Volunteering with Syrian American Medical Society: in Lebanon's Bekaa valley.

Abstract

> ‘If you truly believe that all humans are created equal; you can’t sit back and watch people live lives of utter desperation and suffering; for no reason but the circumstance of their birth.’1 Nervously, she lifted her scarf to reveal her nearly bald head. Only threads remained. Her husband had been shot by a sniper while on his way to buy bread for the family. Heartbroken, she brought her children to the clinic in search of cures for their enuresis, faltering growth, and night terrors. Stress had taken its toll; her body cried the tears she could not shed in front of her five fatherless children. With a pre-war population of 22 million, half of Syria’s population are now refugees or IDPs (internally displaced people), and even more are in need of humanitarian aid. Almost a million dwell in neighbouring Lebanon, but …