{"id":11686,"date":"2025-09-21T09:25:57","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hskurd.org\/?p=11686"},"modified":"2025-09-21T09:25:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T06:25:57","slug":"friends-of-thalassemia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hskurd.org\/?p=11686&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Thalassemia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H5ozb3S8sdA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=ar&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">There are diseases we fight in order to live, but with thalassemia, we must learn to befriend it to continue our lives.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">These children do not simply live with their illness; they spread love and hope among all patients.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">From the heart of the Kurdish Red Crescent Hospital \u2013 Thalassemia Ward \u2013 the meaning of strength is found in friendship, and the meaning of life is found in hope.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are diseases we fight in order to live, but with thalassemia, we must learn to befriend it to continue our lives. These children do not simply live with their illness; they spread love and hope among all patients. From the heart of the Kurdish Red Crescent Hospital \u2013 Thalassemia Ward \u2013 the meaning of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hskurd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/21.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11103,"url":"https:\/\/hskurd.org\/?p=11103&lang=en","url_meta":{"origin":11686,"position":0},"title":"toys and gifts for thalassemia kids","author":"user55","date":"9 \u0623\u0628\u0631\u064a\u0644\u060c 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In a noble initiative that embodies humanity and giving, the HERO Dialogue and Rehabilitation Center, in collaboration with the Austrian organization CARAVAN, has provided a set of toys and school bags with stationery to the psychological support room in the Thalassemia Department of the Oncology, Burns, and Thalassemia Hospital. 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