Workin' it out in Dubai

Jessie and I went to Dubai for a work trip! I felt like a big city girl again- we commuted in one morning and slept over and then headed back to Al Ain the next night. We were exhibiting for our parent organization CURE International. CURE won the Hamdan Award this past December and we were hoping it would get some exposure at DIHAD: Dubai International Humanitarian Aid and Development Conference and Exhibition. Here is a quick snippet from a press release I put out about it last week:

"The award recognizes four individuals or organizations which significantly contribute to alleviating the suffering of a large number of human beings subjected to exceptional circumstances such as catastrophes, epidemics, famine, wars, and natural calamities.

Oasis Hospital, located in Al Ain, UAE, is the hub of CURE International’s work in the Middle East region. Oasis Hospital provides substantial financial, training, and staff support to the CURE hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a medical clinic in Bangladesh. The hospital carries out the humanitarian work of CURE by bringing children from neighboring countries to the UAE to receive life changing surgeries and procedures. All of this work, along with CURE’s work in Africa and South America, were on display last week at the conference to bring awareness of the positive impact that medical staff from CURE hospitals are having around the world."

And here are Jessie and I in our booth the last day of the conference!