40 Euro for Sudan

Emergency expert Birke Herzbruch of Malteser Germany (Foreign Aid Department) is currently in Sudan doing emergency relief work. She spoke to Reuters Alert Net about the Malteser Lent Campaign 2005 - 4o Euro for Sudan. Malteser Germany is a German Catholic relief agency of the Order of Malta. Founded in 1953 and based in Cologne, it is one of the major relief organisations in Germany. From the Reuters Foundation website:

Herzbruch has been working in the north of Darfur since summer 2004. She organises immunisation campaigns against polio as well as drug distributions. Additionally she coordinates and supports the rehabilitation of destroyed health centres and training programmes for midwives. During the 40 days of Lent she reports once a week about her experiences in Darfur. Thus she supports the Malteser Lent Campaign 2005 “40 Euro for Sudan” which has started three weeks ago. Malteser Germany asks to save one Euro per day for Sudan, that is 40 Euro during the 40 days of Lent. With 40 Euro 160 children can get an immunisation or five children can be fed with the necessary sugar-salt-solution.

Today, Birke Herzbruch reports about her office work in El Fasher: For one week already I am out of electricity in our Malteser office in El Fasher. And even today there won’t be some. Our local staff members have told me about the enduring blackout of both generators in town. The repairs will still take some time. Perhaps there will be electricity tomorrow, Inshallah….God willing...