Tag: Jerusalem
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Healing in a Holy Land: New Broadcast Documentary, ABC7 Chicago
Healing in a Holy Land How about some good news from the Middle East! The Lutheran World Federation (LWF)-run Augusta Victoria Hospital (AVH) in Jerusalem provides life-saving healthcare to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, and is the subject of a new documentary I produced for Greater Chicago Broadcast Ministries. The AVH is an…
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Planned Elder Care Facility at Augusta Victoria Hospital, Jerusalem
This is a video I produced for Mark Brown and the Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem‘s Augusta Victoria Hospital. There is an urgent need for elder care and palliative medicine in Palestine and Israel. Augusta Victoria Hospital is responding to that need by building a 120-bed facility for elder care and palliative care on the east…
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Augusta Victoria Hospital Mobile Diabetes Clinic
Amidst the conflict and tragedy currently taking place in Gaza, Augusta Victoria Hospital and the Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem continue to provide on-going care for Palestinians. One example is the first mobile diabetes clinic to serve the southern part of Palestine. The mobile clinic is equipped with a diabetes clinic, eye clinic, and a foot…
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Serving Gaza, AVH Efforts to Ensure Access to Healthcare
This is a video I produced for the Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem and Augusta Victoria Hospital. AVH and the LWF work hard to ensure the rights of patients in the West Bank and Gaza to access health care. Augusta Victoria Hospital in East Jerusalem provides specialty services that are not available anywhere else in Gaza…
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LWF Mount of Olives Sports Field
What was once a dusty, rocky, dirt field is now a state-of-the-art soccer pitch with artificial turf and lights that normally stay on late into the night as community clubs and neighborhood children practice and play on the field. LWF Jerusalem purposely held this video for release on July 7th, to coincide with the beginning…
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Laughter is the Best Medicine, Augusta Victoria Hospital Jerusalem
This is a video I produced for Mark Brown and the Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem. Each week the Red Nose Clown Doctors come to Augusta Victoria Hospital to help lift the spirits of young patients there receiving life-saving treatment for cancer and kidney failure. Augusta Victoria Hospital provides many specialty services to West Bank and…
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LWF Jerusalem Vocational Training Program
The Lutheran World Federation Jerusalem‘s Vocational Training program instructs students in the areas of carpentry, auto mechanics, metalwork, plumbing, and telecommunications. The centers in Beit Hanina and in Ramallah provide youth with a creative outlet for their energy and give them skills to compete in the difficult job market. This series of clips, released on…
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AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL’S MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT PROMOTES EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER
Augusta Victoria Hospital’s Mobile Mammography Unit Promotes Early Detection of CancerVimeo This is a video I produced with Mark Brown for the Lutheran World Federation’s Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. Meet some of the Augusta Victoria Hospital staff and partners in the West Bank who are working together to promote early detection for breast cancer.…
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AMER ABU LAILA TELLS HIS STORY
Here is a video I produced with Mark Brown this spring at The Lutheran World Federation‘s Augusta Victoria Hospital in Jerusalem. This video tells the story of 12-year-old Amer Abu Laila, a cancer survivor treated and cared for at AVH. Amer shares his hope for all patients.
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Palm Sunday Jerusalem
Christian pilgrims from around the world join local Palestinian Christians as they gather on the Mount of Olives overlooking the Old City waving palm and olive branches and processing along the traditional route taken by Jesus of Nazareth on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. This year (2014) both the Western and Eastern Christian calendars coincide…