Zaatari Camp, Jordan: The clinic by the Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) at the Zaatari camp has so far succeeded in saving the lives of thousands of displaced persons who have suffered from a variety illnesses and disease, Mariam Al Hammadi, Director of The Big Heart Foundation (TBHF) has said.
During a visit to the camp by representatives from UAE newspapers, Al Hammadi pointed out how the TBHF, a Sharjah-based global humanitarian organisation dedicated to helping refugees and people in need worldwide — has placed great emphasis on ensuring health care services are available for the 80,000 Syrian refugees living under difficult conditions in the Zaatari camp.
“As the crisis of displaced persons from Syria continues, TBHF has maintained its drive to continue launching humanitarian campaigns to support the country’s refugees,” she said.
“We focus on implementing health, educational and food security programmes in countries hosting refugees and ensuring these programmes are sustainable. The foundation’s message to all UAE’s private and public organisations and individual donors, is to contribute with any little amount to support the services we are implementing,” she said.
The Big Heart Foundation has implemented health and service projects worth Dh30 million for Zaatari Refugees between 2013 and 2016, and the UAE community was behind these contributions, she said. Under the supervision of the Jordan Health Aid Society, patients are treated at The Big Heart Foundation Clinic 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
The health centre also helps to provide child growth monitoring, with children aged six months to five years old identified as malnourished being referred for appropriate treatment. There is also health education for mothers and caregivers on baby and infant feeding.
In June 2015, Her Highness Shaikha Jawaher Bint Mohammad Al Qasimi, wife of His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, to support refugees and vulnerable people worldwide launched TBHF to coincide with World Refugee Day. It followed her decision to transform what was then The Big Heart Campaign into a global humanitarian foundation. The move aimed to redouble efforts to help refugees and people in need worldwide, with the new foundation adding significantly to the UAE’s rich portfolio and long record of humanitarian initiatives, regionally and globally.
