Call to Donate Medical Aid to Kobane

Dear friends,
Kobane sorely needs medical supplies to maintain the defense of the city and many civilians. Doctors inside Kobane are fixing up people the best they can, including external fixation limbs broken by gunshot wounds, but still people are bleeding to death after reaching aid stations and while waiting at the border to be allowed to enter Turkey. IS also recently burned an entire supply warehouse belonging to a local Kurdish relief organization.

We've formulated a list with suggested donations that individuals and collectives can pack up and mail themselves. Once you have a package made up, you can email us for the shipping address it should go to (near Kobane). Emailing us a description of what you're sending might also be useful to keep tabs on things no longer needed, but is optional. Always buy generic whenever possible. You can also send leftover medications (such as antibiotics) but do not send anything that has expired! Go to the Post Office website to find out how much a package can weigh at the postage rate you can afford and fill a box to that weight. Please include a message of solidarity to those amazingly brave kids defending Kobane, supportive banner, red/black flag, etc.


This list of suggestions if divided into:
1. Stuff Kobane refugees in Turkey need
2. Stuff not requiring a medical license to buy (non-Rx)
3. Stuff healthcare professionals need to acquire and send (Rx)



AMAR (Anarchist Mutual Aid for Rojava)

smiller [at] ruggedinbox.com



1. Stuff Kobane refugees in Turkey need:

Shelter Materials (tarps, tents)
Beans, rice, dry
Infant formula
Water purification
Feminine hygiene products
Regular soap


2. Stuff not requiring a medical license to buy (non-Rx):

Kerlix rolls
CAT tourniquets
Triangle bandages (cravats)
Elastic (ACE) bandages
Gauze 4x4s, sterile
Gauze abdominal pads, sterile
Laparotomy Pads, sterile
Surgical gloves, sterile
Nitrile exam gloves, nonsterile
Steri-Strips (Urgo makes generics)
Ibuprofen
50 and 60ml syringes for irrigating wounds
Asherman chest seal
IV cannulae and tubing
Sterile fields (fenestrated, various formats, small and medium)



3. Stuff healthcare professionals need to acquire and send (Rx):

Tranexamic acid (p.o. and i.v.)
Fibrinogen
Cephalosporins (preferably cefuroxime, but any 1st or 2nd OK, p.o and i.v)
Piperacillin/Tazobactam
Nafcillin
Ketamine i.v./i.m.
Suture materials
Basic surgical instruments
Ex Fix pins/joints/components