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Friday, August 12, 2011

JP A Family’s Long Walk to Safety

Margaret Aguirre
Director, Global Communications
International Medical Corps

Apart from my support, I am taking the liberty of informing the respected members of Join Pakistan and Pakistan NGO Google groups for broader sensitization and support.

Regards

Noman Qazi

Provincial Monitoring and Reporting Coordinator

GJTMAP, UNDP

Balochistan Pakistan.

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Margaret Aguirre, International Medical Corps" <updates@internationalmedicalcorps.org>
To: Noman Qazi <nomanqazi1@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 9:02 PM
Subject: A Family's Long Walk to Safety

A Few Minutes to Raise Awareness

Noman,

Over the past few weeks, we've shared with you the latest updates from our teams working in East Africa. You've read our messages, seen the photos, and watched our videos. You know how terrible this crisis is…

…but many others don't. And that's why we need your help.

Below is a story of Aneb, a mother who walked 30 days in search of food for herself and her young children. I wanted to be sure to share it with you – so you can see how much your support is making a difference in the lives of women and children.

Please. Take a few minutes right now to read Aneb's story and then help raise awareness about the famine and drought in East Africa:

Forward this email and Aneb's story to a friend.
"Donate" your facebook status: I support International Medical Corps and the men, women, and children affected by the famine and drought in the Horn of Africa. Learn how you can help: www.InternationalMedicalCorps.org/AfricaFamine
Retweet our message: Pls RT: #Famine spreading in the #HornOfAfrica. @IMC_Worldwide is delivering relief: http://bit.ly/pivsjG
Take 5 minutes today to talk to someone – a family member, friend, coworker – about the crisis.

Your support can help us save lives.

Thank you.

Margaret Aguirre
Director, Global Communications
International Medical Corps

Photo: Annerie Jansen van Rensburg/International Medical Corps

A Family's Long Walk to Safety

For more than 30 days, Aneb Mohamed, a 32-year-old mother of seven, traveled from the Gadi area in Somalia, across the border into Ethiopia, all in hope of finding safety and a better future for herself and her children.

Back in Somalia, Aneb had made a living for her family by running a small shop selling general goods. In the midst of the crisis, her house and shop were burned down, and with the failing rains and no food, she and her family began the long trek out of Somalia.

By the time they reached the Dolo Ado refugee camps in Ethiopia, one of her children had died and her youngest son was very ill. When Aneb and her family were placed in the newly opened Kobe Refugee camp, she took him to International Medical Corps' nutrition program, where our staff immediately began giving him nutritional supplements.

"After only one week, he is looking healthy again," said Aneb. "He is smiling and happy. This is all thanks to International Medical Corps! I don't have to worry about his food anymore."

Aneb's story is all too common in the Dolo refugee camps – so many families in these camps have traveled hundreds of miles from their homes, searching for relief. And International Medical Corps is there to help them.

Operating in the camps since 2009, our teams are bringing food, medical care, training and safe hygiene practices to the most vulnerable men, women and children. To learn more about our work in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia, click here.

Thank you for your continuing support.

EAST AFRICA UPDATE

ETHIOPIA
Our teams launched new activities in the Dolo refugee camps, where more than 1,600 people are arriving each week, to address malnutrition, hygiene and sanitation, gender-based violence, and mental health.

KENYA
We're expanding our current operations to reach drought victims, as well as planning to expand feeding points within refugee camps and other affected areas. An estimated 3.7 million people require humanitarian assistance in Kenya.

SOMALIA
We're starting new operations in the Galgadud district of Somalia, where more than 300,000 children and 75,000 pregnant and lactating women are malnourished and in need of immediate assistance.

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