Raed and friends, doing God's work
Folks who made a donation to the campaign mounted by the Jarrar family of Baghdad to get urgently needed medical supplies to Iraqis in distress should check out the entries for today on Raed Jarrar's blog.
Taken together, these blog posts give you both copies of the receipts Raed and his friends got from the drugstore in Amman, Jordan where they bought many or all of the med supplies, and then a photo essay on moving these numerous bulky items through, as Raed says, "my mother's apartment".
Each image is posted as a separate post which makes it a little hard to link to the whole sequence. But the whole series is worth looking at and shows some really wonderful young people working together on this project. Just keep on scrolling down...
This trans-shipment was taking place in Amman, a fairly good place from which to get things into Iraq (especially cities west of Baghdad like Fallujah, Ramadi, etc.) Raed's mom Faiza has been living in Amman for a few weeks now. At the end of the photo-essay you see the group's four big cars loaded with supplies "leaving for Baghdad".
I particularly liked the picture titled "my mom was totally shocked when she woke up and found the house FULL of medicens boxes!!" Go, Faiza!
I realize that what Raed and his family and friends have gathered together is only a drop in the bucket of the total needs. But even one drop in the bucket is better than none! And they are showing the way for all concerned individuals and groups.
You can still contribute to these great people's ongoing campaign through the Paypal button on the sidebar of Raed's blog.
I'm glad I made a contribution.