KU medical students on 2nd humanitarian mission to India

Top: The medical students pose for a picture, and (above) team members visiting some schools.

In a gesture that reflects Kuwait’s ever humanitarian contributions and initiatives to needy people around the globe, and in line with His Highness the Amir’s world title of ‘The Humanitarian Leader’, a group of 15 medical students from the Faculty of Medicine at Kuwait University known as ‘The Academiya’ have left Kuwait Monday to Jaipur for their second humanitarian mission to India. The group will provide medical and educational relief to children and students in need in Jaipur and surrounding areas.

Last year, the Academiya Group vaccinated thousands of Indian children against hepatitis B which kills thousands of children every year, and used a Mobile Medical Clinic to diagnose and treat poor people in the slums of Delhi.

Since the Academiya students strongly believe that education is the best way to curb poverty and raise living standards, they provided a number of schools with educational necessities, such as supplies, desks, and chairs. In addition, they built an orphanage for girls in Delhi.

What make these trips truly humanitarian is that they are completely organized from A to Z by the medical students themselves and their personal expenses such as flight tickets, accommodation etc are also funded by the volunteers from their own pockets.

This year’s trip will be no exception. The students have chosen Jaipur as their destination, aiming to vaccinate thousands of children and provide medical and educational aid to those in need in surrounding villages and poor areas.

The Academiya Group Humanitarian Trips are named in honor of Sara AlBaghli, a beloved medical student who always reminded them of the importance of having an infinite love for humanity and saving lives.

In a sad tragic car accident, Sara was killed by a careless driver while driving from home to college more than one year ago.

The 15 students headed by Yasmine Eliwa include Dana Al-Ahmadi, Ayat AlDuwaikhi, Dalal Marafie, Hessa Al-Bahrani, Reem Al-Saeedi, Raihanah Al-Sayegh, Zainab AlSahhaf, Noor AlAli, Mohammed AlJamali, Dhari Al-Zaid, Mohammed Al-Fadalah, Mohammed Al-Shamali, Maryam Al-Nssar, and Zainab AlJamali.