Digital HealthPeer-reviewed
Impact
Our work, measured
FAJR teams have performed 3,500 surgeries, evacuated 92 children for care abroad, delivered 10,000 food parcels and donated 263,000 medications.
Totals as published by FAJR GlobalAll countries
Gaza
Care inside a collapsed system
Surgical missions, medical evacuation, a free pharmacy, street clinics and water distribution, run inside the communities they serve.
Gaza is more than a news headline. It is a home, a history, and a heart beating against all odds.
Surgical missions
April to September 20245 missions
1,705
Surgeries and proceduresCompleted by FAJR volunteer teams across 5 missions, over 250 days
443
Emergency-room casesAlongside 296 ICU and 224 ophthalmology cases
35
Volunteer medical staff on the ground
4
Overwhelmed hospitals supported
The missions brought Gaza's first nerve grafts and complex burn treatments, alongside 165 upper-limb, 151 reconstructive, 142 lower-limb and 42 vascular procedures, and hands-on training in nerve and vascular surgery for local surgeons.
Humanitarian relief, alongside the operating room
Food security
10,000 food parcels, 10,000 wheat bags and 1,000 hot meals for families in need
Medical supplies
262,932 units of medication delivered to 10 clinics and institutions
Free pharmacy
600 insulin pens and more than 1,000 essential medications dispensed free of charge
Street clinic
More than 500 patients treated on the streets of Gaza and in hospital corridors Since January 2023
Water
100,000 liters of purified water delivered, including 18,000 liters a week to Al-Mawasi
Medical evacuations
30 critically injured children evacuated for treatment abroad In 2024
Where FAJR works
Country by country
West Bank
Annual surgical missions and specialist pediatric care in partnership with An-Najah National University Hospital.
210 advanced surgeries, 60 volunteer EMTs and 3 hospitals supported.
The region's first 14-hour free-flap surgery, and the FAJR Severity Index introduced.
Pakistan
A national surgical mission bringing specialist operations to patients with no other route to care.
131 surgeries by 42 volunteer professionals, in 3 provinces.
The first Harmony TPV heart-valve implantation in the developing world.
Lebanon
Humanitarian and medical relief with local partners, alongside a surgical mission.
392 surgeries in 73 days on the ground, at 2 hospitals.
15 volunteer EMTs, and workshops on wound closure, reconstruction and mass-casualty response.
FAJR also works in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, The Gambia and India, and is preparing surgical missions to Sudan.
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Year by year
Every dated item on this page, in the order it happened.
2023
Street clinic in Gaza, since January 2023
More than 500 patients treated on the streets of Gaza and in hospital corridors.
West Bank, since 2023
The region's first 14-hour free-flap surgery, and the FAJR Severity Index introduced.
2024
Five surgical missions in Gaza, April to September
1,705 surgeries and procedures by 35 volunteer medical staff in 4 hospitals.
30 children evacuated from Gaza
Critically injured children taken abroad for treatment they could not get at home.
Lebanon mission, October
15 volunteer EMTs, and workshops on wound closure, reconstruction and mass-casualty response.
November 6, 2024Paper: Combating infections under siege
2025
Pakistan national surgical mission, April
The first Harmony TPV heart-valve implantation in the developing world.
Three peer-reviewed papers
May 22June 5August 21, 2025See the papers
FAJR Scientific
Research and publications
Every mission feeds research, education and scholarship, so every operation also improves the next one. Mission trips are monitored, analyzed and published in peer-reviewed journals.
International Journal of Public HealthPeer-reviewed
Trauma by the numbers: A cross-sectional analysis and categorization of trauma cases in the Gaza war
Medicine, Conflict and SurvivalPeer-reviewed
Paediatric medical evacuations from Gaza have been obstructed and are increasingly difficult
World Medical & Health PolicyPeer-reviewed
Combating infections under siege: Healthcare challenges amidst the military assault in Gaza
One Life at a Time
Ninety-two children have reached care abroad
Children with injuries that cannot be treated in Gaza are matched with hospitals abroad, then escorted through the referrals, visas and logistics that stand between them and surgery.
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