November 17th, 2022

Operation Childlife has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Medical University in Bahrain (RCSI Bahrain), The Bahrain Red Crescent and the Jordanian Red Crescent. 

The MOU was signed at a ceremony in Bahrain under the patronage of His Excellency Shaikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure, in the presence of Her Excellency Dr. Jalila bint Al-Sayed Jawad Hassan, Minister of Health, and a number of officials and invitees from various relevant authorities.

This MOU formalises plans for for Operation Childlife volunteers to visit the Red Crescent Hospital in Amman and the Za’tarai Refugee camp, host to 80,000 Syrian refugees

The first Operation Childlife clinical visit to Jordan took place in August when one of our doctors spent a week in Amman working in the hospital and the refugee camp.