Source: American Near East Refugee Aid
Country: occupied Palestinian territory
For two years, 65-year-old Ata Zidat has been a regular visitor to a charitable clinic in his town of Bani Na’im, in the southern West Bank. Zidat is a father of 11 now grown up children and the grandfather of 22 kids. He suffers from chronic ulcers.
Like many people in his village, he is unemployed and lives in poverty. “Before coming here to consult with the doctor, I used to buy the medication from a private drug store and it cost me $6.50, which is a heavy burden for a chronic ulcer patient like me,” he explained.
Now Zidat receives his ulcer medication for free at the town clinic, thanks to ANERA’s in-kind delivery of AmeriCares’ recent donation of Nu Lev chewable tablets (Hyoscyamine Sulfate).