WESPAC Foundation

We deeply appreciate your generous donations. With your incredible support, Adel underwent successful surgery to save his legs on May 19. Hearing Adel speak from his hospital bed, it is clear he is full of hope and gratitude.

However, doctors have advised that Adel needs three further operations: one to treat injuries to his left arm, one to address a fracture in his right hip and one for a severe bed sore which formed as a result of wounds and burns from the blast. We encourage you now to reach out to others to help us continue to assist Adel with medical care that will go some way to restore his dignity and quality of life.

In addition, Adel will need assistance with rehabilitation and recovery.

BanKillerDrones.org is raising funds to help Adel Manthari with medical treatment. (Note: WESPAC Foundation is fiscal agent for BankKillerDrones.org.)

In March 2018 Adel Al Manthari was injured in a U.S. drone attack in Yemen that killed four of his cousins. The five men were driving to the village of al-Aqla to witness a land transfer. They never made it.

Tens of thousands have been killed by U.S. drone attacks. Adel survived, but now his health is in jeopardy because he can’t afford the medical care he needs.

“I suffered severe burns on my legs and arms,” Adel said in an April 2022 interview with the Daily Beast.  “I suffered a breakage in the hip which is now hindering my ability to move.

In the four years since the attack, he has been treated for severe health problems. Unable to leave his home, his two daughters have had to leave school to care for him.

We are appealing for $25,000 to provide Adel with medical treatment in Egypt. The surgery he needs is unavailable in war-devastated Yemen. 

This is just a fraction of the $150,000 the US spent on the Hellfire missile that injured Adel and killed his family. Yet, appeals on Adel’s behalf have been ignored by the United States government. A letter by Senators Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to press for a U.S. investigation into this attack, and others, has gone unanswered.

This appeal represents a unique opportunity to help one survivor and his family.

Thank you very much for considering this,

Nick Mottern, Co-coordinator, BanKillerDrones.org
Note: WESPAC Foundation is fiscal agent for BanKillerDrones.org

In 2014, Block the Boat mobilizations succeeded in stopping Apartheid Israel's largest and oldest cargo shipping company, Zim, from docking in Oakland. Zim ships have not returned since.

In the midst of yet another assault against the people of Gaza and Jerusalem and mass arrests of Palestinians inside of '48/the State of Israel, Zim is threatening to return.

Organized by the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, the Block the Boat Coalition is preparing to once again stop Zim from unloading its ship.

So far we have been successful at holding off Zim ships from docking. It takes a lot of organizing and carries some expense to keep preparing to deploy a community picket in this game of cat and mouse with Zim.

Please support the community-labor alliance and contribute towards the basic costs involved in mobilizing the mass community picket necessary to stop Zim operated ships from docking and unloading in Oakland.

The LEAP program is partnering with Beit Atfal Assumoud, a humanitarian non-governmental organization working among Palestinian refugee communities in Lebanon, to implement the Community Cares Dental Health Project. We need YOUR help!
Beit Atfal Assumoud (BAS) currently has six dental clinics in operation within refugee camps that cater specifically to Palestinian refugee populations. These clinics deliver dental care that is often not available otherwise. These clinics are located in Beirut (in Shatila camp), in the North (in Beddawi and Naher El-Bared camps), and in the South (in Ein El Hilweh, Rashidieh, and Bourj El Shemali camps). LEAP will be working in 3 of these camps this summer.


Need: In continuing the mission of ensuring dental healthcare to residents of the camps, and as a response to the ever increasing numbers within these camps, in particular considering the arrival of large numbers of Syrian and Palestinian refugees from Syria, BAS has requested additional support in expanding their outreach in the field of oral healthcare.


GOAL: HELP US RAISE $5000.00 FOR DENTAL SUPPLIES!


Checks: Make tax-deductible contributions to the LEAP Program. Write a check out to the WESPAC Foundation with "LEAP-Dental Project" in the reference line. The WESPAC Foundation is a 501c3 non-profit organization and is the fiscal sponsor of the LEAP Program.


LEAP aims to provide : 1500 dental kits for each camp; 7500 dental hygiene kits in total
500 free checkups for each camp; 2500 checkups in total
Background: Ensuring good oral health is an important part of improving overall health. However, worldwide, taking care of one's teeth is often considered with less urgency than other health matters. Poor dental care habits can allow harmful bacteria to attack the gums and teeth resulting in gum disease and tooth decay. Moreover, if left untreated, there are increased risks of other illnesses affecting parts of the body. For example, gum disease can lead to bacteria moving into the bloodstream, causing infection. Such risks can be reduced and eliminated with good dental practices.

Barriers to good oral hygiene are more prevalent in less affluent communities and include limited access to and availability of dental services, a lack of awareness about the need for care, cost and fear of dental procedures. The dental clinics established through BAS in refugee camps in Lebanon aim to remove these barriers, so that residents may have an increased opportunity at better dental health.

Composite filling materials (frontal) Composite filling materials (posterior)
Bonding for composite Itching gel for composite
Composite finishing rubber
Composite finishing burs
Composite finishing gel
Assorted diamond burs for cavity preparation
Carboxylate cement
Glass lonomer luting cement
Root canal filling material
Anesthesia Amp. 2%
Impression materials
Instruments
Hand piece "turbine fiber optic"
Light cure "for composite filling"


We appreciate your help and support.

Website: http://www.leap-program.org
Email: info@leap-program.org