A Benefit for EMERGENCY
An evening of creative world music by Paul
Livingstone and poetry by John Trudell, with a presentation by Dr. Gino Strada, founder of EMERGENCY
Suggested donation , but noone turned away for lack of funds.
EMERGENCY is an italian based medical relief NGO established in 1994 by Dr. Gino Strada. EMERGENCY sets up surgical and rehabilitation centers in conflict zones where other relief organizations dare not go.
EMERGENCY has two hospitals in Iraq with a third under construction, several in Afghanistan, one in Cambodia and one in Sierra Leone. They have brought medical aid to Kurdistan, Ruanda, Peru, Bosnia, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Gibuti. They offer humanitarian aid to prisoners in conflict zones and set up development projects in the countries where they operate.
They are currently working in Sri Lanka where thousands of land mines were brought to the surface by the tsunami.
Since the beginning of its work in 1994, Emergency has assisted over one million victims of war.
For more information on Emergency's work see http://www.emergencyusa.org/ or http://www.emergency.it/
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