In September 2005 a German medical relief organisation brought 3 large boxes with sutures and suture needles (value 31,000 US$) to the Al-Thawrah Hospital in city of Taiz, Yemen.
The German branch of the Oneness-Heart-Tears and Smiles was happy to provide this relief organisation with the suture material, which is sending specialised German doctors on a regular base to Yemen to operate mainly children for free.