For the second time in two years, the President of the United States injected unnecessary tension and toxicity into a vital meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—the democratically elected leader of America’s principle ally in the volatile Middle East.
Reports coming in from our Woliso medical mission describe the impact we are having on this community of needy people. We have treated thousands of patients in the first three days, patients who might otherwise never see a doctor for their condition.
The boy didn’t smile, but he came closer. His bare feet, earth stained shirt, and ragged trousers betrayed his poverty. Very often, JVMI medical missions teams are greeted with excited smiling children, waving for cameras, and giggling at having their picture taken.
Right out of the gate on the first day of our Woliso medical mission clinic our team treated 1,400 patients. When volunteers arrived at the clinic site Monday morning, there were crowds of people waiting for them.
Though the protests in Ukraine against the government have dominated news coverage from the country in recent days, Jewish People living there have found themselves targeted as well.
Bob, a Line Management volunteer, walks the lines checking for patients who need immediate care. Jewish Voice medical missions, 2012 Woliso Ethiopia. If you’re not a medical professional, the very phrase, “medical missions,” may cause you to think there is no reason to look at our Outreaches.
And so it begins, with our first Medical Outreach of 2014 just a few days away. We start our year in Woliso, Ethiopia, and then just eight weeks from now, we will head to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to hold a new type of Outreach Event for the very first time.
