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LFT Eye Program in Pakistan. The Eye Sight of More Than 2000 Patients was Preserved or Restored by this Program in 2009. 4,674 have been preserved since the start of this project
2010-02-06
Cataract, an eye condition that is easily treatable in the developed world, still is a leading cause of blindness in many developing countries. While treatment is available in most places, sufferers cannot afford its cost due to poverty. Thousands of patients needlessly become blind and unable to work and care for their families due to cataracts, and thousands of families fall into destitution. In 2009, LFT supported two different organizations in Pakistan that offer state-of-the-art eye care free of charge or at greatly reduced cost.
LFT assists 26 more Amputee cases in Tanzania bring total number of Amputees to 146
2009-09-04
According to the BBC survey made in 1995 there are 58 Million disables in Africa. 98% of them have no employment and can afford only 1 meal a day. In 1996 to 1999 Mr Antony Mutalema the secretary of CHAWATA "CHAMA CHA WALEMAVU TANZANIA" (ORGANISATION OF DISABLES IN TANZANIA) and Mr John Bussee Representative of the organization for disables in Sweden visited villages after villages in Kagera region and issued a report of Disability in Bukoba.
Medical Appeal for 2006 War victim in Lebanon – Maryam Banout
2009-08-25
Project Achievements and Realized Progress. Fourteen-year-old Maryam Banout suffers from scoliosis, a sideways curving of the spine. This condition most commonly becomes appearant in late childhood and the early teens, when children grow fast. In many cases, it is not severe enough to cause problems and can be treated by conservative methods, like certain exercises. Sometimes, however, the sideway curve is so severe that it results in a reduction of the volume of chest and affects the function of the heart and the lungs. Weakness and problems of breathing result. In such cases, surgery is necessary to straighten the curve so that the young patient’s physical development continues normally.
Appeal for Health Room for Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq School for Orphans, Kerbala
2009-06-10
Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq School for Orphans was established and is run by the “Development and Relief Foundation”, a charitable organization founded by Ayatollah Qazvini that is active in Karbala, Iraq. Ayatollah Qazvini returned to Iraq after the downfall of Saddam Hussein in 2003, having lived in exile in the United States for twenty years. Upon his arrival, he found that the whole of Iraq and especially the holy city of Karbala suffered from lack of infrastructure and basic services in the health and educational sector. Due to oppression and persecution under Saddam Hussein as well as ongoing conflict and insecurity after his downfall, in Karbala alone there are more than 25,000 orphans who lost one or both parents and the number is growing daily.
LFT assists 41 more Amputee cases in Tanzania bring total number of Amputees to 120
2009-05-04
According to the BBC survey made in 1995 there are 58 Million disables in Africa. 98% of them have no employment and can afford only 1 meal a day. In 1996 to 1999 Mr Antony Mutalema the secretary of CHAWATA "CHAMA CHA WALEMAVU TANZANIA" (ORGANISATION OF DISABLES IN TANZANIA) and Mr John Bussee Representative of the organization for disables in Sweden visited villages after villages in Kagera region and issued a report of Disability in Bukoba.
Making World Visible to Blind people LFT pledges to give IOL and OT worth PKR 478,455.00 to MMH
2009-03-11
Blindness and low vision cause loss of productivity and livelihood. They have a profound effect on the economic well being of individuals and their families, their individual independence and the quality of life. Cataract blindness develops at an earlier age in developing countries often striking people in their early 40s.It also affects females more than males, because of their inability to seek services on their own.
Abdallah Ali Yassine “Baba, so now I can walk and play with my friends?”
2009-02-16
Abdallah Ali Yassine’s case is one of the most heart-touching cases LFT has ever supported, at least within its projects in south Lebanon. Abdallah is six years old and one of the brightest students in his school. His teacher says that he is always asking questions. While at school, many of Ali’s questions are answered to his satisfaction, there is one question he frequently asks his father, and which remains without a satisfying answer. Ali asks this question when waking up from another round of surgery in the hospital recovery room, and the question is: “Baba, so now I can walk and play with my friends?” Imagine how hard it is for Abdallah’s father to be compelled to answer each time: “No, dear, even after all these operations, you won’t be able to run and play.”
LFT assists 19 more Amputee cases in Tanzania bring total number of Amputees to 53
2008-12-04
According to the BBC survey made in 1995 there are 58 Million disables in Africa. 98% of them have no employment and can afford only 1 meal a day. In 1996 to 1999 Mr Antony Mutalema the secretary of CHAWATA "CHAMA CHA WALEMAVU TANZANIA" (ORGANISATION OF DISABLES IN TANZANIA) and Mr John Bussee Representative of the organization for disables in Sweden visited villages after villages in Kagera region and issued a report of Disability in Bukoba.
The lives of 94 severely disabled children have been changed with LFT’s support
2008-09-02
The Philantrophic Association for Disabled Care (PADC) is a charitable institution working with disabled children in South Lebanon. In their rehabilitation centre in the southern town of Nabatiyah, children receive rehabilitative care including speech therapy, physiotherapy, psycho-motor training and occupational therapy. In one of their reports, a senior PADC staff member wrote: “Having these types of therapy is not merely a medical treatment; rather it is a social intervention that would not only change the life of the patient but also that of his family. Even the community where he lives will change as it will become more familiar with the existence of rehabilitation services and their capacities in changing people’s lives.” When the hidden potential of a disabled person is brought to light with the help of therapy, he will no longer be regarded as an “un-normal” person who is a burden to society and has nothing to contribute.
Guidance Centre in Iran for Iraqi Patient coming for treatment in Iran
2008-07-27
In December 2007, IRAC made an appeal to LFT to support the running cost of its guidance centres for Iraqi patients who come to Iran to receive various forms of medical treatment not available in Iraq. Many Iraqi patients come to Iran without the slightest notion where to turn for treatment. Because they do not know any Farsi and are unacquainted with the Iranian medical system, many of them end up in private hospitals that charge very high fees while treatment would have been available at much cheaper rates in government and charity facilities.
Appeal for Assistance for Three-year old Patient Needing Exceptionally Costly Lifesaving Treatment
2008-02-13
Three-year old Maha from Basrah in Iraq suffers from thalassemia major. Since the little girl can remember, she has been in need of regular blood transfusions. She used to climb onto the hospital bed with a smile, and when she saw worry plainly written on her father’s face, she would say: “Papa, don’t worry. I will be all right.”
Guidance Centres for Iraqi Patients Coming to Iran for Treatment
2007-12-12
Since the toppling of Saddam’s regime in 2003, the situation in Iraq has continued to deteriorate due to lack of security. Sectarian strife and terrorist and criminal activities make it difficult to govern the country and prevent reconstruction. The medical sector has been especially affected. Medical infrastructure and equipment, already badly affected by Saddam Hussein’s misgovernment and international sanctions during the final period of his reign, was hard-hit by extensive looting after the Baathist regime was toppled. Physicians and specialists have been subject to threats and attacks by terrorists. According to a report recently published by the British medical watchdog agency Medact, of 34,000 Iraqi physicians registered before the 2003 war, 18,000 have left the country, 2,000 have been murdered and 250 kidnapped. This leaves Iraq with a mere 13,750 physicians, most of them with an inferior level of training and without access to current developments in medicine, for a population of more than 26 million, that is one physician for every 1,890 Iraqis. The situation is even worse when it comes to specialist care.
95 Cataract Patients treated in Kashmir and Pakistan during June 2007
2007-07-15
One of the greatest bounties Allah gave to man is the bounty of vision. Vision enables us to perceive the world around us. In numerous verses, the holy Koran refers to vision and to light, as opposed to blindness and darkness. Vision and light enable us to perceive reality and distinguish truth from falsehood, while blindness and darkness make us helpless and unable to perceive. LRBT FREE Eye Care {The Graham Layton Trust} was founded to combat blindness and restore the eyesight of persons suffering from blindness due to treatable causes, but who cannot obtain treatment due to poverty. LRBT’s hospitals in Mansehra and Mandra, are located in Kashmir perform cataract surgery with modern methods, including implantation of intra-ocular lenses, completely free of charge.
Life-saving appeal - Please, help us save the life of one-year-old Mohammad Jawad Skafi
2007-05-26
Mohammad Jawad Skafi is a one-year-old Lebanese boy who lives in the small southern village of Kfar Seer. Until war with Israel ravaged the region in July 2006, Mohammad was a healthy, happy baby and the joy of his father and mother, Khalil and Soheir. Shortly after fighting ended he was diagnosed with severe immune deficiency brought about by his exposure to harmful substances Israel used in its weaponry. According to his doctor, he needs treatment with “Oktogam 5 gm” injections for at least a year, one injection per month. The price of each injection is One Million Lebanese Pounds (ca 555 USD).
Land Mine and Bomb Victims Are Appealing for Your Assistance
2007-04-01
When a war ends and fighting is over, people take a deep breath and hope that life will soon return to normal. However, again and again they have to deal with a dangerous legacy that turns people into victims long after fighting has ceased. Many former battlegrounds have been mined and unexploded ordnance and bombs that are designed to explode when picked up by unsuspicious persons litter the landscape. This is the situation in Southern Lebanon after the July 2006 war with Israel.
Assistance with Treatment Cost to Handicapped Children – LFT & PADC January to March 2007
2007-03-22
In January 2007, LFT began to support the long-term treatment of 64 severely handicapped children in Lebanon. Its partner, the Philanthropic Association for Disabled Care (PADC) has a well-equipped treatment centre where children receive, among other treatments, speech therapy, and physiotherapy, therapy for disorders of movement, psychotherapy and occupational therapy. As PADC is a non-governmental organization and does not receive support from the Lebanese government, families need to pay for treatment cost. Many little patients come from poor families; other families have more than one handicapped child. Such families are unable to pay the full price of treatment and need assistance. The table beneath offers basic information on all children covered by LFT’s assistance program:
Appeal on behalf of 64 handicapped children from war-torn Lebanon to make them self-reliant - £ 40.00 per month per child!!
2007-02-06
Allah entrusted our children to us so that we may nourish and nurture their bodies and minds until they reach their full potential. As all those of us who are fathers and mothers know, this can be difficult enough with a normal, healthy child. How much more difficult is it with a child that is afflicted with a handicap or disability! How much pain to bear for a mother and father who have to witness the sufferings of their children? If the situation is aggravated by poverty, it can be overwhelming.
Medical Appeal for Hussein Adel Mehdi and Montadhar Adel Mehdi
2006-12-10
Hussein and Montadhar are brothers aged nine and three who live in the Iraqi town of Karbala. Both suffered from congenital heart disease. Hussein had Fallot’s Tetralogy and little Montadhar had a large VSD (“hole in the heart”). For both conditions, corrective surgery is routinely performed in developed and even many developing countries. However, due to lack of security and outdated medical equipment, at present, most patients do not have access to such surgery in Iraq.
Project on the Burns Ward at Mt Meru Hospital, Arusha
2006-09-22
The Children’s Burns Ward at the hospital has twenty beds, in an environment which is clean and is looked after by very competent doctors and nurses. At any one time, there are 15 beds occupied, which make the number of occupants to thirty, as mothers are allowed to remain in the hospital with their children.
Medical Assistance for a 14 year Old Afghan Refugee Boy living in Yazad, Iran
2006-06-28
The applicant is Hussein Reza'i, a 14-year-old Afghan boy living in Yazd, who suffers from acute Hepatitis B. His father died from the same disease. He has a mother and three sisters. The mother tries to support herself and her children by working as a servant in other people's houses. Her son Hussein is her only hope in her old age, and he is the only person his sisters can look to for support until they get married. Hepatitis B is a viral infection of the liver that can lead to life-long infection, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer and death. According to a physician who is employed by Irac in Yazd for another project, in the case of Hussein, the injections will make the virus inactive, stop the disease from progressing and permit him to lead a normal life, marry and support his family Hussein needs twelve injections to be administered over twelve weeks. Every injection costs 2,750,000 Rial (ca 175 GBP). Total cost of his treatment thus amounts to ca 2,076 GBP.
Purchase of Sewing / Embroidery Machines for needy Afghan Refugee Families
2006-03-16
Background: At present, more than one million Afghan refugees live in Iran. Most of them are poor and needy. Afghan men do the most tedious and most dangerous jobs and are paid below Iranian minimum wages. Many of them become sick due to their work conditions and are unable to continue to work, many of them die due to accidents or disease. There are also families who lost their breadwinner in the fighting in Afghanistan. Due to this situation, many Afghan refugee families are women-headed. While Afghan women are capable and resourceful, it is much harder for them than for the men to find work. Many of them cannot leave the house for a long period because their children are still too small.
Medical Appeal
2004-12-28
The Trust has received the following appeals towards the funding of medical treatment. These patients urgently require treatment, and your donations would be gratefully received.
