Princess Basma Hospital

What a pleasure meeting the Founder and Director of Princess Basma Hospital, Betty.

Your donations were gratefully received!

The Hospital makes artificial limbs for children. However, the children in the West Bank are not allowed out of their towns, so the Hospital makes the limbs and then sends them to the children.

It costs $100 per day per child at the hospital. The hospital however, charges $100 per month because the people can ill afford to pay. This covers the expenses of having the moms stay at the hospital and participate in education and health care issues with the child.

The hospital has a budget of 1.5 million. 65% comes from local people. The rest comes in from people like you and me, Foundations and other such gift givers.

The hospital is filled with occupational and play therapy rooms. It hosts a school of 650 students. It was the first integrated school in the country, blending special needs children with non-special needs children.


Last month a man graduated from University. He was the first integrated student. I didn't learn his name. He had no legs and was rejected by all the schools in his area. Princess Basra took him in and it turned out that he was unusually smarter than all the other kids!

The local Muslims provided all the wood to make the tables in the new library.

The hospital hires the special need children who become adults. They learn a trade and then, work - becoming role models for the children, who see that life can be meaningful and work successful.

Every child wanted their picture taken except one. Every class room had smiling children. This was a truly happy place.

The only hint of despair was in the eyes of the new mothers, who had not yet learned how to manage the clinical issues of their children. Hopefully the sound of laughter and joy down the corridors will inspire them, as well as our prayers.

Our United Methodist money supports the hospital, as do the contributions of individual United Methodists. You can learn more about Princess Basma Hospital at
www.basma-centre.org

Thank you for your donations. I was honored to bring your gifts and support the incredible work of the staff. God bless Princess Basra Hospital and You.

Prayer:
Gratefully we lift our thanksgiving for healing to you, God of Limb and Life. Thank you for the songs, laughter and hard work of the children within Princess Basra Hospital. Thank you for gifted Directors, staff, Doctors, Nurses and Therapists who make life meaningful again.
Bless the mothers and fathers, uncles and aunts, sisters and brothers, cousins and extended family with the bliss of community, connections and a continuing story of life.
Bless the givers and receivers of medical supplies and most of all, help those of us privileged with having supplies to bear continually these gifts to others in need. Amen.