Basra Prosthetics Project Needs Donations.

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Author: Hanley, Delinda C.

Rotary International District #7620, in partnership with Physicians for Peace (PFP), has launched a prosthetics project in Basra, Iraq as part of their "Friendship in the Arab World" initiative. Tax-deductible donations will be used to help send medical staff, equipment and supplies to Iraq and, even more importantly, help train Iraqi nationals. There are nearly 5,000 known amputees in the Basra area alone, and the number grows monthly. Many are children who have been injured by landmines or other consequences of war.

This worthy project also is collecting used prosthetics devices, which are also tax-deductible. For more information call (301) 816-5776 or visit the Web site <www.mvrotary.org/Basra%5fProject/basraproject.htm>. Contributions should be made payable to Montgomery Village Rotary Foundation and mailed to Linda Smythe, 19205 Jericho Dr., Gaithersburg, MD 20879.

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By Delinda C. Hanley