Dr Brian Sommerlad, a leading surgeon in cleft lip and palette surgery from Great Ormond Street, London (UK), saw children patients with the diagnosis this November. He thoroughly discussed his prognosis to each patient with local Kurdish doctors for them to have a better understanding for treatment and condition.
Children with Cleft Lip & Cleft Palate.
YOUTH
In 2013, KSC Health Sector was also engaged in an Income Generation Project for the families living in villages in borderline areas, displaced from the place of their residence during the annual Iranian and Turkish summer artillery and air raids and currently settled in the Qandil Mount Area.
To provide a source of income for the displaced families, KSC will distribute domesticated lifestock among the families-in-need. The funding for buying lifestock was provided by a donor from Switzerland.
As an initial step for the project implementation, the Sector did a need-assessment survey among the families residing in the Qandil Mount Area to identify the possible project beneficiaries. The survey was conducted in close cooperation with the Sangasar Sub-District mayor.
In 2013, the total number of the surveyed villages was 19 as follows.
On November 12th, the Sector team visited four villages: Brade, Beresh, Surade, and Ashqulka.
Next day, field visits were made to 10 other villages in the area: Gomtan, Bayawan, Dwele, Sille, Khwebian, Eindze, Lawzha, Pishtashani Saru, Pishtashani Xwarw, and Qirnaqa.
On November 17th, the team visited the villages of Sahrosh, Kaskan and Sinamoka.
On November 18, the team visited two villages: Bolle, and Asterokan
Income Generation Project
The traumatic history of war-torn Iraqi Kurdistan, has badly affected the health of the population, especially the children. To alleviate some of the problems KSC has expanded its work in this field this year (2005) and formed a separate sector handling even more cases and with additional resources.
KSC Health programs provide medical support and rehabilitation for children who suffer from any kind of disease or any type of disability. We help the families to identify the necessary treatment, and if the medical care is not available locally, we try to access help or treatment abroad. In cooperation with foreign governments or NGOs, we help to arrange the funding necessary.
KSC runs a children rehabilitation centre with the co-operation of the local Ministry of Health. It specialises in treating children with mental and physical disabilities, chronic and incurable diseases. At present, we have a recorded 15,000 such children, in Sulaimaniya and the surrounding areas.
KSC also funds and runs various research projects related to health and medical treatment. The nature of the research differs from time to time. However, the objectives are the same – to improve the general health of all children.
KSC Health programs provide medical support and rehabilitation for children who suffer from any disease or disability. We help the families to identify the necessary treatment and if the medical care is not available locally, we try to access help or treatment abroad. In cooperation with foreign governments or NGOs, we help to arrange the funding necessary. Below are a few of our on-going projects were are daily committing to..
KSC –Children’s Rehabilitation Center
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