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(Left picture): Board members and UMMA staff attend the Fremont High School clinic groundbreaking ceremony April 16, 2012. From left to right, Naim Shah Sr., Dr. Yasser Aman, Barrie Segall, Jackie Provost, Mrs. Hoori Sadler, Dr. Charles Sadler, Dr. Munaf Kadri and Paul Wong, Esq; (middle) UMMA’s second clinical site, a Wellness Center and Community Garden located at the John C. Fremont High School campus in South Los Angeles; (right) A young UMMA patient smiles as he waits with his mom in an exam room to receive her medication.
“Thanks to UMMA, I’m now in good health… If you can help, please don’t think twice. We count on UMMA.” - MARTA GALVEZ, UMMA PATIENT
In the wake of civil unrest in Los Angeles, UMMA’s
students are overweight or obese; one in 30 will develop
founders transformed an abandoned building into a
type-2 diabetes in a typical LAUSD classroom with all its
vibrant clinic, bringing much-needed health care to South
adverse health consequences before graduation ; one in three
Los Angeles residents. Over the years, UMMA has served
students are directly or indirectly victims of violence and its
thousands of patients and has received considerable
teenage pregnancy rates are one of the highest in LAUSD.
recognition as the first Muslim clinic built in the United
Our center represents an innovative model of school-
States. We have been recognized on the floor of Congress,
based health care and exemplifies UMMA’s commitment to
and at the White House itself.
go beyond treating illness and move on to create a healthier
Today, however, South Los Angeles continues to face
community. Encompassing a 2,800-square-foot clinic and a
extraordinary needs. More than half of local residents are
one-acre community garden, the Fremont center combines
uninsured and our impoverished community is impacted
high-quality medical care with educational programming,
by many significant health risks. In response, we plan to
access to healthy food choices, and more. By integrating these
open our next clinic, a Wellness Center and Community
services at Fremont High School, we are further improving
Garden at John C. Fremont High School, in early 2013 to
access to quality health care for students and families in our
mitigate these risks at an early age by providing a broad
community. Like our existing clinic, we expect the John C.
range of primary and preventive health care services.
Fremont High School Community Garden and Wellness
Statistics show that 40 percent of Fremont High School
Center to be a national model of excellence in care.
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