Message from Yazeed Kamaldien
PLEASE PASS ON
Subject: refugees in cape town need your help
hallo… just got an e-mail from volunteer tracey saunders who has worked with refugees tirelessly since the outbreak of xenophobic violence in cape town last year. she has received numerous calls today from families who need food at the blue waters safety site.
here’s the deal: 500 people are still in two “safety” sites blue waters in strandfontein and youngsfield military base in wynberg. tracey has been visiting the families particularly in blue waters but we have access to refugees in both places.
we know that reintegration should have happened. it didn’t happen for all the refugees — countless interviews from my side have shown that they fear for their lives; somali refugees in particular still face death in townships.
CAN YOU HELP?
food, food, food… anything else. these people live in plastic tents. it is winter. cold. miserable. please contact tracey direct via facebook or phone on her mobile 084 561 9131.
media comrades: MAKE SOME NOISE. pass this message around. somebody must care. somebody will help.
we are all in this together. peace and love. yazeed
