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2018
Spring
Edition
The Newsletter of St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group - The only charitable provider of expert eye care
in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem; treating patients regardless of religion, ethnicity, or ability to pay
Tickets available now for our
Gala Fundraising Dinner
at Guildhall See page 8
“We were both
honoured to be
appointed to our
new roles. Of course
neither of us are
strangers to the
Hospital having
served more than
35 years between
us and therefore
St John’s mission
is embedded in
our thoughts and
practices.”
Ahmad Ma’ali and and patient care. Peter served more than 35 by continuing to provide
Peter Khoury have has been promoted years between us and first class eye care to
been appointed the from his former role therefore St John’s our patients, and through
new Joint CEOs of as Financial Controller, mission is embedded investment in our loyal
St John Eye Hospital, and is responsible in our thoughts and and committed staff.
officially beginning for the financial and practices.
their role on 11th administrative affairs at Since the last edition
October 2017. Together the Hospital. They have We are both committed of Jerusalem Scene,
they have become penned their first update to advancing the we have continued to
our first Palestinian together below. Hospital’s work even focus our attention on
CEOs, reflecting our further during our tenure, Gaza where last year we
objective to invest in
the local population. “ We were both
honoured to be
and to maintain it as the
only charitable centre
were able to introduce
major retinal, glaucoma
Ahmad was formerly appointed to our new of excellence for eye and corneal transplant
our Nursing Director roles. Of course neither care in the Holy Land. surgeries at our Gaza
and is responsible for of us are strangers to We believe that this Hospital.
all clinical activities the Hospital having can only be achieved Continued on page 11
Spring 2018
News Flash 2018
Nicholas Woolf receives an OBE
as we say goodbye to our Chairman
Our former Nicholas Woolf at the St John Eye
Chairman Hospital Investiture, St John Priory
Church London, May 2016.
Nicholas Woolf
has been granted
an OBE in this
year's New Year’s
Honours List,
in recognition
of his services
to charities
at home and
abroad, including
co-founding
the Charities
Leadership
Programme and of
course his terrific
work with St John.
Under his direction
SJEHG has
realised some of its
most remarkable
achievements - the
most notable of which
were the new hospitals
in Gaza and Hebron
and the restoration of
the Muristan complex.
Nicholas has also
contributed significantly
to many other important
advancements in
the organisation. His
patient record systems. “Nicholas has commitment has
The news came the
steadfast commitment same week that we
done a remarkable been outstanding.”
has given SJEHG said goodbye to job… I would
greater strategic We thank Nicholas
focus, a clearer legal
Nicholas after six years like to add my for his contributions
of service to St John. personal thanks
identity, sustainable as Chairman. Long-
Sir Malcom Ross, The
fundraising initiatives Lord Prior of the Order to Nicholas for standing Trustee Mr Guy
and has modernised Morton has stepped in
SJEHG both in
of St John, shared all the work and as Acting Chairman.
the announcement of support he has
clinical governance Nicholas’s resignation
practices and with the with the following given the Order,
digitalisation of our sentiments: his industry and
Page 2 Spring 2018
Dr Maged Abu Ramadan,
St John Eye Hospital
Trustee and Mayor of
Gaza (pictured Left),
is presented with the
Freedom of the City of
London in recognition of
his role as Mayor, as well
as for his charitable work
with St John, at Guildhall,
Monday 8th January 2018.
We were delighted to Overall, it was a very
welcome The Right successful visit and
Honourable Lord the Lord Mayor was
Mayor of the City impressed by the work we
of London, Charles do and thanked us for our
Bowman (pictured continuous efforts in the
above), to our region. We thank the Lord
Jerusalem Hospital Mayor for taking time out
on Tuesday 23rd of his busy schedule to
January 2018. witness our work.
In December 2017 our Jerusalem Hospital
we started a project to for advanced issues. We
screen children across also took this opportunity
schools in the Old to educate the children
City of Jerusalem. Our on the importance of eye Our Peace For Sight research project. This
Muristan Clinic Manager, care and healthy living. Project’s genetic project has been made
Marlene Kantansho Our work was really research lead Dr Ala’a possible primarily
(pictured above), who appreciated by school Al Talbishi (pictured through funding from
is responsible for the managers, parents and above) poses next to the EU’s Peacebuilding
project explains: the community, and his winning poster at Initiative, and the
"For the first six weeks they have all requested the American Academy partnership of the
of the project we saw that we come back to of Ophthalmology. Dr German Johanniter
190 students, and a screen more classes, Al Talbishi is the lead Unfall Hilfe, and
large number of them which is the plan for researcher for our Hadassah Medical
needed to be referred to the coming months!" Peace For Sight genetic Center in Israel.
Page 3 Spring 2018
A Spotlight on: The Cornea
Ahmad, a 12-year- rendering the majority of children to keep up
old Gazan boy, the population with only with their studies,
stares at his 4-6 hours of electricity as we often have
hands in wonder per day. Ahmad’s mother no lights in the
after removing explains the reality of
evening so they
his eye bandage this issue:
cannot do any
following a cornea reading or writing.
transplant. “Any food I
manage to buy will It is a desperate
His sight has finally often spoil when situation.
been restored. the power goes off
His mother weeps Dr Hisham examines Ahmad at our
Gaza Hospital, November 2017. for long periods, We spent a lot of
with joy at his we have little to money on treatment
side, ‘my son no drinking water and going to
is free now!’ This is made worse
by the increasing or water available many doctors and
humanitarian crisis in the for basic hygiene. outpatient clinics for
Ahmad’s symptoms
began to slowly present region which has caused It is also extremely Ahmad but no one
themselves months severe fuel shortages, difficult for my had any answers
previous to this, and
eventually he was left
almost fully blind. An
aspiring pilot who loved What is the
to build models and play
computer games, he was
Cornea ?
left unable to walk down The cornea is the eye’s
the street unaided, and outermost layer and its
was certainly unable to shield from the outside
continue his studies. NORMAL EYE KERATOCONUS
world. It acts as a barrier
against dirt and germs.
His eye issues It also plays a key role in Dry Eye: common Dystrophy: Corneas
compounded the family’s vision by helping focus in Palestine due to lose their normal clarity
already desperate light and is responsible the climate. If the due to a build-up of
situation. They live in the for about 70% of the eye’s tear ducts stop material that clouds
Jabaylia Refugee Camp eye’s focussing power – working properly, this the corneas. The
in the Gaza Strip, which so it is quite important! can potentially cause most common type is
entered its 10th year of permanent damage if Keratoconus where the
economic and political What conditions not treated quickly. cornea thins and bulges
blockade in 2017. affect this area? and causes pain, blurred
Unemployment rates in Keratitis: Inflammation vision, near-sightedness,
Gaza are the highest in There are many of the cornea. This astigmatism, and
the world, at 44% of the conditions which affect condition is normally increased sensitivity
overall population, and this area of the eye, caused by infections or to light.
Ahmad’s father is part of including: injuries to the eye.
this unlucky group.
Page 4 Spring 2018
Medical Resident Dr
Shaddad Naser and
our Cornea Specialist
2017
Dr Abu Hantash sort
through donated
corneas at our Gaza
Hospital.
CORNEA
STATS
Crosslinking Cornea
Procedures: Transplants:
120 148
Visits to Gaza
from our Cornea
Specialist: 4
for us. His condition After attending one of St John and sub- Ahmad was suffering
continued to worsen, our screening clinics, specialised in corneal from - Limbal Stem Cell
and we had very he was referred for conditions at Hadassah, Deficiency.
much given up hope, further diagnosis at under our Joint Teaching
a clinic run by our Programme, both of As the condition was so
I really feared for his Jerusalem-based cornea which are made possible advanced, there was only
future.” expert Dr Abdallah from the support of our one solution that would
That was until a family Abu Hantash, who donors. It was thanks to solve Ahmad’s condition
friend recommended St visits our Gaza Hospital this world-class training – a full cornea transplant
John Eye Hospital in Gaza, four times per year. Dr that he was able to in both eyes. However,
and Ahmad’s fortunes Hantash specialised eventually diagnose delivering this operation,
changed for the better. in ophthalmology at the rare condition that which requires a fully
healthy donor cornea,
is no mean feat in
occupied Gaza.
How do we treat drops and UVA light
to strengthen the
these conditions? fibres in the cornea.
The best part of this
Our Joint CEO Ahmad
Ma’ali explains:
treatment is that it is
The majority of treatment to the relatively easy to carry “In 2017, we have
corneal conditions thousands of patients out and can therefore had the great
can be treated with presenting with these be done in our satellite opportunity to
a combination of eye conditions each year. centres in Hebron, introduce cornea
drops, glasses, and This saves patients a Anabta and Gaza. This transplants to
antibiotics. In Palestine, difficult or impossible allows thousands of Gaza, but this
this is not quite as journey to seek our patients to receive requires a lot of
simple as it sounds, as treatment. treatment without having organisation. We
access to eye care is to negotiate the difficult
limited by the blockade For more complex
buy our donated
barriers to healthcare corneas from an
and other political and conditions our patients mentioned above. For
economic barriers. will travel to one of the most severe cases
organisation in the
We use our Mobile our main centres for the only option will be US, which are sent
Outreach teams to treatment. Cross-linking to perform a cornea to Jerusalem.
reach the most isolated is a relatively new transplant, one of the We then need
areas of Palestine, treatment which greatly most logistically complex to liaise with
and one of their main helps to strengthen operations to perform in the Israeli Civil
responsibilities is the eye’s cornea by Palestine. See full article Administration
to administer basic using vitamin B2 eye for more details Office and
Page 5 Spring 2018
coordinate the times and performed a
tissue transfer with total of 70 transplants.
the military officers He needs to prepare,
at Erez Crossing perform, and do post-
operation check-ups for
into Gaza. We also 15 patients each visit
need to organise and normally he and
permits for our the Gaza team will
Cornea Expert, Dr work 12 hour days to
Abu Hantash to ensure this happens.
gain entry to Gaza
with the corneas. Soon these busy left is to secure his permit now, he can see
This takes a lot of visits will no longer to leave Gaza for training. everything! Most
careful planning to be necessary as we importantly he is
ensure that all our have secured funding For families like Ahmad’s back in school,
paperwork is correct, from the International this is welcome news, as working to build his
amounting to a lot of Medical Corps for one it will allow us to see and
future. We thank
work to execute the of our Gazan doctors, Dr treat even more cornea all St John Eye
logistics!” Hisham, to undertake a patients, in spite of the Hospital's staff,
fellowship in cornea for difficult circumstances in
which we operate.
Dr Abu Hantash
Dr Hantash typically six months. Upon his and all that made
gets a three-day permit return, we will be able to
to perform cornea begin performing these Ahmad received a double this possible from
transplants in Gaza. operations on a more cornea graph in November, all the depths of
Last year, he visited four regular basis. All that is and a February 2018 our heart.”
Dr Abu Hantash performs
one of 15 cornea transplants
over three days at our Gaza
Hospital, November 2017.
check-up by Dr Hisham Help us to treat more
has shown Ahmad’s cornea patients like
vision to be fully back Ahmad in 2018 by
to normal. He is looking purchasing something
forward to his future, and from our wishlist.
his mother is too: Every donation small
or large makes a big
“The difference is difference in our fight
incredible, in spite against preventable
Dr Abu Hantash and a nervous Ahmad prior to his cornea transplant in of our struggles we blindness.
November 2017. are so very happy
Page 6 Spring 2018
Wishlist
HOW MANY
ITEM NEEDED PRICE WHAT DOES IT DO? DO WE NEED?
Barron Vacuum £90 Each cornea transplant requires these two vital pieces 300
Trephine and of equipment to ensure the eye will successfully
Corneal Punches accept the donated cornea.
Dr Abu Hantash’s £300 His visits are vital in our efforts to ensure our Gazan 4
visits to Gaza patients are not left behind in our treatment of cornea
conditions
Donated Cornea £750 The donated corneas are used in extreme cases to 150
replace damaged or broken corneas.
Crosslinking £14,500 This machine helps to strengthen weak or damaged 2
Machine corneas. We need two of these in Anabta and Hebron.
Upcoming Events
Gala Fundraising variety of projects such or contact Trustee and the Expert session
Dinner as training our genetic SOA Co-founder with Andy McIndoe –
Guildhall research doctor and David Verity on get all your gardening
Tuesday 26th June funding our theatre info@SOA.global questions answered.
team for an entire year. Last year the fair raised
This event will be a See overleaf to Bishop Waltham’s £12,750 for St John
rare opportunity to purchase tickets. Garden Fair Eye Hospital, help them
join us in the historic Wintershill Hall, achieve even more this
Guildhall, which has St John Ophthalmic Durley, SO32 2AL year, whilst enjoying a
played host to the Association 10-4 pm day in the sun.
Lord Mayor’s Banquet Congress Sunday 6th May
since 1502. Expect a Notre Dame Hotel, Admission £5, children Gift of Sight Fair
Project Auction with Jerusalem under 14 free. Chelsea Old Town
author Jeffrey Archer, 5th to 7th Free Parking. Hall
along with a Raffle, September Wednesday 5th
Champagne Reception (Welcome reception Join us at the Annual December
and three-course 18:00, The Muristan Bishop Waltham’s
meal, and one or Peace Garden, Old City). Garden Fair in the It may seem early to be
two surprises. beautiful grounds of thinking of Christmas,
This congress is formed Wintershill Hall. This is but please save the date
We are an incredible of 30 symposia in 4 a fantastic day out with for our annual Gift of
force when working halls over two and a over 60 stalls selling Sight Fair! The Fair will
together, and in 2017 half days. Delivered plants and gardening be open during the day
we managed to treat by over 50 world- accessories to followed by a reception
over 135,000 patients renowned speakers, handbags and speciality that evening.
and deliver over 4,800 it will cover the craft goods. There will
major surgeries. Our ‘State of the art’ as it be plenty of activities for Thank you to all who
last major fundraiser applies to all fields of children such as face attended last year’s
at Mansion House ophthalmology. For painting and a Birds Gift of Sight Fair which
managed to raise an more information please of Prey demonstration. raised an incredible
incredible £600,000 go to https://www.soa. For the Green Thumbs £40,000 towards our
which went towards a global/2018-meeting/ there will be an Ask sight-saving work.
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Gala Fundraising Dinner in aid of
St John of Jerusalem
Eye Hospital
Guildhall, Gresham St, London EC2V 7HH
Tuesday 26th June 2018, 6.30pm
Black Tie with decorations
In the presence of The Grand Prior, HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG, GCVO, GCStJ
our Patron, Lord Vestey KCVO, GCStJ, DL
Keynote Speech by Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan GCStJ
with heartfelt thanks to our event sponsor Mark Pigott KBE, KStJ
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Page 9 Spring 2018
Dr Noel Rice, former
Hospitaller, performing
an Ophthalmic surgery.
Obituaries dedicated service to St
John Eye Hospital. He
trained and mentored
Dr Noel Rice several ophthalmologists
We are sad to announce who have gone on to
the passing of Noel successful high profile
Rice KStJ MD FRCS careers. After his death
FRCOphth on 5th a retirement album of
November 2017, who farewell appreciation
served as Hospitaller letters from his paediatric
for the Order of St John glaucoma patients
between the years 1995 was found; as great an
and 2003. accolade any doctor
could wish for.
Dr Rice qualified in
medicine in 1956 from We thank his family for
Clare College Cambridge asking for donations in
and St Bartholomew’s memory of Noel from his
Hospital London. He friends and family, which in the 1980s, which is Royal Highness Princess
decided to specialise raised an incredible over now one of the hospital’s Alice in Kensington
in ophthalmology and £2,000 towards the work greatest supporters. Palace. He was admitted
started on that path of St John Eye Hospital. Dr Walsh was beloved to the Order of St John
during his National Our thoughts are with his by his trainees and of Jerusalem, as a
Service at RAF Halton. family at this time. respected by colleagues. Commander Brother
After the RAF, he We send our deepest in 1995.
became a loyal servant Dr Joseph B. Walsh condolences to his family.
of Moorfields Eye It is with sadness that we But it is not just the
Hospital for the rest announce the passing Major Nicholas Barne things that Nick has
of his professional life, of Dr Joseph B. Walsh We are sad to announce done, they are many. It
specialising in congenital KStJ, MD, FACS, the passing of Major is in the way in which
glaucoma, external eye FRCOphth, a leading Nicholas Barne CStJ, he conducted himself
disease and corneal medical surgical and CVO Late Scots Guards and the manner of his
transplantation. retinal specialist. His who died peacefully on relations with others,
research and clinical Saturday 21 October which people remember
After his retirement expertise were widely 2017 – Edited from an with such affection. A
from Moorfields represented in peer- obituary written by Major former Chaplain with the
and the Institute of reviewed journals and The Honourable Sir Army cadet force speaks
Ophthalmology he textbooks. He was Lachlan Maclean Bt, CVO. of the ‘breath of fresh air’
enjoyed his new role also committed to that Nick provided. Those
as Hospitaller for the humanitarian work, and Major Barne was in the Eye Hospital staff
Order of St John. He the Order of St John someone who had the also noted his capability
was thrilled when the knighted Dr Walsh for ability to both lead and to for encouragement; he
Icelandic Government his efforts in providing serve. He retired from the is described as having ‘a
honoured him with the quality ophthalmic care to Army in 1979. wonderful ability to make
Order of the Falcon for underserved populations you feel you were the
his work supporting in the Holy Land at Following his time in the person he wanted to talk
ophthalmology there, St John Eye Hospital. army, he went to work for to and so put you at ease’.
and when he was He also almost single- their Royal Highnesses, Our thoughts are with his
made Knight of the handedly helped to run the Duke and Duchess family at this time.
Order of St John for his the Priory of the USA of Gloucester and Her
Page 10 Spring 2018October 2017:
Nader Qudsieh
(Driver) was selected
Employees of the month
for his positive attitude,
distinguished behaviour
and his excellent
If you would like to sponsor any of these individuals please get in touch.
relationship with
his colleagues and
supervisor.
November 2017:
Shadi Shqair
(Cleaner) was selected
for his loyalty and
commitment to the
Hospital and for his
positive behaviour.
December 2017:
Makram Ibrahim
(Staff Nurse) was
selected for his
commitment to his work
and to patients, flexibility
and willingness to help
his colleagues with our
patient record system
January 2017:
Ibrahim Jaber
(Cleaner) Ibrahim
(pictured) was nominated
by his colleagues as he
is extremely committed
to maintaining the high
levels of safety, quality
and hygiene standards
Ibrahim Jaber receives his Employee of the Month Award from Joint CEO Ahmad Ma'ali, January 2018. expected of all our team.
(continued from page 1)
In 2017 we managed to show a substantial sources of hospital regardless of ethnicity,
extend our care to over operating deficit that revenue. religion or ability to pay.
135,000 outpatients we wish to minimise
and perform over 4,800 during 2018. To our donors and We are aware that
major eye surgeries. supporters we say: your we cannot direct the
We are examining contribution is crucial wind, but we can
Financially speaking, ways of increasing our to our vision and your adjust the sail. Your
we remain reliant on income by introducing generosity enables us support is vital in
donations to sustain our more services, such as to further our mission as helping us to steer
charitable activities. The with our new LASIK we remain committed St John in the right
end results for 2017 machine, and varying to treating all patients direction
”
Page 11 Spring 2018L-R: Paul Clement,
Ryan Williams
and Jamie Ingham
Clark pose infront
of our Tree of
Hope in the Old
City of Jerusalem,
February 2018.
Jamie Ingham Clark
Trustee Report
In February we This is a very long title,
welcomed Paul Clement which is commonly
and Ryan Williams to abbreviated to Knights
a visit of the hospital Templar or more usually
and its work. They are the ‘KT’. They are one
respectively the Grand of the most consistent
Master and Great Vice supporters of our work, The KT also sponsor our Paul and Ryan visited
-Chancellor (which from having funded Orthoptics department with our Trustee Jamie
can be considered as over 50% of the monies led by Dr Judith Ingham Clark, who
chairman and CEO) of needed to reopen the Musallam. They do this is also in the KT and
the Great Priory of the Hospital in 1920 after exclusively through hopes that this will
United Religious, Military it was closed in the collections from the allow an even greater
and Masonic Orders of First World War, to their nearly 12,200 members understanding in
the Temple and St John most recent significant distributed across the long association
of Jerusalem, Palestine, contribution in sponsoring England and Wales, between the two
Rhodes and Malta of the salary our Joint Chief who attend meetings in organisations.
England and Wales and Executive Ahmad Ma’ali Preceptories, of which
its Provinces Overseas. on a three year deal. there are some 524.
15 million people
in the South Asia
& ME region
are blind and in
Palestine this is
particularly severe.
To help address
this, our partners
the Fred Hollows
Foundation
have opened
a strategic hub
in Dubai.
Dr Nahed Mikki,
our Diabetic
Retinopathy expert,
was at their launch.
Page 12 Spring 2018St John Funding 2017 (January - December):
Australia: £120,700 Canada: £36,600 England: £336,700 Netherlands: £2,000
£ New Zealand: £141,100 Scotland: £102,400 Singapore: £3,000
United States of America: £782,900 Wales: £15,000
Sweden: £20,000
Australia: $169,400 Canada: $51,400 England: $472,500 Netherlands: $2,700
$ New Zealand: $198,000 Scotland: $143,700 Singapore: $4,200
United States of America: $1,100,700 Wales: $21,000
Sweden: $27,600
Funding today
None of our work would be possible without our
kind donors, whose generosity allows us to continue
saving sight and changing lives. We would like to thank
everyone who has given to us in 2017, and everyone
else who has taken part in or organised any fundraising
activities on our behalf.
Thank you to St John Priories around the world who
have delivered much valued assistance to SJEHG. We
are grateful also to the Guild, the Alliance of the Orders A newborn baby awaits their check-up at our Gaza Mobile Outreach
Clinic September 2017.
of St John, St John Associations, and the St John
Fellowship and Bishops Waltham Charity Garden Fair
for their on-going and crucial support. The John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust
Major Donors (January – December 2017) Lions Club Palestine
Guy W Morton
Australian Representative Office in Ramallah Timothy Mattar
British Humane Association Masonic Order of Knights Templar in England
and Wales
The Estate of Vera Bavin
Mazars Charitable Trust
The Bryan Guinness Charitable Trust
Palestinian Authority Ministry of Finance
The Cadogan Charity
The Park House Charitable Trust
CBM
The Estate of Hugh Peppiatt
CHK Charities Limited
The PF Charitable Trust
The Clothworkers' Foundation
The Pilkington Charities’ Fund
The Estate of Jacqueline Alice Cummins
Pontifical Mission
The Edwina Mountbatten &
Pro Victimis Foundation
Leonora Children's Foundation
Qatar Committee
The Eranda Rothschild Foundation
Ian G Sims
The Evan Cornish Foundation
The Sobell Foundation
The Estate of Ruth M Fisher
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Fred Hollows Foundation
Stichting af Jochnick Foundation
International Medical Corps
The Tamari Foundation
The Estate of Geoffrey Leslie Howe
The Valentine Charitable Trust
Hugh Symons Charitable Trust
Welfare Association
Caroline J Gavin
The Will Charitable Trust
The German Ministry of Foreign Affairs
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
German Ministry for Economic Cooperation
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency
and Development (BMZ) (UNRWA)
The Gosling Foundation Limited USAID’s American Schools and Hospitals Abroad
Paul Gwilliam (ASHA)
The James Tudor Foundation USAID Child Blindness Program
Page 13 Spring 2018Merchandise
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Page 14 Spring 2018We need your help in more ways than donations!
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effect in May 2018, we would like to update your level and the means of communication you currently
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below. Please either send it back to the person who our communications streams.
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Order Form
Item Cost per unit Number of units Total (£)
Sponsor a swift on the tree in the Old City £3,970
(includes large swift to be sent to you) & £20 UK postage
Large Swift - including UK postage £870
Small Swift - including UK postage £370
Blank - Mobile Outreach Van £5.00 pack of 10
Blank - SJEHG Group Coat of Arms £5.00 pack of 10
Blank - St John Logo £5.00 pack of 10
NEW Model Mobile Outreach Van £10.00
Lapel Pin Badge £5.00
Phone Battery Charger Pack £10.00
Flashlight Pen £5.50
4GB USB Memory Stick £8.00
100% Cotton Tea Towel £5.00
Merchandise total
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Please tick if you would like to help us save time and money on admin by not requiring an acknowledgement in the post.
Donation Form
General Donation
1. Barron Vacuum Trephine 3. Donated Cornea
and Corneal Punches I would like to donate:
2. Dr Abu Hantash’s 4. Crosslinking Machine
visits to Gaza £25 £50 £100 £1000 Other
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date forward as Gift Aid donations, until you notify us otherwise* (WE CAN ONLY CLAIM GIFT AID ON DONATIONS) information about Legacy or In Memory Giving
*Gift Aid Notes: I am a UK taxpayer and understand that if I pay less Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax in the current tax year than the amount of Gift Aid claimed on all my donations it is my
responsibility to pay any difference. I understand that other taxes, such as VAT and Council Tax, do not qualify. I understand that the charity will reclaim 25p on every £1 that I give after 6 April,
2008. I understand that the charity will reclaim 28p on every £1 that I gave up to 5 April, 2008. Please notify St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group if you: Want to cancel this Declara-
tion; Change your name or home address; No longer pay sufficient tax on your income and/or capital gains. If you pay Income Tax at the higher or additional rate and want to receive the additional
tax relief due to you, you must include all your Gift Aid donations on your Self-Assessment tax return or ask HM Revenue and Customs to adjust your tax code.
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