Urgent Appeal For Funds to Help Palestinian Refugee Families Coming to Canada from Iraq

 

Palestine House Women’s Committee on the occasion of Women’s Day - Since the US invasion of Iraq, Palestinian refugees fleeing Baghdad have been stranded in no-mans land on the border of Iraq, as Syrian and Jordanian authorities have thus far refused them entry.  These families are currently stranded in Al-Hol, Al-Tanaf, Al-Ruweished and Al-Walid refugee camps.

A few families from Al-Ruweished camp have been accepted to come to Canada under private sponsorship. These families have been living in dire conditions in a make-shift camp in the Iraqi desert for four years now and have come to Canada with nothing.  They are in urgent need of our support – the Palestine House Women’s Committee urges all members of the Palestinian community and solidarity activists to contribute to this fundraising drive by direct donation or by participating in a Bake Sale organized for March 18th at Palestine House.

Bake Sale will take place on:
Sunday March 18, 2007 from 12 noon – 6 PM
Palestine House
3195 Erindale Station Road

To Make a donation by cheque please make cheque payable to Palestine House (with Palestine Refugees Iraq in memo) and mail to:
Palestine House Educational & Cultural Centre
3195 Erindale Station Road
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L5C 1Y5

For more information please contact Palestine House:
Email: info@palestinehouse.com
Phone: 905-270-3622

For a factsheet on the current situation of Palestinian refugees stranded on the Iraq borders, please see http://al-awdacal.org/iraq-facts.html

For a factsheet on the rights of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes and lands of origin in Palestine, please go to http://www.al-awda.org/facts.html