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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Update: Salim’s life in Egypt
Yesterday I traveled north for 2 ½ hrs to a small village of some 600 souls in the Nile Delta to meet Salim and others who had fled two weeks ago from Tripoli, Libya He tells me that although he … Continue reading
Update on the appeal to food aid at the Salloum Border, Egypt/Libya
The truck with our food aid arrived at the border yesterday midday with 2310 food parcels for the stranded people in no-mans-land. A trip of 400 km from Cairo. In four days, through emails to our social networks which spread … Continue reading
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Japanese survival skills
Did Al Jazeera really mean the implied critiscm of Japan when it wrote in its live blog today: “1:18pm it is clear the country was not prepared for a disaster of this magnitude.” At this time, more than 5,600 people … Continue reading
Egypt/Libya Salloum Border Humanitarian crisis
I was phoned with an update today on the situation on the Egypt/Libyan border at Salloum. “The camp is high up on a cliff with nothing else around. The wind hits you, and it gets miserably cold up there” says … Continue reading
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Salim escapes Tripoli
Salim has made it to Egypt from Tripoli. He phoned on Saturday afternoon, it was so good to hear his voice! I was not sure if he was one hour from our home, one hour from the border, or at … Continue reading
Feeding the Exodus at The Salloum Border, Egypt/Libya
There are apparently some 3,500 – 7,000 refugees stranded in camps at the Salloum Egyptian/Libyan border, perhaps waiting for days for transport or travel documents to move on – and it’s cold. Many or most have been robbed of all … Continue reading
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