Palestinian American Medical Association

PAMA IS A HUMANITARIAN, NONPROFIT, NONPOLITICAL, AND CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION AIMING TO PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXPERTISE OF PALESTINIAN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS WITH GOAL OF PROMOTING HEALTH CARE IN PALESTINE.

PAMA EDUCATION FUND: COST PER BENEFICIARY: THE PRQJECT. PROVIDES ONE TIME $1,000 SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS OR FULL TUITIONS FOR OTHERS, APPROXLMATELY $6,000 PER YEAR. MOST OF THE BENEFICIARIES FACE FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AND ARE ZAKAT ELIGIBLE. CANDIDATES FOR ZAKAT DONATIONS NEED TO FULFILL TWO MAJOR CRITERIA:PROOF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND AVERAGE TO EXCELLENT ACADEMIC PROGRESS.PAMA ADOPTS A RIGOROUS PROCESS TO VERIFY THE AOTHENTICITY OF THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THIS INCLUDES CONSULTATION WITH UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS,CALLING REFERENCES AND CONSULTING WITH PAMA REPRESENTATIVES IN PALESTINE.PAMA PAYS OFF ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES SO YOUR ZAKAT OR DONATION WI LL BE DOLLAROR DOLLAR STUDENTS FILL IN THE PAMA EDUCATION FUND APPLICATION FORM AND PROVIDE THE NEEDED SUPPORTIVE DOCUMENTS. PAMA WILL THEN REVIEW ALL APPLICATIONS AND COORDINATE WITH UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS TO CHOOSE THE FINAL BENEFICIARIES. PAMA WILL THEN DEPOSIT YOUR DONATION DIRECTLY INTO THE UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTS OF THE BENEFICIARIES RATHER THAN HANDING CASH MONEY TO STUDENTS.THESE SCHOLARSHIPS BENEFIT MEDICAL STUDENTS IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK. THE IMPACT OF THESE SHOLARSHIPS ON THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IS HUGE AS DESCRIBED BY THE STUDENTS THEMSELVES.

COVID 19 SUPPLIES : PAMA PROVIDES COVID-19 SUPPLIES IN THE FORM OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, HAND SANITIZERS AND HIGH FLOW OXYGEN MACHINES TO HOSPITALS IN PALESTINE IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-L9 PANDEMIC.

OVER 50% OF THE POPULATION IN GAZA ARE CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN POVERTY WITH MINIMAL ACCESS TO FOOD AND SHELTER. VIOLENCE AND LOSS SURROUND THEM, AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE NO RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THEIR MENTAL DISTRESS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, PAMA PROVIDES CHILDREN MENTAL HEALTH INTERVENTION AT THE AL-AHLI ARAB HOSPITAL IN GAZA. THE EXPERIENCED TEAM OF DOCTORS AND THERAPISTS AT AL-AHLI ARAB HOSPITAL ASSES THE NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN AND GIVE THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES THE TOOLS TO COPE WITH THE CHALLENGES THEY FACE. IN ADDITION TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE, BENEFICIARIES OF THIS PROGRAM RECEIVE CARE PACKAGES OF NECESSITIES FROM OUR PAMA YOUTH PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS PAMA'S PSYCHOSOCIAL REHAB PROGRAM.

HEMODIALYSIS SUPPLIES: PAMA HAS RECEIVED A GRANT FROM MEDGLOBAL TO PROCURE MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR PATIENTS WHO SUFFER FROM END STAGE RENAL DISEASE AND ARE ON HEMODIALYSIS. THIS PROJECT HAS BENEFITED HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS IN GAZA AND HAS PROVIDED THEM WITH CHRONIC MEDICATIONS THEY NEED. THE NEEDED MEDICATIONS WERE PROVIDED BY THE MINISTRY QF HEALTH IN GAZA AND PAMA HAS USED LOCAL MEDICAL SUPPLIERS TO PROVIDE THESE MEDICATIONS. PAMA HAS FOLLOWED STRICT PROCREMENT PROCEDURES TO ASSURE THE HIGHEST QUALITY SUPPLIES AND MOST COST EFFECTIVE SUPPLIES.