Here is a summary of Israel’s various foreign aid programs:

1. Israel sends aid to Cyprus to put out fire

2. Iraqi woman provided catheterization in Israeli hospital 

3. Israeli woman participates in UNAIDS conference in Geneva

4. Israel to provide eye treatment for South Sudanese refugees in Kenya

 

Israel sends aid to Cyprus to put out fire

At the request of the local government of the Republic of Cyprus, Israel sent two fire-extinguishing airplanes and 33 tones of fire extinguishing materials on Thursday morning (June 28, 2007) to assist in extinguishing fires that broke out in the Troodos Mountains last week.

The relief team which included 7 personnel among them fire fighters and physicians have been working along side local officials to contain the fire during the weekend. The team is currently on its way home.

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Iraqi woman provided catheterization in Israeli hospital 

The online news media WALLA reports, that a 30 year old Iraqi woman arrived to Rambam hospital in Haifa for catheterization.

The woman’s identity cannot be revealed due to the reason that she comes from one of the most dangerous cities in Iraq where militias could revenge and harm her family who lives in the city.

The Iraqi woman was able to reach Israel with the help of “Shevet Achim” a Christian organization that assists citizens from Arab countries in the Middle East to be treated in Israeli hospitals. This program is meant to bring hearts closer between Israel and the various Arab countries.  

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Israeli woman participates in UNAIDS conference in Geneva

Hanni Oren-Rosenberg Chairperson of the Jerusalem AIDS Project has left on Sunday morning June 24, 2007 to Geneva to participate in a board meeting of the UNAIDS.

The meeting held is part of the Programme Coordinating Board which sits regularly on decision making of education on HIV/AIDS, health and more. Rosenberg will be talking about the volunteering side and would be meeting with participants from around the world to discuss the involvement of volunteers to spread the HIV/AIDS educational awareness program around the world.

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Israel to provide eye treatment for South Sudanese refugees in Kenya

For the past few months the Israel Foreign Ministry's Center for International Cooperation (MASHAV) has been in touch with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Nairobi offering its assistance to the South Sudanese refugees residing in Kakuma refugee camp in Northern Kenya.

The Kakuma camp, near the town of Kakuma, is located in Kenya on the road to Sudan, west of Lake Turkana and about 50 kilometers from the Sudanese border. The camp, which has been in existence for 15 years, holds about 75,000 people, mostly South Sudanese refugees. Currently UNHCR has begun a repartition program, sending refugees from the camp back to South Sudan. The physicians will also provide consultation to local doctors.    

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