03 5 / 2011
UPDATED: THE LIBYA RELIEF GUIDE or WHERE TO DONATE
UPDATED AS OF 5/03/2011
This is not a definitive list, but a quick compilation of charities. Not all of these charities are working from inside Libya, and some of them are simply working as intermediaries. My suggestion is to research each charity very carefully before donating. Organizations…
A list of charities helping Libya to send to all your rich uncles! Updated!
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18 4 / 2011
THE LIBYA RELIEF GUIDE or WHERE TO DONATE
UPDATED AS OF 4/18/2011
NOT a definitive list. This is a quick compilation of charities. Not all of these charities are working from inside Libya, and some of them are simply working as intermediaries. My suggestion is to research each charity very carefully before donating. Organizations working in the region are, as always, preferable.
Feel free to drop more links in my ask box.
I’ve placed an asterisk (*) next to organizations that I am either personally involved in or can personally vouch for.
Born in the wake of the Feb17 Libyan uprising, the Libya Outreach Group serves as a global, action oriented group of professionals dedicated to raising awareness, facilitating outreach and mobilizing humanitarian relief for Libya.
An engaged global community of Libyan and non-Libyan actors is critical to the success of Libya’s future and to ensure the people’s aspirations for freedom and democracy become a reality. An informed, engaged and aligned community of policy makers, humanitarians, business leaders, and citizens can facilitate Libya’s long-term sustainable success. The Libya Outreach Group is committed to brokering this success by mobilizing and engaging diverse stakeholders toward developing a free and democratic Libya.
Libyan Emergency Aid has moved from strength to strength since its inception.
We have sent over the value of around €500,000 in medical aid and equipment, with more aid on the way, and we have also managed to travel to Benghazi through Egypt and were fortunate enough to meet members of the the aid organisation Tawasil, who take care of the aid we send over from Ireland.
Furthermore, Neil D’arcy, Ivan Cummins and myself have travelled to Libya to meet the handlers of our medical aid and to also film a documentary covering the crisis and the volunteers that have dropped their working lives and travelled far from their families to work on the ground to do what they can for the Libyan democratic revolution.
The documentary “Dying To Be Free” will hopefully be edited and produced in 2-3 weeks. Here’s an excerpt from the film: http://vimeo.com/21238167
World Medical Camp for Libya (WMCL) is a charitable organisation which was established to address the escalating humanitarian crisis unfolding in Libya and to respond to the urgent and immediate need for medical aid in Libya.
Since its establishment, and thanks to your donations, WMCL has been extremely successful in delivering medical aid to the Western Mountain, Zuwarah, Benghazi, Misurata, as well as other affected areas. However, as money is coming in, it is quickly going out to meet the forever expanding needs of Libyan civilians.
We are constantly receiving requests for water sanitation systems, portable ventilators as well as other similar and particularly costly devices. In addition, we have recently received reports that Benghazi is facing a dangerous shortage of yeast. This means that your donations are needed now more than ever before.
We have been witnessing the level of the humanitarian disaster in Misurata and elsewhere on our television screens as journalists have now managed to report from hospitals and interview doctors and civilians caught up in the fighting. This reaffirms our mission that there is a massive need for medical aid and other humanitarian supplies. We need to keep the momentum and raise more funds to meet this challenge so we urge you to please keep supporting our cause. Any donation made towards this appeal will make a difference and we will keep you updated on how your donations have been spent via the website.
Islamic Relief* - Make sure the drop-down menu reads, “Libya Humanitarian Relief”
An Islamic Relief assessment team has been dispatched to Libya, where the required intervention will be determined. Initial preparations have been made to provide emergency shelter and food for people fleeing the violence. Islamic Relief is also providing medical aid to the injured. The humanitarian team continues its efforts at Libya’s Eastern border, where a convoy of baby milk and medical supplies is on the way to the coastal city of Benghazi - Libya’s second biggest city. The convoy includes 10 volunteer doctors from Egypt who will be working in the Libyan hospitals in liaison with the Libyan Medical Syndicate. Preparations are also being made on the Tunisian border in response to the large influx of refugees to Tunisia.
- Please Note: Islamic Relief is a Four-Star charity on Charity Navigator, the highest rating a charity could receive.
We have dispatched two teams to the region. While writing this appeal, one of our teams entered Libya from Egypt. The second team is now at the Libyan-Tunisian boarder helping refugees while waiting for permission to enter Libya.
Dear brother and sister, there are three types of people; the first group makes things happen, the second group watches as things happen, and third group of people look and ask what happened. Today, history is in the making. Please be part of those who make things happen.
- Note: Zakat Foundation has no drop-down menu to specify which country in the Middle East you’d like to donate to. A rep recommended emailing the organization right after making your donation and letting them know you intend it to be used in Libya.
All proceeds will provide medical assistance, medical supplies and all other logistical efforts (ex: transportation)
Muslims Without Borders’ medical convoy arrived at the Libyan border on Wednesday, February 23rd with a shipment of emergency medical supplies. The shipment was delivered to to Al Jalaa Hospital in Bengazi on February 24th. MWB was the first American NGO to operate inside Libya.
MWB’s initial assessment of the situation in the eastern cities of Tobruk, Darnah and Benghazi shows no imminent disaster pending. Hospitals are prepared to handle medical needs for the short term, but are still lacking basic medical equipment and medication. MWB is preparing a second convoy with general medical equipment and medication.
MWB is also preparing an advance team for the western region on the Tunisian border where the situation may change to a sudden emergency due to the fluid situation in the capital Tripoli. Please continue to support MWB’s aid and logistics network which is now also assisting other international relief agencies sending aid into Libya.
The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) completed a medical evacuation of almost 100 people by boat from Misrata, Libya, to Tunisia on April 16. The majority of the patients had suffered war-related injuries.
The boat departed Misrata on April 15, arriving in Zarzis, Tunisia, early the next morning, with 64 war-wounded patients and 45 other people. While in Misrata, the MSF team was able to assess medical facilities in the city, where ongoing fighting has cut off the population from external assistance and hospitals and clinics are overwhelmed with casualties. The evacuation followed a similar one on April 4, when 71 people were transferred from Misrata.
- Please note: MSF does not have drop-down menu to indicate which country you’d like to send your money to. If you’d like to donate specifically to Libya, I’d suggest indicating so in the “Leave a Message” portion of the form, although this does not insure your donation will be used in that way.
UNHCR has deployed teams to key border points between Libya and Tunisia to provide tents and other relief items to up to 10,000 people fleeing the civil unrest and political violence currently taking place in Libya. Already an estimated 22,000 people have crossed into Tunisia since fighting broke out. UNHCR is also working with the Egyptian government helping those escaping into Egypt.
Your much-needed donation through UNHCR will help provide emergency relief items to the thousands of North Africans fleeing the persecution and killing in Libya right now.
Violent clashes in Libya have left hundreds of people dead and thousands injured. Tens of thousands of people are also leaving their homes and crossing to Tunisia and Egypt.
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been on the ground helping people since the beginning of the unrest, but more support will be needed as the crisis unfolds.
Money raised from the appeal will be used to support the Movement’s response to the crisis, including healthcare and medical supplies for people affected by the unrest in Libya and food, shelter and first aid for people crossing into Tunisia and Egypt.
A medical team, including two surgeons, from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrived in Benghazi on Sunday. Truckloads of Red Cross medical supplies are due to arrive in Libya from Cairo in the next few days.
Since the outbreaks of violence in Benghazi began, the Libyan Red Crescent has been responding with basic medical care and transporting injured people to hospital. It has also provided blood units to the town’s four hospitals.
The Egyptian and Tunisian Red Crescents are working at their countries’ borders with Libya, providing food and basic medical care to people crossing from Libya.
HCI is responding to the current Tragic events where thousands of people are injured and dead by working to send medical and financial help to the injured and their families.
They need all the help and support that they can get. Please Donate generously.
Helping Hand - Make sure the drop-down menu reads “Libya Relief Fund”
Time of need; Libya and countries like Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria need our help. Please come forward and support Helping Hand for Relief and Development in carrying out their efforts to improve the lives of many by providing emergency relief to those whose freedom has come at a very heavy cost.
The violence in Libya is getting worse each day. At least 2,000 people are feared dead, and thousands more have been wounded.
In response to this crisis, Life for Relief and Development is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to the people of Libya through Egypt’s borders.
Life is planning medicines, medical supplies, baby formula, and other essentials to the Libyan-Egyptian border. Much more is still needed.
Life is calling on its donors to quickly respond to this appeal and donate what they can to help the innocent people of Libya in their time of desperate need.
Save the Children has dispatched an emergency response team to the Egyptian/Libya border to prepare to respond to a potential humanitarian crisis both within Libya and across the border into Egypt. The team will arrive at the border tomorrow.
“The country’s escalating instability could affect children the most,” said Geof Giacomini, Save the Children US’s country director in Egypt. “We know that tens of thousands have already crossed the border, and we are now hearing reports of shortages of medical supplies and other essential items inside Libya itself. We want to make sure that children caught up in this crisis are cared for and protected.”
The global humanitarian aid organization is warning that if the violence continues, the effect on children could be severe. Displaced children face serious risks, including being separated from their families, exploited for labor, and dropping out of school. They are also vulnerable to emotional distress from being uprooted from their homes, schools and all that is familiar to them.
- Note: There’s no way to specify where your money will be going, so I suggest contacting the organization directly.
While Egypt is trying to recover next door is Libya, engulfed in a political crisis of epic proportions. The violence is resulting in a humanitarian crisis like no other. Once again IMANA Relief is making a difference.
In Egypt, we have begun collaborating with the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations (FIMA) in providing urgent medical care and food distribution to those in need. While in Libya, both FIMA and IMANA are working together in setting up field hospitals along the Libyan-Egyptian border to begin treating the thousands who have already fled the violence. The time to help is now. IMANA once again is “Making a Difference”. You can too.
- Note: Make sure the drop-down menu is on “Libya”
(Source: abudaii)
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29 3 / 2011
Fundraising for the Middle East - Input Appreciated
Okay, well, I’m usually better at lurking around on the internet, and if there is a good cause I’ll donate some of my money to it privately. But it seems I might be helping to organize a fundraiser for the middle east at my University. This scares me a bit, as I said before, because I’m more of a lurker than a club leader or something. But it’s obviously a lot scarier to be on the front lines in Libya, or in the middle of the revolution in Bahrain, or Yemen, or Syria or anywhere else, so I suppose I have no right to complain.
Basically, any input you guys have on this would be helpful. If you are from/related to people in any of the countries going through a revolution - then feel free to say anything you would like, and I’ll communicate it to the group I’m working through on-campus here. I’m giving a short little spiel next Monday night to give them info on why it’s important to donate, and what our goals should be.
And I already have seen the list of charities to donate to that Abudai posted here:
http://abudai.tumblr.com/post/3567304450/the-libya-relief-guide-or-where-to-donate
And I will be recommending that we send the money we raise to one/several of those charities. If people have any more to add to that list, or have any other ideas of how to help (or even more helpful, tell me if they know of organizations that are sending over SUPPLIES to areas in turmoil in the middle east), then I would be more than grateful.
Also one more note - this would not be fund-raising just for Libya, it’d be for the middle east revolutions in general. Even for Egypt, who is going through some tough times after their revolution.
-Green
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10 3 / 2011
PLEASE DONATE TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS IN LIBYA BY ISLAMIC RELIEF
It’s times like these I wish there were better phrases than ‘every penny counts’ to convey how dire the situation is— but even if it’s just a dollar, send it. Whatever you can do. This is our duty, not as Americans or Canadians or Brits, but as members of the human race.
While NATO twiddles it’s thumbs about what to do in Libya, as they “monitor” the situation— thousands of people are dying. My own people are dying. Everyday, my family’s life is at risk, and thousands of other families too, and they might find themselves on the hospital bed of a hospital that’s run out of the basic supplies the doctors needs to save their life. Please help. I don’t know how else I can ask.
The need is urgent. Here’s how you can help:
2. Attend a fundraising dinner near you.
3. Spread the word about Islamic Relief’s response through our Facebook and Twitter pages.
Latest Update from Libya (March 10, 11:55 a.m. Eastern Time)Violence continues to erupt across Libya, endangering thousands of innocent people. More than 212,000 civilians have fled the violence in Libya so far (Source: UNHCR), crossing into Tunisia and Egypt.
Islamic Relief is managing a UNHCR camp housing 15,000 refugees. Islamic Relief is in charge of managing the flow of refugees from the border, organizing and pitching tents, providing food, water and sanitation facilities.
Three U.S. officials visited the camp and had high praise for Islamic Relief’s work: read more. To find out more info directly from the field: read the latest blog entry by IR USA staff member Seyed Mowlana.
The situation is worsening every day for the civilians of Libya. Some estimate that up to 6,000 people are dead and thousands more are injured. Food and medicine supplies are dwindling with no replenishment in sight due to cut-off supply routes. Islamic Relief USA has declared a state of emergency and launched a fundraising appeal for Libya.
The most immediate needs are food, water, shelter, medicine and sanitation facilities.
Islamic Relief is currently assisting refugees on the Libyan borders in Egypt and Tunisia. So far, Islamic Relief has:
Distributed food packs and water bottles to more than 40,000 refugees
Distributed 10,000 hygiene kits
Provided warm clothing and blankets to refugees
Helped administer medical care to the injured and sick
Organized transitional camp to give hundreds of travelers a dry and warm place to rest
Constructed communal toilets for the refugees
Assisted in the repatriation of refugees
Your support is needed to help reach those in need.
(Source: abudaii)
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08 3 / 2011
As Qaddafi’s jets drop bombs on the Libyan people, the UN Security Council will decide in 48 hours whether to impose a no-fly zone to keep the government’s warplanes on the ground.
Together, we’ve already flooded the Security Council with messages, “overwhelming” the President’s office and helping to win serious targeted sanctions on the Libyan regime - now, to stop the bloodshed, we need a massive outcry of 1 million messages for a no-fly zone.
If Qaddafi can’t dominate the air, he loses a key weapon in a war in which civilians are paying the heaviest price. But as long as his helicopter gunships and bombers are in the air, the death toll will rise. We have just 48 hours left — let’s hit 1 million messages to stop Qaddafi’s deadly attacks before it’s too late.
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01 3 / 2011
A wave of uprisings is sweeping through the Middle East and North Africa. As Egypt and Tunisia grapple with political transition, in Libya, a defiant al-Gaddafi has threatened to “cleanse” the country “house by house.”Amnesty supporters must not let down our guard. We must be ready. Become a member today.
Dear Hana,
If you’re like me, you’ve been watching with horror as news breaks from the Middle East and North Africa — peaceful protesters are being detained, harassed, beaten, tortured and even fired upon by people bent on crushing dissent.
Abdallah Salman Mohammad Hassan, a protester in Bahrain, told us a harrowing story. After he and a friend were arrested in Manama, the country’s capital, he was blindfolded, beaten with sticks, punched and hung from a door for hours in detention.“They tied my hands behind my back and then put me on a chair; I was standing on the chair. Then they put my arms behind the door from the top and pushed the chair away. I was left suspended: my body on one side of the door and my arms on the other side. It was very painful.
“I asked for water and they didn’t give it to me. I wanted to pray and they refused. I didn’t sleep. I was left suspended on the door for a few hours.
At least seven people were killed in Bahrain and scores have been wounded in the past weeks by security forces using excessive force against protestors.”
© AFP/Getty Images
We need your help now to mount an unyielding defense of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa. With your support we can remain on the ground, exposing the truth, demanding that abusers are brought to justice.The situation is dire in Libya, where the leader, Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi, gave a speech in which he called protesters “cockroaches” and “rats.” In one chilling statement, he threatened to “cleanse Libya house by house.”
This violence is unacceptable. Become a member today and help us mount an unyielding defense of human rights.
There have also been stories of hope. Amnesty researchers in Cairo described a sea of people – all ages, social classes and political backgrounds – in Tahrir Square on the day Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak stepped down, feeling part of a whole new Egypt, an Egypt reborn.“People’s sense of achievement and pride in being able to take control of Egypt’s future reverberated across the square. ‘Put your head up high, you are Egyptian,’ was sung over and over again and was complimented by laughter, ululations, songs of praise, drums and the waving of Egyptian flags.”
This is the power of peaceful protest.
I need your help to continue Amnesty’s work in the Middle East and North Africa. Join Amnesty International.
Here is my pledge to you:
Amnesty will continue to send researchers to the countries where crises are unfolding, and tell the world what is going on. We will advocate for the rights of peaceful protesters. We will hold repressive leaders accountable.
You can help make this happen by becoming a member today.In solidarity,
Sincerely,
Larry Cox
Executive Director
Amnesty International USA
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01 3 / 2011
Avaaz: Stop The Crackdown
In Libya, Colonel Qaddafi’s armed forces are using machine guns and fighter jets against pro-democracy protesters — hundreds have already been killed and, without immediate international action, the situation could spiral into a national bloodbath.
The United Nations Security Council and the European Union are in emergency sessions on Libya this week. If we can pressure them to agree to a no-fly zone over Libya, a freeze of Qaddafi’s, his family’s and his high command’s assets, targeted sanctions against the regime, and international prosecution of any military officials involved in the crackdown — this could stop airforce bombings and split Qaddafi’s command structure.
We have no time to lose — the people of Libya are being slaughtered by government forces. Click to send a message directly to all the UNSC delegations, EU Foreign Ministers and the High Representative for the EU to stop the violence and share this with everyone — let’s inundate them with messages and spur them to action!
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01 3 / 2011
THE LIBYA RELIEF GUIDE or WHERE TO DONATE
NOT a definitive list. This is a quick compilation of charities. Not all of these charities are working from inside Libya, and some of them are simply working as intermediaries. My suggestion is to research each charity very carefully before donating. Organizations working in the region are, as always, preferable.
Feel free to drop more links in my ask box.
I’ve placed an asterisk (*) next to organizations that I am either personally involved in or can personally vouch for.
Islamic Relief* - Make sure the drop-down menu reads, “Libya Humanitarian Relief”
An Islamic Relief assessment team has been dispatched to Libya, where the required intervention will be determined. Initial preparations have been made to provide emergency shelter and food for people fleeing the violence. Islamic Relief is also providing medical aid to the injured. The humanitarian team continues its efforts at Libya’s Eastern border, where a convoy of baby milk and medical supplies is on the way to the coastal city of Benghazi - Libya’s second biggest city. The convoy includes 10 volunteer doctors from Egypt who will be working in the Libyan hospitals in liaison with the Libyan Medical Syndicate. Preparations are also being made on the Tunisian border in response to the large influx of refugees to Tunisia.
- Please Note: Islamic Relief is a Four-Star charity on Charity Navigator, the highest rating a charity could receive.
- If you’re in Southern California, you can also attend this fundraising banquet.
We have dispatched two teams to the region. While writing this appeal, one of our teams entered Libya from Egypt. The second team is now at the Libyan-Tunisian boarder helping refugees while waiting for permission to enter Libya.
Dear brother and sister, there are three types of people; the first group makes things happen, the second group watches as things happen, and third group of people look and ask what happened. Today, history is in the making. Please be part of those who make things happen.
- Note: Zakat Foundation has no drop-down menu to specify which country in the Middle East you’d like to donate to. A rep recommended emailing the organization right after making your donation and letting them know you intend it to be used in Libya.
All proceeds will provide medical assistance, medical supplies and all other logistical efforts (ex: transportation)
Muslims Without Borders’ medical convoy arrived at the Libyan border on Wednesday, February 23rd with a shipment of emergency medical supplies. The shipment was delivered to to Al Jalaa Hospital in Bengazi on February 24th. MWB was the first American NGO to operate inside Libya.
MWB’s initial assessment of the situation in the eastern cities of Tobruk, Darnah and Benghazi shows no imminent disaster pending. Hospitals are prepared to handle medical needs for the short term, but are still lacking basic medical equipment and medication. MWB is preparing a second convoy with general medical equipment and medication.
MWB is also preparing an advance team for the western region on the Tunisian border where the situation may change to a sudden emergency due to the fluid situation in the capital Tripoli. Please continue to support MWB’s aid and logistics network which is now also assisting other international relief agencies sending aid into Libya.
The first Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) team reached Benghazi on Friday evening, February 25. The team visited three medical facilities: Al Jalaa Hospital, Al Hawari Hospital, and Benghazi Medical Centre (BMC). Each of them is well equipped and have managed to deal with the numbers of wounded people and medical needs. However, they are facing some shortages of medical material and drugs—dressings for wounds, sutures, anesthesia drugs, and external fixators.
MSF will provide the needed materials to the BMC. They will also train the local teams in the management of mass casualties so they will be prepared in case of new clashes.
UNHCR has deployed teams to key border points between Libya and Tunisia to provide tents and other relief items to up to 10,000 people fleeing the civil unrest and political violence currently taking place in Libya. Already an estimated 22,000 people have crossed into Tunisia since fighting broke out. UNHCR is also working with the Egyptian government helping those escaping into Egypt.
Your much-needed donation through UNHCR will help provide emergency relief items to the thousands of North Africans fleeing the persecution and killing in Libya right now.
Violent clashes in Libya have left hundreds of people dead and thousands injured. Tens of thousands of people are also leaving their homes and crossing to Tunisia and Egypt.
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement has been on the ground helping people since the beginning of the unrest, but more support will be needed as the crisis unfolds.
Money raised from the appeal will be used to support the Movement’s response to the crisis, including healthcare and medical supplies for people affected by the unrest in Libya and food, shelter and first aid for people crossing into Tunisia and Egypt.
A medical team, including two surgeons, from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) arrived in Benghazi on Sunday. Truckloads of Red Cross medical supplies are due to arrive in Libya from Cairo in the next few days.
Since the outbreaks of violence in Benghazi began, the Libyan Red Crescent has been responding with basic medical care and transporting injured people to hospital. It has also provided blood units to the town’s four hospitals.
The Egyptian and Tunisian Red Crescents are working at their countries’ borders with Libya, providing food and basic medical care to people crossing from Libya.
HCI is responding to the current Tragic events where thousands of people are injured and dead by working to send medical and financial help to the injured and their families.
They need all the help and support that they can get. Please Donate generously.
Helping Hand - Make sure the drop-down menu reads “Libya Relief Fund”
Time of need; Libya and countries like Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria need our help. Please come forward and support Helping Hand for Relief and Development in carrying out their efforts to improve the lives of many by providing emergency relief to those whose freedom has come at a very heavy cost.
The violence in Libya is getting worse each day. At least 2,000 people are feared dead, and thousands more have been wounded.
In response to this crisis, Life for Relief and Development is providing emergency humanitarian assistance to the people of Libya through Egypt’s borders.
Life is planning medicines, medical supplies, baby formula, and other essentials to the Libyan-Egyptian border. Much more is still needed.
Life is calling on its donors to quickly respond to this appeal and donate what they can to help the innocent people of Libya in their time of desperate need.
Save the Children has dispatched an emergency response team to the Egyptian/Libya border to prepare to respond to a potential humanitarian crisis both within Libya and across the border into Egypt. The team will arrive at the border tomorrow.
“The country’s escalating instability could affect children the most,” said Geof Giacomini, Save the Children US’s country director in Egypt. “We know that tens of thousands have already crossed the border, and we are now hearing reports of shortages of medical supplies and other essential items inside Libya itself. We want to make sure that children caught up in this crisis are cared for and protected.”
The global humanitarian aid organization is warning that if the violence continues, the effect on children could be severe. Displaced children face serious risks, including being separated from their families, exploited for labor, and dropping out of school. They are also vulnerable to emotional distress from being uprooted from their homes, schools and all that is familiar to them.
- Note: There’s no way to specify where your money will be going, so I suggest contacting the organization directly.
While Egypt is trying to recover next door is Libya, engulfed in a political crisis of epic proportions. The violence is resulting in a humanitarian crisis like no other. Once again IMANA Relief is making a difference.
In Egypt, we have begun collaborating with the Federation of Islamic Medical Associations (FIMA) in providing urgent medical care and food distribution to those in need. While in Libya, both FIMA and IMANA are working together in setting up field hospitals along the Libyan-Egyptian border to begin treating the thousands who have already fled the violence. The time to help is now. IMANA once again is “Making a Difference”. You can too.
- Note: Imana has a joint Egypt/Libya relief fund. Make sure the drop-down menu indicates where your donation should go - it should read: “Egypt/Libya Relief Donation”
(Source: abudaii)
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27 2 / 2011
The World Food Programme says the food supply chain in Libya “is at risk of collapsing”. The Red Cross has also launched an appeal for more than US$6 million for medical assistance.
Geneva (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched a preliminary emergency appeal for 6 million Swiss francs ($6.4 million USD / €4.7 million) to meet the emergency needs of people affected by the violent unrest in Libya.
This initial appeal is intended to ensure adequate surgical and medical care for the wounded and emergency aid for people who have fled from Libya into neighbouring Tunisia and Egypt.
Working with the Tunisian and Egyptian Red Crescent Societies, the ICRC is also offering its services to people from the region and stranded foreigners who are urgently trying to contact their families.
“The reports we’re getting indicate that the humanitarian situation inside Libya is worsening by the hour,” said the ICRC’s deputy director of operations, Dominik Stillhart. “We’re very concerned about the growing number of people who are leaving their homes in search of safety and trying to cross the border.”
Mr Stillhart said he was also worried about news that Libyan hospitals and clinics were struggling to cope with large numbers of wounded. In response to the deteriorating health situation, two planeloads of ICRC medical supplies were due to leave Geneva, Switzerland, on Friday night – one bound for Cairo and the other for Tunis. The ICRC plans to move these supplies into Libya by road as quickly as possible.
Meanwhile, two emergency teams made up of ICRC, Norwegian and Finnish Red Cross medical staff are waiting in Egypt and Tunisia to enter Libya as soon as they get clearance from the authorities. Each team includes two surgeons, two nurses, an anaesthetist and other humanitarian specialists. They will be helping Libyan health staff to treat the wounded. The Libyan Red Crescent is providing blood supplies to hospitals inside the country, assessing the situation and paving the way for the ICRC to gain access to those in need.
For further information, please contact:
Mohamed Ben Ahmed (French, Arabic), ICRC Tunis, tel: +216 98 432 393
Biljana Milosevic (English), ICRC Tunis, tel: +216 20 33 62 38
Anna Nelson, ICRC Geneva, tel: +41 22 730 20 63 or +41 79 217 3264
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27 2 / 2011
Al Jazeera: A statement from a group named “The Network of Free Ulema - Libya”, which purports to be a collection of Muslim religious scholars and intellectuals, calling for humanitarian aid - but rejecting international military action.
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