October 22, 2004

Faiza in English: read, weep, donate


Posted by Helena Cobban at October 22, 2004 02:31 AM
    Update of Oct. 24th: Regarding the Jarrar family's humanitarian-aid project, you can send donations to Majid in Canada by mail. He writes on his blog that the address is: Attn. Majid Jarrar, 650 Pearson College Drive, Victoria V9C 4H7, BC, Canada. Receipts will get emailed back to you and continuing info about the project--including accounts-- will be posted on Raed's blog.

Faiza of "A Family in Baghdad" has a long, English-language version up today of posts she wrote in Arabic on October 13 and 15.

This is heartwrenching writing. I can't even begin to make excerpts from it. She and her family are going to move house... Read about it. The whole post is worth reading.

At the end, she says:

    Iraq needs an election, and anew government…the new government should have a vision… what to do, how to behave??

    America is building bases and camps in Iraq…as if declaring to us: We shall not leave for tens of years, maybe hundreds. This makes a lot of people angry, and they protest, so they move towards violence, hoping it would influence the American decision to remain here, and makes her leave earlier.

    The American elections are also near… and both Bush and Kerry have no vision towards Iraq… both are lost, and flounder…

    Four more years shall come to Iraq…four mysterious years.

    ...

    And the American people keep asking there: why wouldn't things calm down in Iraq, and our government is behaving all justly and wisely there…

    Come here and see how just and wise things are?? This people is the owner of the land, and these are armed foreign occupation forces, who deals with the people viciously… so, how will you breach this huge gap between you and the Iraqis???

    Think with me of away to get out of this problem….. A way to help build confidence between the two parties, and open a new page…

One of the things Faiza should be proudest about in life is that she's raised three fine sons, Raed, Khalid, and Majid. Now, after CARE international and so many other international NGOs have suspended operations in Iraq, their family is using its own international network to get money to hospitals and needy people in Iraq directly.

They're promising they'll publish full accounts on the sons' websites.

Get info on how to donate through Paypal, and more info on the project, at Kahlid's blog-- here.

If you don't already have a Paypal account, just go to their website and set up an account. It's fast, easy, and secure.

(Okay... maybe not quite that easy... I'm having a bit of trouble doing it right now but will let you know what the wrinkles are once I've succeeded.)



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If you're sending from the us of a, better send $$$ in a no return address envelope.
Trying through paypal, i got the impression that they've already set up a little list.
The address is:
Attn. Majid Jarrar
650 Pearson Drive
Victoria V9C4H7 BC
Canada


Posted by: anon at October 23, 2004 05:42 AM

More on sending $$$ to canada.

The following was posted to a group that I belong to and may be useful to those of us living in the us of a who don't want the potential hassles of there being records of where we send our $$$.

New Canadian Postal Regulations.
The following is taken from the USPS website.
I have no idea whether it's correct or an invention of the USPS for their purposes.

WASHINGTON, DC -- The U.S. Postal Service is alerting customers mailing items to Canada they must comply with strict Canadian Customs and
postal administration addressing requirements.

All postal items (except postcards) that do not display the complete name and address of both the sender and the recipient -- in roman letters (A, B, C) and Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) -- are being denied entry into Canada. Sender or recipient identification such as "Grandma" or "Aunt Ruth" are not acceptable and are among the causes
of mail being returned.

According to Canadian officials, this action is pursuant to the Canada Customs Act and reflects heightened security measures.

Accordingly, addresses to recipients in Canada should be printed in ink or typewritten in capital letters, and the last line of the address
must show only the country name, written in full, and in capital letters.
When a Canadian postal delivery zone number is included in the address, mailing requirements allow that number to appear as the
last line of the address.

Customers also are reminded that complete and legible customs declarations -- along with required import documentation -- must be
provided to specifically identify the contents of any package.
General descriptions such as "gift" or "present" are not acceptable.

Canadian Customs offices report a backlog of incoming postal items containing incomplete or inaccurate information.
According to Canadian officials, these items eventually will be returned to their points
of origin for correction by the sender as soon as practical.

Here is the website link:
http://www.usps.com/communications/news/press/2004/pr04_069.htm

Posted by: anonagain at October 24, 2004 09:32 AM

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Posted by: mp3 at November 6, 2004 11:28 AM