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brooklynite

(94,585 posts)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:00 PM Oct 2012

A voice from inside Syria

As some of you are aware, my wife and I traveled in Syria last year (we came back about two weeks before the uprising started). Our guide was an archaeologist living in Aleppo. The organizer of the trip has been in periodic contact with him, and recently received the following email:

Hello dear Helen ... How are you ? Well I am okay and started new work which is 80 % volunteer . As you know there are hundreds thousands of Syrian people became refuges in the countries neer by or far like Jordan Turkey Iraq and Lebanon ... But there are Millions of them became refuges inside Syria moved from there houses villages or cities like us only in two months changed three houses ( They destroy we leave ) and we will keep like that till the end of this problem .

So what I am doing now with group of boys and girls is to help those who are in Syria and not able to go out ( Food water blankets medicine milk for baby's.....etc) and as you know winter is at the beginning .

And we collect all kind of support from every where we can ,So I was wondering according to your good public relations if you can some how support and talk about it to peopl you know to make more even if it little will help .

See what you can do and please send me e mail back as every one of us is connecting who ever he knows .

The best for us is cash money where we can buy what people need .

Thank you in advance .
Yours XXXXX.


We and other members of our tour group are providing assistance. If anyone else is interested in helping, there is a secure process to send contributions, and I have confirmed that the Office of Foreign Asset Control does not have restrictions on personal remittances. Please PM me, and I'll be happy to provide details.
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