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Thread #39937   Message #568891
Posted By: Alice
10-Oct-01 - 09:23 AM
Thread Name: BS: Aid for Afghan Refugees
Subject: RE: BS: Aid for Afghan Refugees
Deni of Mad Rush and I have both donated song tracks to an mp3 station that pays 100% of the proceeds from plays to The Afghan Women's Mission, an organization that has been helping Afghan Women and children refugees long before this event happened. Right now they are in need of blankets. The hospital had been closed, and many are suffering from diseases and malnutrition. Go here Afghan Women Relief to play the music for free, and mp3.com will donate all payback to the charity. This link http://afghanwomensmission.org/index.shtml will take you to the homepage of the Afghan Women's Mission."... Malalai Hospital was opened in 1986 in Quetta, Pakistan for the purposes of providing health care to a large Afghan refugee population. It served some 400 patients per day and developed a reputation of being one of the best hospitals in the area. Sadly the doors of Malalai hospital closed after 10 years due to lack of financial support. It was in response to this that the The Afghan Women's Mission was founded. One of the primary goals of the AWM is to raise the funds required to reopen and run the Malalai Hospital..."

Alice Flynn
Go here Afghan Women Relief to play the music to raise funds.