Milestone Jun 2013
First Medical Point founded
MP Lindau in Takad (West Aleppo) — the first Medical Point begins its work.
Humanitarian work
44 travel reports, ten years,
one mission.
Dr. Adnan Wahhoud documents his aid trips to Syria in detailed reports. 44 travel reports plus one special earthquake report now cover the period 2016–2026 — from the trip in November 2016 to the historic journey shortly after the fall of the regime in December 2024 and the most recent consolidation in January 2026. The reports themselves are in German.
Milestone Oct 2014
MP Lindau in Yakobiya
Medical Point in the Christian village of Yakobiya — it will later (October 2024) celebrate its tenth anniversary.
30 Sep – 15 Oct 2016
“I Counted 40 Impacts”
An interview with Bayern 1 from Aleppo had been arranged before the journey. On the night before Thursday, Wahhoud recorded the air raids with a notebook, a pen and a torch: ten impacts in quick succession, then forty more between 1:45 and 4 a.m. The interview was based on this. Medicines for all six Medical Points were bought for 6,982 euros — one of the five depots had been bombed out.
Report (PDF) ↗
Nov 2016
German Medical Points in Syria
The Medical Point Lindau in Khan Alassal is temporarily closed for security reasons. In Atareb, a clinic with a pharmacy is set up in the school for child education.
Report (PDF) ↗
24 Jan – 7 Feb 2017
Firewood for the Poor
Medicines paid for by donations from Lindauer Zeitung readers, firewood for the poor in Jabal Shahshabo. Displaced families from Aleppo are taken into the orphans’ project.
Report (PDF) ↗
28 Mar – 8 Apr 2017
Chemical Attack in Khan Shaykhun
At the end of March the clinics are supplied with medicines. At the time of the chemical attack on Khan Shaykhun, Wahhoud is at the Medical Point in Fattiere, about 25 kilometres away; afterwards he goes there himself.
Report (PDF) ↗ Milestone Apr 2017
Toubat construction sketch
His cousin draws up the sketch of a residential settlement for 16 families — the later Toubat settlement in northern Idlib.
3–11 Jun 2017
All Seven Medical Points
Visits to all seven Medical Points, salaries for doctors, pharmacists, nursing staff and caretakers. Medicines and dressings worth 7,500 euros are bought in the country.
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16 Jul – 1 Aug 2017
Help with Emergency Births
In July the Medical Point Giessen in Orom cares for 12 newborns and holds two courses each in first aid and in civil protection in wartime.
Report (PDF) ↗
27 Sep – 5 Oct 2017
Failoun, South of Idlib
In Failoun 80% of the houses are destroyed and the inhabitants are returning; Wahhoud promises them a Medical Point. In Orom a nurse and a pharmacy assistant are trained.
Report (PDF) ↗
1–16 Dec 2017
New Building for MP Krumbach
Visits to the seven clinics, medicines and salaries. The Medical Point Krumbach in Jabal Wastani gets a new building; almost 12,000 treatments in November.
Report (PDF) ↗
31 Jan – 11 Feb 2018
The Fifth to Carry the Name Lindau
A new Medical Point opens in Blanta, north-west of Aleppo — the fifth to carry the name Lindau. The monthly figures for January record 11,754 patient visits at seven Medical Points and two school-doctor stations; 61 per cent of the patients are children, and three out of four receive their medicines free of charge.
Report (PDF) ↗
13–29 Mar 2018
“Peace Is Not Here”
Medicines for the clinics, visits to people who fled Eastern Ghouta in reception camps. Medicines and school supplies from Germany have been waiting in Turkish customs for two months.
Report (PDF) ↗
29 May – 9 Jun 2018
Pumping Station in Jabal Wastani
The container of donated medicines from Germany has arrived: distribution to hospitals, school bags for the children. Wüstenkind e. V. covers the repair of the pumping station in Jabal Wastani.
Report (PDF) ↗
2–15 Dec 2018
Pharmacies for the Winter
Medicines worth over 12,000 US dollars for the seven clinics. In Blanta the children receive sturdy winter shoes and lunch in the new schoolyard; Wüstenkind e. V. donates 12 windows for the primary school in Fattiere.
Report (PDF) ↗
27 Jan – 25 Feb 2019
Kindergarten in Fattiere
Opening of a kindergarten in Fattiere for 46 children who have lost a parent; Wüstenkind e. V. covers the running costs. The Medical Point in Blanta is now called “Oberschwaben”.
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31 Mar – 12 Apr 2019
MP Tuum in New Premises
The pharmacies of all seven Medical Points are restocked, and at Easter there are small gifts for the Christian women he supports. The Medical Point Lindau in Tuum has moved into new premises.
Report (PDF) ↗
25 Jun – 9 Jul 2019
1,300 Food Baskets
Medicines worth around 12,000 US dollars for all pharmacies. With donations from KKNH and Wüstenkind e. V., 1,300 food baskets are distributed to people in need; in Fattiere the school and kindergarten are closed.
Report (PDF) ↗
23 Aug – 6 Sep 2019
“Now It Is Real War There”
People are fleeing north towards the Turkish border; shortly after his arrival a barrel bomb explodes 100 metres from the Medical Point in Fattiere. The Medical Point in Fattiere remains closed for the time being.
Report (PDF) ↗
23 Oct – 2 Nov 2019
Journey Ends at the Border
The entry permit is not in the new passport, and the barrier stays down. Mohammad Altaher takes over the work in the clinics; winter aid with Wüstenkind e. V.: 60 tonnes of firewood and 4,000 litres of heating oil.
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4–18 Dec 2019
The “Roof Over the Head” Project
Visits to all seven Medical Points. On 14,000 square metres of land near the Turkish border, work for 80 families begins on 10 December 2019.
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20 Feb – 5 Mar 2020
Aid Workers Fleeing
The Medical Point Lindau in Takad is bombed on 15 February, and staff from four Medical Points flee with their families. In Syria from 24 February: work on the housing settlement for at least 80 families.
Report (PDF) ↗
March – April 2020
“Corona Time, Humanitarian Work”
In the Medical Points all staff wear masks and gloves; walls, floors and doors are disinfected regularly. The Medical Point Oberschwaben is being newly built in Salwa — as a replacement for Blanta. In the project “A Roof Over Their Heads”, eighty foundation slabs are finished by April, each eight by eight metres, granted as an interest-free loan of 720 US dollars.
Report (PDF) ↗
29 Jun – 14 Jul 2020
Opening of MP Oberschwaben
First trip after the coronavirus lockdown. Opening of the new Medical Point Oberschwaben in Salwa (in operation since 1 June 2020), first survey of the Toubat residential settlement with 85 refugee families from the destroyed villages of Fattiere and Takad — and 4,725 patients in June alone.
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18 Nov – 17 Dec 2020
Socks and Hats
Winter clothing from Germany for the children of the Wüstenkind day-care centre and school. Coronavirus infection on the return journey, 14 days of home isolation in southern Turkey.
Report (PDF) ↗
1–13 Feb 2021
A Short Winter Visit
A compact stay in February — routine visits to the Medical Points and delivery of relief supplies.
Report (PDF) ↗
28 Mar – 18 Apr 2021
“Ancient Ruins”
Because life in the tents becomes impossible after years, families build their shelters in and against the ancient ruins — the cultural heritage is disappearing piece by piece. In Toubat the sand tracks are being paved with natural stone from the surrounding hills, some 350 metres of it. The labour-intensive method was chosen deliberately: it feeds fourteen families. In March, 5,751 patients are treated, 60 per cent of them children.
Report (PDF) ↗
27 May – 13 Jun 2021
Children's Playground in Toubat
Expansion of the Toubat residential settlement by 32 places: a 500 m² playground, a bakery with a snack room and a 205 m deep solar-powered well for the drinking water supply.
Report (PDF) ↗ Milestone Jun 2021
Toubat completed — and extended
The Toubat settlement is complete: homes, a Medical Point, a kindergarten and a school. In the summer of 2021 the playground is added.
14–29 Jul 2021
Summer in Toubat
Continuation of the construction work in the residential settlement — playground, supply infrastructure and preparations for the school.
Report (PDF) ↗
29 Sep – 14 Oct 2021
“Kindergarten Lugano”
Forty-five children in two groups — Butterflies and Birds — with a light breakfast from the village bakery every day. At the Wüstenkind school, 250 children are enrolled in years one to nine. A painting competition is held on the theme of peace: one picture shows a town with a mosque and a church side by side, another an aeroplane dropping presents and flowers.
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5–27 Dec 2021
Reflecting on the Aid
A winter trip that does not only deliver relief supplies but also raises the question of who benefits politically from humanitarian work — and how it remains independent.
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23 Feb – 22 Mar 2022
In the Shadow of the War in Ukraine
First trip after the start of the war in Ukraine. While the world looks east, the hardship in northern Syria remains — only the attention is missing.
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10 May – 12 Jun 2022
Iranian Militias in the North
The situation in Idlib under pressure from Syrian, Russian and Iranian forces. Supplying the internally displaced in the camps among the olive groves.
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9 Aug – 6 Sep 2022
"Every Citizen One Euro"
A solidarity campaign in the district of Roth: every resident donates one euro. The funds collected go directly to the Medical Points.
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23 Sep – 9 Nov 2022
Bombardment in Spite of Everything
Russian and Iranian air strikes hit hospitals and residential areas in Idlib. The Medical Points continue their work under a protective roof.
Report (PDF) ↗ Milestone 6 Feb 2023
Severe earthquake
Turkey and northern Syria are hit by a series of earthquakes. The trip in March 2023 sees the damage on the ground.
Special report
February 2023
Emergency Relief After the Earthquake
Special report immediately after the severe earthquake of 6 February 2023. The Idlib soup kitchen doubled to 1,800 portions per day, a new soup kitchen in Toubat with 400 portions, the Mahal Hani bakery at full capacity — all four Medical Points in the earthquake zone extend their opening hours to six days a week.
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15 Mar – 8 Apr 2023
After the Earthquake
First trip after the severe earthquake of 6 February 2023. Damage to houses and supply facilities — and the first emergency relief measures on the ground.
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17 Jun – 13 Jul 2023
Eid al-Adha in Northern Syria
Holidays between trauma and hope. Distribution of holiday provisions to the families in the camps and in the Toubat residential settlement.
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9 Sep – 10 Oct 2023
A New Wave of Destruction
Intensified bombardments hit residential areas and supply depots. The Medical Points compensate for failing state structures.
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6–18 Dec 2023
Christmas Between Worlds
Collecting donations in Germany, distributing them directly in Syria — and the observation of how European holidays and Syrian hardship come together in one person.
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11–23 Mar 2024
Soup Kitchens Against Poverty
Expansion of the three soup kitchens (Idlib, Toubat, Ain Tarma) to around 3,000 meals per day. Feeding the poor becomes a permanent part of the care provided.
Report (PDF) ↗
8–23 Jun 2024
School Festival 2023/24
End of the school year at the schools financed by Wahhoud. Report cards, small celebrations and a look at the young people for whom this work is done.
Report (PDF) ↗
12–28 Aug 2024
When the World Looks Away
Summer in the camps. A focus on the basic needs of water, bread, medicine and school — amid an international crisis of attention.
Report (PDF) ↗
6–22 Nov 2024
Ten Years of MP Yakobiya
In October 2024, the Medical Point in the Christian village of Yakobiya, founded in October 2014, celebrates its anniversary. Dr. Mazen Duchan, health minister of the self-administered areas of north-west Syria, comes to visit.
Report (PDF) ↗ Milestone 8 Dec 2024
Fall of the regime
The Assad regime falls. Three days later the next trip begins (11.12.24 – 16.1.25); Damascus becomes accessible again for the first time in years.
11 Dec 2024 – 16 Jan 2025
On the Way to Damascus
On 13 December, Wahhoud enters a Syria freed from the regime — for him a historic journey. Several times he travels back and forth between Idlib and his home city of Damascus.
Report (PDF) ↗
30 Jun – 17 Jul 2025
The New Borders
Adapting the travel logistics after the change of regime: different routes, new procedures, the same mission. First more regular stays in the capital.
Report (PDF) ↗
23 Aug – 4 Nov 2025
A Light of Hope
Theophil and Angelika Steuer (KKNH e.V. Roth) travel to Syria themselves for the first time. Wahhoud accompanies them together with his wife Hayat — the longest trip in the chronicle (ten weeks).
Report (PDF) ↗
18 Dec 2025 – 16 Jan 2026
Helping Sustainably
The most recent documented trip: consolidation of the projects under the new political conditions. Dialysis sets in Damascus, reconstruction in Ain Tarma.
Report (PDF) ↗All travel reports © Dr.-Ing. Adnan Wahhoud, “Lindauhilfe für Syrien” initiative