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ISLAMIC RELIEF
Islamic Relief raises cash for Gaza
19/06/08

This article is based upon and directly quotes passages used in an original article written by Nick Lakeman of the Bolton News. To read this article, please click here.



Islamic Relief has raised £15,000 for people in Gaza after two fundraisers in Bolton in addition to mosque collections.
Gaza Appeal
IR needs £5 million in order to continue to provide food and nutrition and health and shelter facilities in the areas most affected by the crisis. Urgent drugs and other medical items are being supplied to hospitals and primary health care clinics in coordination with the World Health Organisation (WHO)

This is a fantastic sum of money which will be used to help some of these most deprived people on the planet.



Local MP speaks at the event
Bolton South East MP, Dr Brian Iddon, gave a presentation at one of the dinners about his own experiences of life in Gaza, following a visit earlier this year.

He said: "Conditions in Gaza are bleak, with little or no fuel for public services, including garbage collection and ambulances. People have to walk to work, often arriving late, including doctors, nurses and teachers.


"Food distribution is down to the basics and, recently, the UN were unable to distribute food at all. Around 80% of Gazans now rely on charities and the UN to distribute their basic food supplies."


He added: "If electricity fails at al-Shifa hospital for 30 minutes, 80 people die and, if it fails for a week, 250 people die."

 

 


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