Red Cross aid $2000
The New Zealand Red Cross has sent S2OOO for medical assistance and food for victims of the Lebanese civil war. The money, sent in response to an appeal from [the International Red Cross [in Geneva, brings to $6240 (the total aid sent to Lebanon (from the New Zealand Red (Cross in the las' 18 months. A spokesman for the New! (Zealand Red Cross. Mr J. W.j ;Talbot. said the Red Cross! had been able to enter the! refugee camps and devas-: tated areas only since the! cease-fire a few weeks ago. ( “The International Red Cross is now distributing: warm clothing and blankets' to help keep the refugeesalive during the winter, and! it will then be engaged in a; heavy re-settlement pro- [ gramme,” said Mr Talbot. i
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