Ruth Group volunteers spent last Saturday addressing and stamping letters to friends and family in an appeal to raise $20,000 for medical treatment for 2-year-old Mustafa. Through the organization No More Victims, we will be sponsoring Mustafa here in the Bay Area for medical treatment. Mustafa’s hearing was completely lost when a US bomb dropped near his home in Iraq. His world is completely silent now. He has been tested by the local medical community in Syria and seems to be a perfect candidate for a cochlear implant. Following the operation he will need months of speech therapy and observation before returning home.

No More Victims, the organization responsible for making this incredible trip possible for Mustafa and his father, hopes that he will be coming as soon as June or July. No More Victims will arrange for his travel, medical papers, and care while waiting for their visas to be approved. Mustafa and his father are now in Syria, awaiting approval for their trip to the US.

We have been extremely fortunate that doctors at UCSF have donated their services. They have a specialist to perform the implant operation, and the UCSF administration has approved using their facility for the operation itself at cost. We hope to get a donation for the cochlear implant. However, we have many expenses to cover to take care of Mustafa and his father while they are in the Bay Area.

Our hearts go out to this child who represents the thousands of children left with serious injuries due to US military bombing that we may never be able to heal. But, we can help Mustafa.

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.