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The Little Wings Foundation – Dubai: 13 years of Work for Gaza

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The Little Wings Foundation - Dubai: 13 years of Work for Gaza

Co-founder of The Little Wings Foundation has travelled to Gaza Strip twice a year in the last 13 years.

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The Little Wings Foundation made a huge purchase of medical equipment in order to support Gaza hospitals. The Little Wings Foundation Team opened up their storage facility in Gaza to the doctors on ground. Palestine cause has always been special for Dr. Marc.Read Also:
Co-Founder of the Little Wings Foundation organized an event in Dubai to raise donations for Gaza Children
Co-Founder of the Little Wings Foundation organized an event in Dubai to raise donations for Gaza Children

For the last 13 years, Dubai-based paediatric orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Marc Sinclair has travelled to Gaza Strip twice a year.
In order to help children with deformities and war injuries.
Co-founder of The Little Wings Foundation (TLWF), Dr. Marc built a small and dedicated team that volunteers their time to help thousands of children in the Palestinian city.

Now, as Gaza undergoes one of the worst attacks it has ever faced.
Dr. Marc is appealing for help to aid as many doctors and patients as he can on the ground.

On Tuesday, Dr. Marc organized an event in Dubai at Zinn Cafe and Bistro and saw several UAE residents contribute generously.

The Little Wings Foundation made a huge purchase of medical equipment in order to support Gaza hospitals.

UAE Field Hospital Carried by 16 Planes to Gaza.
UAE Field Hospital Carried by 16 Planes to Gaza.

Dr. Marc, Co-founder of The Little Wings Foundation Said:

“However, we have contact with the doctors on the ground and we know what they need.
We’ve actually made a huge purchase of surgical instruments, nails, plates and things that are needed to treat fractures.
As well as antibiotics, pain medicine.

These items are in Egypt right now from where it will be easier to take to Gaza.”

Dr. Marc and his team are working to get the equipment into the besieged city.
But he says it could be weeks before their efforts bear fruit.

“It’s a process, to be honest,” he said.
“I mean even UNICEF and UNWRA is not bringing in what they want to bring.
So it’s really difficult. Hopefully it’ll get through in the next two to three weeks.”

Additionally, the group is focusing on the work that needs to be done in Gaza once the war is over.
“We’ve always been focusing on children with orthopedic conditions,” he said.
Now, there’s a lot of crush injuries in those situations and buildings falling onto children.

So we want to help them to have a prosthetics so that they can begin rebuilding their future.”

The Little Wings Foundation Team opened up their storage facility in Gaza to the doctors on ground.

1000 Palestinian Children Will be treated in the UAE.
1000 Palestinian Children Will be treated in the UAE.

According to Dr. Marc, the situation on the ground is dire.
As there’s some surgeries that are being done without anesthesia.

Dr. Marc added:

“At this point, the doctors are asking for hand drills.
Normally we have power tools.
So, they’re down to two really medieval kind of practices.”

Due to the needs, the team of TLWF decided to open up their storage facility in Gaza to the doctors on ground who needed it.
“We have a big storage in Khan Younis in Gaza with drills and things like that,” he said.
“It is all the equipment that we have collected in the last 13 years.

We opened it up to them because they needed it. There’s no justification to hold on to your drills and implants if they’re looking for it.”

However, Dr. Marc admitted that the group will have to start their operations from scratch when they are able to in Gaza.
He is hopeful that the team, which would have been in Gaza right now under normal circumstances, will be able to return there in January 2024.

Palestine cause has always been special for Dr. Marc.

Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 to Relief The People in Gaza
Operation Chivalrous Knight 3 to Relief The People in Gaza

The German doctor, who arrived in the UAE more than 17 years ago, said that the Palestine cause has always been special to him.

He Said: “I think there’s nothing comparable to their situation in our world today,”
“I’ve experienced the hardships of the city full, first-hand.
So, the more you get involved, the more you feel for them.”

Dr. Marc said that he has grown to love the children he has operated on deeply.

He continued: “When you work with children and their prosthetics, you tend to develop a deep bond with them,”
“We follow patients for a long time. After the surgery, we follow up.
They might need another surgery down the line.
So it’s a very intimate relationship with the family, with the parents and with the child.”

Haya Shahin Al Khayyat, UAE Fundraising Manager of TLWF said:
“The group has continued to stay in touch with several of its patients and local doctors throughout the ordeal that began on October 7.
We have been sending them messages and checking in on them”

She said that the work the group does impacts families on multiple levels:

“When you give prosthetics to a child who is immobile, you not only change the life of the child but impact the entire family”
“The child is then able to go to school and be more mobile.
They are able to get an education and this changes the course of their life.

The mother, who otherwise would have had to carry the child around, gets a lot more freedom and hours to herself that she can use otherwise.”

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