Tons of Kenya aid stuck in Dubai

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Tons of Kenya aid stuck in Dubai

By Alice , Staff Reporter

Published: March 19, 2008, 00:10

Dubai: A Dubai-based aid worker has collected thousands of clothing

items for displaced populations in Kenya.

Currently, around three shipping containers will be needed for the

collection.

Donation delivery may be hampered, however, as the complementary

shipping that had been offered has been withdrawn.

Lola started the Kenya Clothing Campaign in association with

Save the Children to send aid to more than 600,000 people in the

African country. According to the charity, around 63 per cent of

those in need are children.

, a Dubai-based British aid worker, left her job as a personal

assistant last October to pursue voluntary work full-time.

The campaign is now in its final stages, although there are some

items that are still desperately needed.

said: " The response from people in Dubai has been phenomenal -

we've collected so many clothes that we now can't accept any more.

What the Kenyan people really need are medical items like syringes,

malaria treatments and water purification tablets, as well as basic

first aid items like plasters. The rainy season is coming, so

mosquito nets, umbrellas and tents are really needed as well, so now

we're looking for monetary donations to buy these items. " Several

companies here have given donations

The clothing will be sorted by a team of more than 40 volunteers at a

warehouse in Al Quoz on Friday March 21.

will be distributing the donations in six Kenyan towns,

including Nairobi, Eldoret and Naikura, with a team of six volunteers

in early April.

said: " What makes me want to help is that I think that I could

have been born in Kenya. That could have been me. That's what

inspires me. "

A donation of Dh10, says , can feed an African child for a week

http://www.gulf-news.com/nation/Society/10198398.html

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[Guest guest]

Tons of Kenya aid stuck in Dubai

By Alice , Staff Reporter

Published: March 19, 2008, 00:10

Dubai: A Dubai-based aid worker has collected thousands of clothing

items for displaced populations in Kenya.

Currently, around three shipping containers will be needed for the

collection.

Donation delivery may be hampered, however, as the complementary

shipping that had been offered has been withdrawn.

Lola started the Kenya Clothing Campaign in association with

Save the Children to send aid to more than 600,000 people in the

African country. According to the charity, around 63 per cent of

those in need are children.

, a Dubai-based British aid worker, left her job as a personal

assistant last October to pursue voluntary work full-time.

The campaign is now in its final stages, although there are some

items that are still desperately needed.

said: " The response from people in Dubai has been phenomenal -

we've collected so many clothes that we now can't accept any more.

What the Kenyan people really need are medical items like syringes,

malaria treatments and water purification tablets, as well as basic

first aid items like plasters. The rainy season is coming, so

mosquito nets, umbrellas and tents are really needed as well, so now

we're looking for monetary donations to buy these items. " Several

companies here have given donations

The clothing will be sorted by a team of more than 40 volunteers at a

warehouse in Al Quoz on Friday March 21.

will be distributing the donations in six Kenyan towns,

including Nairobi, Eldoret and Naikura, with a team of six volunteers

in early April.

said: " What makes me want to help is that I think that I could

have been born in Kenya. That could have been me. That's what

inspires me. "

A donation of Dh10, says , can feed an African child for a week

http://www.gulf-news.com/nation/Society/10198398.html

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