tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24780288922307386092024-03-05T01:07:36.228-08:00Save the Children Yemen منظمة رعاية الأطفالSave the Children is the world's largest independent organization for children. We are twenty-nine national organizations working together to deliver programs in Yemen and more than 120 countries around the world.
We work nationally and locally to promote and protect children's rights, with programs in education, protection, health, water, sanitation and hygiene, nutrition, food assistance and support to rebuilding livelihoods.Save the Childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04410922946885162649noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478028892230738609.post-90436750670991361612013-06-14T23:27:00.000-07:002013-06-14T23:28:34.813-07:00Al-Shahid Saeed Haidar School adopts better hygiene practices<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
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implement a WASH project in sin Lahj. The project which started in February
2012, includes activities such as distributing WASH hygiene supplies
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He told us how the project started in his school and what his role in it was: “When
the program started in my school, a committee came and asked that one student in
each class gets chosen to be trained on hygiene care so that he can teach his
peers. I was nominated in my class and we now have sessions in which I explain
about hygiene and diarrhea and conduct activities to teach the other students
how to take more care of their hygiene, wash their hands, cut their nails, etc.
We also make a schedule for cleaning the school; everyday a group of students
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Al-Shahid Saeed Haidar School was not in a good condition before the
intervention of the WASH project. It had lack of supplies and was not cleaned
constantly. Naseem Mohammed Saleh, a 31 year old volunteer for <b><span style="color: red;">Save the Children</span></b> expressed that the project has a
great impact on the school and that the students have reacted very well towards
it and accepted it greatly. She continued to say: “The school had lack of
supplies and was not able to afford all necessary equipment for cleaning. <b><span style="color: red;">Save the Children</span></b> has provided us with everything
needed, sweepers, soaps. The school was very dirty but now even when I enter
the toilets, they’re very clean. The school management is very cooperative and
so are the students. Since there are no janitors, the school principle and I
would sometimes go clean the toilets ourselves but soon find ourselves
surrounded by students who are helping us clean as well.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cleaning the school: “When I conduct awareness sessions in this school, I don’t
force students to go out and clean. I leave it up to them to choose whether or
not to help in cleaning. I think that motivated them more to help and keep
their classrooms and toilets clean. We conduct awareness sessions and
activities everyday in the school. To be honest I am astonished at how well the
students have accepted this program and worked on it. I didn’t expect this
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Save the Childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04410922946885162649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478028892230738609.post-39657071529382385142013-06-14T23:05:00.000-07:002013-06-14T23:05:11.063-07:00My right to live in a clean environment<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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is a nine year old girl living in Al Hota, a district within the southern Lahj
governorate in southern Yemen. She has just begun the second grade at Al-Zahra
School and will tell you “I want to be a doctor when I grow up so I can be able
to help children and I love drawing, especially birds and trees”. Like many
other children her age, she typically starts her day by helping her mother with
the housework, cooking and looking after her brothers. When she is not in
school she enjoys watching television or listening to music. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is one of the many children and families who benefitted from Save the
Children’s hygiene campaign and awareness sessions. We asked her to tell us a
little bit about how she has been involved with Save the Children’s activities
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“One
day, a man from our neighborhood called Marwan [Marwan is one of the volunteers
in the WASH program in Lahj] came to our house and gave us information sheets
and tips about hygiene. He also talked to us about overusing water and wasting
it and how bad that is because water is a blessing and we must preserve it.
Marwan taught us how to keep ourselves clean and take care of our hygiene
especially by washing our hands before and after meals, after using the toilet,
and after we play. That’s because our hands are always exposed and so they
collect lots of germs. He also taught us that any uncovered or exposed food
causes sickness and therefore we must cover our food to keep it away from germs
and insects. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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participated in the hygiene campaign and we used to always shout out loud the
phrase “I’m proud that I wash my hands with soap and water”. They taught us how
to work together in cleaning our neighborhood.So I participated with my
neighbors in cleaning it and they gave us brooms, shovels, and bags to collect
garbage. We learned that accumulated garbage causes diseases and attracts
bacteria. Now I teach my brothers at home everything that I learned from the
campaign and I make them wash their hands with soap and water to prevent
catching diseases. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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learned so much about hygiene. This is the first time that we all gather to
clean our neighborhood.Now the nearby neighborhoods have started to do the same
after they saw how successful this activity was for us. It is my right to live
in a clean environment”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“This is the first time for me to contribute in serving my
community and feeling that I am making a change. We [the committee members
and volunteers] learned how to raise awareness and do some activities with
the people in our neighborhoods to encourage them to clean and maintain a
healthy and clean environment. The first step we took is that we visited
the houses in our neighborhood and introduced them to the campaign and told
them what they have to do in cleaning the neighborhood. Then we gave out
cleaning equipment and decided on a day for everyone to go out and help
each other in cleaning the street and collecting the garbage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We received really good reactions and the campaign became so
popular that even the nearby neighborhoods started doing their own cleaning
campaigns. And now it has started to become a habit for the people to clean
their neighborhood”. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">“We used to suffer in our neighborhood and nearby
neighborhoods from scarcity of water especially since our governorate,
Lahj, is one of the hottest places in Yemen and so people use huge amounts
of water for drinking, bathing, and other uses. The organization’s
interaction with the people was great; they have done many awareness
sessions about the use of water and keeping a healthy environment. They
[Save the Children] have installed a water tank in my neighborhood which is
great for my people but the only problem is that now people from other
neighborhoods have started to come and use water from this tank. I hope
that the organization can provide us with a solution to provide larger
amounts of water so that it’s enough for everyone”.</span></div>
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governorate is severely affected by poor water and sanitation, as 29.8 percent
of the population do not have access to safe water sources and 61.7% do not
have access to improved sanitation, with most areas falling far below Sphere
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">With
the support of the </span><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.0pt;">Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA)</span></b><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.0pt;">, <b>Save the Children </b></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">is
working in two districts (Al-Hota and Tuban) in the Lahj governorate. The
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene activities provided support throughout the
districts by rehabilitating latrines and communal water points and various
hygiene promotion activities (committee training, awareness sessions, cleaning
campaigns, etc). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the last three months, <b><span style="color: red;">Save the Children</span> </b>was able to achieve the
following: rehabilitation of 61 latrines, rehabilitation of 10 communal water
points, trained 44 WASH committee members and 11 community workers
(volunteers), conducted awareness sessions on key hygiene messages for a total
of 425 people. And the Organization also successfully launched two community
based hygiene campaigns.</span></div>
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Save the Childrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04410922946885162649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2478028892230738609.post-9851561207837552682013-02-26T00:20:00.000-08:002013-02-26T00:20:22.218-08:0014 year old Aisha, a mother of five children<br />
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who has just turned 14 years old is now a mother to her five other siblings
after both her parents passed away. Aisha and her siblings, 10 year old Fatima,
9 year old Yahya, 7 year old Tahya, 4 year old Haddya, and 2 year old Resala,
live in Alzawager in Haitha district in Amran governorate. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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sister Resala and is surrounded by her siblings Yahya, Tahya, and Haddya. </span><br />
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name is Aisha. I don’t know how old I am, but they say that I’m 4 years older
than my sister Fatima. I am the eldest of five children who are all under my
care after our parents passed away. With no hospital nearby, my mother bled to
death while giving birth to my 2 year old sister, Resala.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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family failed to save Aisha’s mother during delivery since there is no medical
care available at their area. They had two choices, either take her to the
hospital in Khamir (a town that is an hour away by car), or to just give up.
The latter was the choice they were forced to take, as they could not afford to
rent a car to move the mother to the neighboring town. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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unfortunately this was not the only tragedy that Aisha and her siblings had to
endure. “When my mother passed away she followed my father who also passed a
few months before her after he fell really ill.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the death of both her parents, Aisha found herself not only a mother but also a
father to five children. "After my mother passed away, I would go to those
people who have sheep or cows looking for milk to feed my baby sister and
sometimes I would go to neighboring villages… Today my sister fell ill, I don’t
know what’s wrong with her but she’s not moving and she has strong fever”,
Aisha cried as she expressed her concerns about her sister’s health . She is
trying to be patient while waiting for </span><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.5pt;">Save the Children</span></b><span style="color: windowtext; font-size: 11.5pt;">’s</span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> Medical team that
visits the area every two weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is one of the beneficiaries of the food security program funded by </span><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.5pt;">USAID</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">.
She receives a monthly voucher with the amount of 10,700 YER and then exchanges
it for food items at </span><b><span style="color: red; font-size: 11.5pt;">Save
the Children</span></b><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">’s specific sale points.
We met her at the market where she collected her food items (oil, flour, tea,
sugar, beans, tomato sauce, etc) and then followed her back home. Her two
sisters greeted us happily at the door, excited about the food that she brought
with her. “These are Tahya and Haddya,” said Aisha introducing them to us,
“Fatima is helping my uncle around his house and Yahya will be back from school
shortly.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Gill Sans MT;">The 14 year old girl tries her best to provide a
living for her and her siblings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
very hard to do when there’s no adult to take care of them. “My uncle tries his
best to help us but he himself is in a bad financial situation like everyone
else in this village. Most people go away to other villages and ask the
villagers there if they can live in their homes or work for them for money.
Others go to fight in wars between tribes and mostly end up dying… I try to
work in other homes in exchange for some flour or milk and sometimes I go to
the mountains and collect firewood. Firewood brings very little money when sold
but it’s better than nothing.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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food voucher program has been operating in Alzawager for three months,
targeting as many families as possible, including Aisha’s. The villagers there
sometimes go for days just eating some bread and milk. “We usually eat bread
and milk or water, and sometimes when there’s no bread we would eat Halas (a
certain type of tree) by boiling it in water first then eating it. We even eat
just one meal a day at times.” </span></span></div>
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we were talking to Aisha, her brother Yahya came back from school. We noticed
he was using a rice bag as his school bag. “My name is Yahya, I’m 9 years old
and I study in the 3</span><span style="font-size: 7pt;">rd </span><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">grade now. I love learning! And I wish to own a school
bag, books, and pencils. I help my sister Aisha whenever I can in collecting
wood or water from the valley. I’m very happy that Aisha brought back food
today! It means that we will have lunch and dinner too and won’t sleep on empty
stomachs like yesterday.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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siblings’ happiness for the support from this Save the Children program is hard
to describe. It has helped them buy things they never thought they could
afford. Now, Aisha only dreams to find a way to earn money and make a living.</span><span style="font-family: "Gill Sans MT","sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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هديه 4 سنوات والطفلة الصغيرة رسالة عامان. والأم طفلة سادسة اسمها عائشة لم
يتعدى عمرها 14 عاماً يعيشون في منطقة الزواقر مديرية حيثه - محافظة عمران وهذه هي
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يقولون أني أكبر من أختي فاطمة بأربعة أعوام تقريباً.<span style="color: red;"> </span>أعيش
مع أخوتي و أنا الأخت الكبرى لخمسة أخوان لقد أصبحت أمهم بعد أن توفيت أمي. توفيت
والدتي قبل عامين أثناء ولادتها بأختي الصغيرة رسالة، ماتت وهي تنزف ولم يستطيعوا إنقاذها".<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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النزيف الحاد فليس في القرية طبيبة والمركز الصحي لايوجد فيه دكاتره، وكان أمامهم
اختيارين إما إسعافها إلى مدينة (خَمِر) وهي أقرب المدن إليهم- تبعد حوالي ساعة
بالسيارة- أو انتظار الموت. ولأن الخيار الأول مستبعد نتيجة فقر الأسرة وارتفاع
إيجار السيارة التي ستنقلها فقد كان الخيار الثاني هو الوحيد.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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توفي قبلها، <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>فقد مرض ولم يستطيعوا أيضاً
نقله للمستشفى".<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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نفسها ليس أماً فقط لخمسة أطفال دون العاشرة بل وأيضا أب في الوقت ذاته.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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لديهم أغنام أو أبقار لأبحث لأختي حليب كي ترضع وكنت أحياناً أذهب لقرى مجاوره.
واليوم أختي رسالة مريضة لا أعلم ماذا بها من الصباح وهي لا تتحرك وعندها حمى
قوية"..<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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تموت أختها الصغيرة قبل أن يصل إلى قريتهم الفريق الطبي المرسل من منظمة رعاية
الأطفال والذي يزور القرية كل أسبوعين، وبالطبع لا يتوفر للأم الصغيرة المال لإسعافها
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<span lang="AR-YE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-YE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">كانت الشمس في منتصف السماء عندما وصلنا منزل
عائشة، والتي استقبلتها اختيها الصغيرتين تحيا وهديه بلهفه وطول انتظار لما ستحضره
من طعام.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-YE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-YE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" هذه تحيا وهدية وفاطمة ذهبت لتساعد
بنت عمي، ويحيى الان سيعود من المدرسة. الان سأبدأ تجهيز الغداء لأني لم استطع
العوده إلا بعد أن استلمت القسيمه ثم ذهبت لدكان اللذي تم الاتفاق معه <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>واعطيتهم القسيمة واخذت بها مصروف للبيت."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-YE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-YE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">كنا قد ذهبنا مع عائشة عندما ذهبت لاستلام
قسيمة الشراء التي تعطى لهم شهرياً ولمدة ستة اشهر بمبلغ 10800 ريال، ثم اصطحبناها
للمتجر( نقاط البيع) الذي تم التعاقد معه لتشتري بالمبلغ مواد غذائية.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-YE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-YE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" اشتريت دقيق، صليط(زيت طبخ)، سمن، مريسي(سكر)،
شاهي، رز، فول، فاصوليا وصلصة. كان نفسي اشتري بسكوت لاخوتي لكن المبلغ لم يكفي
إلا للضروريات."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-YE" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-YE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">عائشة ذات الأربعة عشر ربيع في الوقت اللذي
تستمتع منهن في سنها باللعب والتمتع بأصناف الطعام والحلوى، والذهاب للمدرسة اصبحت
بين ليله وضحاها ربة بيت ومسئولة عن أخوتها، تسعى جاهده لتوفير لقمة العيش بمختلف
الطرق ليس معها إلا الله وعملها وبعض المساعدات من فترة لاخرى.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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الماديه صعبه ومعظم اهل المنطقة حالتهم صعبه، اغلبهم يشتغلوا عند الناس أو يذهبوا
للحرب بحث على بعض المال في المقابل <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>وأغلبهم يموتوا. انا بدأت احاول ابحث عن عمل عند
الناس بمقابل بعض الطحين أو اللبن. واحيان اذهب للجبال لجمع الحطب وبيعها، اجمعها
في اربعة او خمسة ايام وابيعها ب 2000 او 3000 ريال المبلغ قليل لايكفي احتياجاتنا
لكن احسن من لاشيئ."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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الامن الغذائي في المنطقة، والذي جاء كالمنقذ لمعظم الاسر ومنظمنهم اسرة عائشة
التي قد تمر عليهم ايام لا يتناولون إلا وجبه واحده من قطع الخبز وبعض اللبن إن
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اللبن وإن لم يوجد اللبن ناكل الخبز مع الماء، واحيان كثيره نأكله بدون شي. وإن لم
يوجد الخبز نجمع بعض اوراق الحلص( نوع من انواع الاشجار) وأغليه مع الماء ثم
نأكله.وفي أحيان ننام بدون عشاء او نأكل وجبه واحده فقط في اليوم."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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على ظهره حقيبة المدرسة وهي عبارة عن كيس من أكياس الأرز استخدمه كحقيبه مدرسيه
وانتقلنا بالحديث إلى يحيى<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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الثالث، أحب اتعلم ونفسي يكون عندي شنطة مدرسة ودفاتر وأقلام. بساعد أختي عائشة في
البيت أحضر الماء من الساقيه، واحيان اجمع معها الحطب. اليوم انا فرحان لأن اختي
عائشة استلمت المصاريف وبتطبخ لنا رز وفول للغداء. واليوم بنتعشا لان امس ماكن
عندنا شي ،شربنا ماء ونمنا بدون عشاء، نفسي بطاط احب اكله مع الخبز."<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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الدعم الذي ساعدها كثير ووفر لها<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>اشياء لم
تكن تستطع توفيرها. وكان كل ماتتمناه ان تحصل على دعم تستطيع منه كسب المال الذي
لا يجعلها تحتاج طلب المساعده من أحد .<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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لتجهيز الغداء لأخوانها الصغار. هذه هي حكاية عائشهه الطفلة الأم شاهدناها
وسمعناها وعشناها. قد نكون ودعناها ورحلنا من تلك المنطقة التي قد نعود إليها وقد
لانعود، ولكن عائشة أصبحت جزء من ذاكرتنا التي ستبقى وستظل إلهام لنا ودعوة للجميع
للسعي دون كلل أو ملل لتقديم يد العون لمن يعانون من أهلنا في بلدنا الحبيب اليمن.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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