Since October 7th, Palestinians have been arriving in Cairo from Gaza. It was often incredibly expensive crossing the border and refugees arrived in a new place, injured and traumatised, and without resources.
Dody brought a group of friends together to give support to those arriving. We could quickly provided basic support to those who were falling in the gaps and missed by larger organisations.
We've been missing from Cairo Calling for a while, but in this episode Dody and Peter talk through the situation of those arriving and share insights from this mutual aid effort.
In an entirely volunteer effort that mobilised friends from inside and outside Egypt, we raised €34,000 and distributed it in cash or kind to 108 families, at an average of €313 each. These families consisted of a total of 384 people, 160 of whom are children.
With our deep thanks to everyone who contributed to the effort.
As we explain in the podcast, we can't take more funds right now. But here are some other initiatives helping folk:
The Sameer project - organized by Palestinian diaspora
Network for Palestine – Cairo mothers helping Gazan families
With thanks to Tarek for music and sound production.
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