TITLE: New Afghan Refugees Need Your URGENT Help

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ORG: RAWA

DATE: January 19, 2001

Dear supporters, By now you are aware of the terrible miseries of newly arrived Afghan refugees in Peshawar. According to Yusuf Hassan, UNHCR's senior regional external affairs officer for the southwest and central Asian region: "Jallozai is a makeshift site. It is an open place. People are exposed to the freezing weather. There is no proper shelter, no sanitation or (clean) water facilities," Cold, disease and malnutrition have killed several children at the camp and some refugees have been reduced to eating grass. We are witnessing but can do nothing tangible. We appeal for your URGENT help. If you get somebody or some interested NGOs/institutions to help in an URGENT way, please DO it without delay. Even a few thousands of quilts/blankets along with a small amount of money would be OK for the time being. RAWA have planned to distribute quilts/blankets among them. A blanket in Pakistani markets costs around US$4. Your URGENT donations can save life of many ill-fated children. Kindly send your donations in cash or a check payable to "Support Afghan Women" (please note that if you draw the check payable to RAWA or anything else we may NOT be able to cash it. 100% of your donations will go to these refugees. Thanks in advance for your donations and kind feelings). Please send your donoation to the following address and inform us through email: Donation for Refugees C/O Support Afghan Women 500 S. Azusa Avenue, PMB 330 Azusa, CA 91702 USA Regards, RAWA E-mail: rawa@rawa.org PS. Photos of the refugees in Jallozi camp could be found on our web site at http://www.rawa.org/new-ref.htm END top