Charity News

I was so moved and humbled by my first experience on the charity mission with the LEAP Global Missions team in January 2016; I have developed an apatite for more charity work.

I have also learned from this experience that there is so much suffering in this world and a pair of hands my not be suffice to contribute; however, well organised charitable team work is a powerful way to help those who are most in need, especially when supported by the appropriate funding.

Thus funding is not necessarily financial, but may also include medical equipment, and dressing, which are

A Merseyside plastic surgeon has spoken of the horrors of the war in Syria after helping to treat bombing and shooting victims.

Ali Juma, 53, who works at the Spire Murrayfield Hospital in Wirral , described how he treated patients left injured by shrapnel and even a baby boy who was badly scalded in an accident at a refugee camp.

A LEADING plastic surgeon from Wirral is heading to Jordan on a mission to treat wounded Syrian refugees whose lives have been torn apart by the civil war engulfing the country.

Dr Ali Juma will travel to Jordan in January to help with an international humanitarian effort by offering his medical skills in the capital, Amman.

The eight-day mission, organised by worldwide charity LEAP Global Missions, will see Dr Juma and a cohort of international plastic surgeons perform round-the-clock reconstructive surgery on children and adults who have suffered devastating war wounds including electrical burns, and traumatic injuries caused by gunshots