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A charity container on it's way to Horn Of Africa

Last year 2011 a charity container filled with all kinds of goods is sailling from the Harbor of Bergen to Horn of Africa. With the support of the local Sommali community in Bergen, a range of clothing and medical equipment, was sent by charity container to the Horn Of Africa. There are a lot of people involved in the collecting and packing of all the donated goods, filling out thousands of forms and arrange the transport and shipping of the container. We are hoping to fill and send the next conatiner bt the end of the year. To donate, or to find out more information on the charity, contact Ibrahim at grsf@live.com
A charity container on it's way to Horn Of Africa

Ibrahim with the charity container

On the 4th September the Global Relief Somali Foundation (GRSF) arranged for a 20ft container to be sent to a refugee camp in Djibouti. This container was full of medical equipment donated by Bergen hospital and clothing contributed by the Sommali and other communities living in Bergen. The refugee camp in Djibouti is one of the main camps in the Horn of Africa which provides shelter for Somalians fleeing their homeland which is being destroyed by civil war. Their is a desperate need in these refugee camps for clothing and medical equipment.

 

The GRSF is partnering with the Al-Biri Charitable Foundation to ensure that the contents of the container are delivered to the refugee camp. According to the UNHCR, Somali Refugees continue to arrive in Djibouti in relatively large numbers, although at a lower rate than in Ethiopia and Kenya. It is expected that more than 5000 Somalis will arrive in Djibouti this year, more than double UNHCR's planning figure for 2011.

 

The container will reach the Djibouti port on the 25th October 2011 and we will give you all the details about the distribution of the medical equipment and clothing, when we receive the information from our partner in Djibouti.