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Tag Archives: food aid
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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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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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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