Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
Jpost.com
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bdul Razek, an 8-year-old child from Ethiopia
who was violently attacked by wild hyenas out-
side his home and could not receive the neces-
sary medical care in his country, was brought on Monday
to the Western Galilee Government Medical Center in
Nahariya.
The hospital's director-general, Dr. Masad Barhoum,
praised the collaboration of the United Jewish
Communities, the Jewish Agency, the Joint Distribution
Committee and the Foreign Ministry to make the effort
successful.
"I'm proud to be a part of this healthcare system that
acts without hesitation to save a life of a child, not just
those in Israel, but also to provide humanitarian aid
internationally when we are able. This shows the unique
nature of Israel," Barhoum said on Monday.
Amir Yarchi, director of Friends of the Western Galilee
Medical Center, added that the organization began fun-
draising for the mission and continues to raise funds for
the duration of treatment that will be required as well as
the housing Abdul will need outside the hospital from
donors both in Israel and abroad. In total, the funds
needed for the treatment and transportation of the boy
are estimated above $40,000.
Abdul Razek and his father
Five months ago, Abdul was attacked by wild hyenas
that entered his small village, seriously injuring his head
and face. Fearing for the child's life, his father brought
him to Attat Hospital, a Catholic mission center in Addis
Ababa where he has been recovering since the incident.
However, due to the limited medical treatments available
at the small facility and the lack of sophisticated medical
equipment, the doctors and nurses were unable to give the
advanced care the child needed. Abdul needs major skin
grafting across his head and other surgeries to repair his
face before his injuries become consumed by infection.
This international collaboration with the Western
Galilee Medical Center was set in action by Dr. Rick
Hodes, chief physician of the JDC's medical mission in
Ethiopia, who described the boy's medical case to visiting
physicians from the U.S.
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Obituaries
Ford Foundation Grants
$1 Million To Yad Vashem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Ford Foundation is giv-
ing $1 million to maintain the Righteous Among the
Nations trees of the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial.
The grant to preserve and protect the trees, which
was announced June 27, honors the 50th anniversary
of the Righteous Among the Nations program at Yad
Vashem. More than 24,800 individuals who helped Jews
during the Holocaust have been recognized with the
designation.
Some 2,000 trees have been planted on Yad
Vashem's Mount of Remembrance, as well as across its
campus in Jerusalem, in honor of the rescuers of Jews.
"As we stand here today in this place of beauty and
peace, we honor all those who have the courage to strive
for justice in times of profound injustice said Luis
Ubinas, the president of the Ford Foundation. "May this
space honoring the Righteous Among the Nations stand
for centuries to come as a reminder that each of us has
a responsibility to act in the face of injustice, that each
of us must have the courage to challenge oppression:"
The Ford Foundation has supported the work of Yad
Vashem's Righteous Among the Nations Department
since 2006, according to the memorial.
A JTA investigative report in 2003 found that the
Ford Foundation had supported several pro-Palestin-
ian NGOs that promoted anti-Semitism at the 2001
World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South
Africa.
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