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Board of Trustees
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Imad Shbeeb, MD
Chair | Growth and Development Chair
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Basim Dubaybo, MD
Treasurer | Secretary
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Khawla Suleiman-Qafiti, MD
Trustee
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Nadia Abunijmeh, MD
Trustee
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Nasser Abu Sitta, MD
Trustee
Disbursed Grants
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Disbursed Grants ⁎
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World Health Congress – Global Health Conference – Tunisia 2026
Grant Amount: $15,000.00
Disbursed: March 1, 2025Global Health And Relief Initiative Conference – GA
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Disbursed: March 1, 2025PalMed Academy – “Gaza Educate Medics (GEM)” supporting medical students in Gaza and abroad
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Disbursed: June 1, 2025ANERA – Procurement of Acute Medications for Resettled Individuals in Lebanon supporting internally displaced people and Palestinian refugees
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Disbursed: June 10, 2025Physicians for Palestine – “Prosthetics for Palestine” (West Bank)
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Disbursed: June 13, 2025Atlantic Humanitarian Relief purchasing a CT Scanner for a hospital in Damascus
Grant Amount: $25,000.00
Disbursed: July 2, 2025
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Scholars Against the War in Palestine (SAWP)
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Conference Support
Location: Houston, Texas
Date: April 2024NAAMA NextGen Annual Scholarship
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Supporting Four Medical Students at U.S. UniversitiesAMEL Association International
Grant Amount: $50,000.00
Initiative: Relief Work Supporting Refugees and Underserved Communities in Lebanon
Date: October 2024ACCESS – 10th Arab Health Summit
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Date: October 2024SOS Villages d’Enfants Maroc
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Earthquake Recovery Efforts in Morocco
Supported by: NAAMA Members
Date: December 2024IMANA Mobile Clinic Initiative
Grant Amount: $7,415.00
Initiative: Earthquake Recovery Efforts in Morocco
Supported by: NAAMA Members
Date: December 2024UNICEF
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Programs Supporting Syrian Children
Date: December 2024
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UNICEF USA – NAAMA Syria Earthquake Relief Campaign
Grant Amount: $127,000.00Alfurat Organization (Turkey)
Grant Amount: $7,186.29
Initiative: Supporting Victims of the Earthquake in TurkeyUNRWA Scholarship Program
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: One Year of Educational Support for 10 Palestinian Refugee Medical Students
Selection Based On: Need and MeritGlobal Health Conference 2023 – Morocco
Grant Amount: $10,000.00NAAMA NextGen Scholarship
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Supporting Five Medical Students in the United States
Selection Based On: Need and MeritHealth Care Society
Grant Amount: $2,000.00
Initiative: Preventative Care for Palestinian Refugee Children with Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Disease in LebanonUNICEF – Libya Flood Relief Efforts
Grant Amount: $3,655.00
Initiative: Supporting Victims of the Libya Floods
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COVID-19 in the MENA Region Conference
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Research, Policy, Public Health, and Clinical Practices ConferenceKeys for Syrian Kids
Grant Amount: $15,000.00
Initiative: Supporting UNICEF’s Educational Programs for Syrian ChildrenUNRWA Scholarship Program
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: One Year of Educational Support for 10 Palestinian Refugee Medical StudentsANERA Blood Bank – Gaza
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Purchase of Three Refrigerators and One Air Conditioning Unit for a Blood Bank in Gaza
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ANERA – Reverse Osmosis System at Amal Hospital in Gaza
Grant Amount: $16,500.00
Initiative: Providing a Potable Water System for Amal Hospital in GazaUNICEF – Self-Learning Program in Syria
Grant Amount: $15,000.00
Initiative: Supporting Educational Programs for Syrian Children Inside Syria and in Refugee CampsTaskforce for Better Health Initiative by NAAMA
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Establishing a Multisector Health Taskforce in New York City to Prevent Future Health Crises and Support Vulnerable CommunitiesANERA – Emergency Medical Response in Gaza
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Shipping Medical Supplies from the United States to GazaANERA – Solar Panel Energy System at the Central Blood Bank Society in Gaza
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Installation of a Solar Energy System to Support Blood Bank Operations in Gaza
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Questscope – Syria Relief Efforts
Grant Amount: $5,000.00
Initiative: Supporting Efforts to Assist Over Two Million Internally Displaced Persons with Food, Shelter, and SanitationANERA – COVID-19 Response in Gaza
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Supporting Medical Institutions Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Gaza StripANERA – Youth Jobs Program in Lebanon
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Supporting Mask Production Programs Serving Syrian, Palestinian, and Lebanese Communities in NeedNAAMA NextGen Scholarship Initiative
Grant Amount: $20,000.00
Initiative: Merit- and Need-Based Scholarships for Three Arab American Medical Students and One Arab American Dental StudentACCESS – Arab American Center for Economic and Social Services
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Location: Dearborn, Michigan
Initiative: Supporting 800 Refugee Families in Southeastern Michigan Through Food Assistance, Employment Support, and Social ServicesArab American Family Services (AAFS) – Illinois
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Supporting the “AAFS COVID-19” Project to Reduce the Impact of the Coronavirus in the South Suburban Chicagoland AreaAmel Association International
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Supporting “Amel’s Response to COVID-19: Screening Mobile Unit” in Refugee Camps in Lebanon
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Atlantic Relief
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Supporting Syrian Refugees
Date: January 15, 2019UNICEF
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: Support for Children in Yemen
Date: January 15, 2019Questscope
Grant Amount: $5,000.00
Initiative: Support for the Syrian Society for Social Development
Date: April 30, 2019Global Health Research Management Solution
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Initiative: “Global Syrian Refugees Crisis: Health and Socioeconomic Perspectives, Challenges, and Opportunities” Conference
Date: April 30, 2019ANERA – Gaza Support Initiative
Grant Amount: $5,000.00
Date: April 30, 2019UNICEF via CAAP – Keys for Syrian Kids 2019
Grant Amount: $3,500.00
Date: April 30, 2019NAAMA National – Obesity Research Project 2019
Grant Amount: $20,000.00
Date: April 30, 2019
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ANERA – Gaza Health Emergency Response
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Date: May 23, 2018Deaf Planet Soul – “Sounds of Hope” Deaf Refugee Initiative
Grant Amount: $2,000.00
Date: May 23, 2018Jerusalem Fund – Juvenile Diabetics Assistance Project
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Date: December 18, 2018NAAMA National – Obesity Research Project
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Date: May 8, 2018NAAMA National – Obesity Research Project
Grant Amount: $10,000.00
Date: December 19, 2018
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