Cole Miller: NO MORE VICTIMS

"No More Victims works to obtain medical sponsorships for war-injured Iraqi children and to forge ties between the children, their families and communities in the United States. We believe one of the most effective means of combating militarism is to focus on direct relief to its victims."

Cole Miller spoke at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on April 15, 2009. A follow up meeting will be held on April 27 to see if the West Michigan community can support his work, either by sponsoring a child to come here or by sending funds to support children in their communities. We hope to be a part of any such effort.

Check out his website at www.nomorevictims.org. His videos are deeply moving.

Surgical Instruments

Thanks to a generous discount from Aesculap and an anonymous donor, we were able to purchase several thousand dollars worth of surgical instruments for Dr. Baiev's work. His email response reads in part:

I have just returned from Chechnya to find the medical instruments waiting for me. What a wonderful surprise!.....

I have been in Chechnya for the past three months operating on children with birth defects. At that time, I wish I had had the micro scissors with me as well as the forceps. The delicate instruments are essential in the kind of work I am doing. I look forward to putting the new ones to use.

I plan to spend some time observing the work on burns which is being done at Shriners Hospital in Boston. At that time, I plan to look at the kind of dermatome which would be most useful. [dermatome is surgical instrument used in skin grafting] There are so many kids in Chechnya with both burns and burns scar. Unfortunately, we still have many hundreds of mines spread around the country side.

..... Many children in Chechnya will bless you. . . . .

If you haven't read Dr. Baiev's book yet, do so! Grief of My Heart: Memoirs of a Chechen Surgeon.
If you want to help purchase a dermatome, we would be most grateful for any contributions. Send to us, or go to the website http://www.chechenchildren.org/.

THANKS, GLOBAL LINKS!

Here's an example of Global Links' gift to the Real Hope for Haiti clinic being put to good use. More sutures will be going down in May, thanks to their generosity.