Future projects planned for June, July & August:
More free eye surgery for poor people in Bangladesh, Free education, Health Programmes and the provision of safe water for the poor. A water well is also planned for installation in July for poor Pakistani people who are suffering from water shotages. Another water well will be installed this month in June in Bangladesh. Please help us.
On This page:
-Photos from the eye surgery held 10 days ago in Bangladesh.
-Photos of the Sewing Training Graduates & new Trainees
-Move to our new school building and expansion to 60 students
-Tube Well installation
-Free Health Project, Bangladesh
-Pakistan Update
EYE TREATMENT FOR POOR REFUGEES FROM THE UN REFUGEE CAMP, May 2008
(SOME of the patient photos are below)
CREDITS: First we wish to thank all of you who donated to make this possible. With your help, you helped restore the sights of people who would otherwise have remained without sight for ever because they are too poor to seek treatment. We wish to thank RIC (resource integration Centre), and Handicap International staff for their help in patient selection. We wish to thank the local UNHCR representative in Bangladesh and the doctors and everyone else who helped us. We wish to thank the local Bangladesh ministry officials for their help and co-operation.
40 Myanmar refugees from the UN camp were screened and selected for treatment. Two received prescription glases, 7 required surgery, and the rest received medication for a month to treat their ailments. The people who underwent surgery will receive follow up care on 9 July 2008.
In addition to this, a larger number of poor people will be screened this month (refugees and non refugees) and put on a waiting list for surgery on a monthly basis. We want to help them with treatment and we invite you to save a sight if you are able. It doesn't cost much, and if you donate, just use the contact form to tell us your funds are for eye treatments.
 Refugees are bussed in for treatment
 Dr GM Quadery & Dr Bimal Chowdhury (eye specialists and surgeons who helped)
 Dr Quadery with a patient before surgery
 Some of the poor (non-surgery) patients with their prescriptions - we paid for their medicines with your help, thank you
 Some patients line up in the hosipital waiting room. (The person on the right is our patient, the others are not)
 Just before surgery, 9 year old girl with her mother.
 Visiting Mercy Mankind staff from the UK (travel expenses are met privately - not from donations)
 Dr Bimal Chowdhury (middle) and Dr GM Quadery (right) lead their team
 Dr Bimal Chowdury at work
 The next day....
 2 days later...she can see... and all the patients were VERY HAPPY ...the black glasses are protective while the eye recovers
We need your help to conduct more free eye operations from next month onwards. Please help us. 
SEWING TRAINING GRADUATES:
 Click on the photo on the left to find out about the history and see other photos about this project. These poor girls trained for 3 months and are holding their cetificates. We hope the training will help them find work in a world where food prices are spiralling out of control, and where the poor are finding it hard to survive.
 The graduating batch sitting their exams.
 The new batch of trainees who will train for another 3 months.
TUBE WELL INSTALLATION (SAFE WATER)
 Newly fitted tube well in Cox's Bazar , Bangladesh, which will provide water to about 50 families who live on top of the hill. Sorry for the poor photo - the camera developed a malfunction that day. This tube well was donated by an individual from the UK - thank you.
 The well is circled in yellow. The families live on top the hills.
Expansion of School to 60 students:
 Our free school , new student induction. 30 more students were accepted into our free school for refugees....click the photo for details. we supply free education, uniforms, books and stationary and snacks.
Mobile free school: Our mobile school is also on-going - but because the camera developed a malfunction in the searing heat and humidity, a lotof the photos for this month have been lost (sorry)
Free Health Project, Bangladesh
Our regular monthly FREE health clinic for the poor was held last month and it catered for women and children. We pay for all medicines as well.
 Doctor on left (from Al-Fouad Hospital) checks the patients
 Mercy Mankind staff distributes medicines
Pakistan Project Update:
In May, Mercy Mankind raised awareness about a free health clinic which will be held this month in a few days time. Leaflets were distributed advertising the clinic. Photos will appear at the end of June/ beginning of July
PLUS, In July , we will try and install a free tube well for poor people in Pakistan, who struggle to obtain fresh, clean water.
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Poor people need our collective help. If you help them, then you will be rewarded by the fact that you may have changed their life for the better, you may have opened up a door for them, leading them out of poverty. You will be rewarded for your intentions.
Mercy Mankind wishes to pursue the eye surgery programme on a bigger scale on a regular basis. If you can help us with any of our projects, please send us your money by clicking on the donate button on the top menu bar. Next project photo updates will appear beginning of July 2008.
Thank you. 1st June 2008
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