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Sarah's
Journey
Sarah's family has suffered from the fragile economic status of thier town. When Sarah got sick she was only six months old. She and her mother travel to Augusta Victoria Hospital for treatment
Sarah's journey begins in the small town of Beit Ummar. Beit Ummar is located on the road from Hebron to Jerusalem. Most of the town's population are farmers, but ever since the second Intifada, which began in 2001 it has been exetremly difficult to make a liviing.
The West Bank
days
a week.
6
Jerusalem
Beit Ummar
The distance between Sarah's home and Augusta Victoria is
29
km
35
min
Which can be a short drive of
Sarah and her mother leave their house very early in the morning to travel to Augusta Victoria on a bus provided by the hospital. However, there is no transportation back at an appropriate time.
Beit Ummar
All together, Humans Without Borders's volunteers saved sarah and her family hundredes of harsh bus trips hours. It's not easy to handle your life with a severly sick kid even if you have limitless resources. So doing this while sturggling financialy and going through the birocratic nightmare of palesinian life in the West Bank is exetrimly difficult. we in Humans Without Borders try to do our best efforts to ease sarah's and many other kid's journeies.
Hebron
Hebron central station is a crowded, harsh place for a sick and tired baby girl. The bus line to the checkpoint is extremely buisy.
Checkpoint
Checkpoint 300 - the main gate for Palestinians traveling from Jerusalem to the Hebron area. This checkpoint in Bethlehem is notoriously crowded.
Augusta Victoria
Of course, the real sturggle of Sarah is the fight for her health. The treatments leave her weak and tired for the long, daily journey back home.
Sarah's journey back home took
3
hours.
sarah's mother tells:
"I suffered a lot. every day I had to spend a lot of time because the buses at the stations were loaded with passengers. After a while, I got to know Human Without Borders, They arranged transportation for us, and they took me from the hospital to the checkpoint directly, and they brought the wheelchair for my child, and they came at the appointed time every time"
Beit
Ummar
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