RAISING FUNDS FOR A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, DEADLINE THIS NOVEMBER 2013

In Ma'arrat al-Numan there is no internet, no landlines and no mobile phone net. Therefor, as an alternative communications system, the local civil society group Basmet Amal plans to build a satellite mast that can provide internet and local Skype-telephone-access in the town. This would provide a platform for:

• Internal communications inside the town, between civil society initiatives, hospitals and aid-groups

• Regional cooperation with other towns, for distribution of goods, news, road security

• Ability to spread everyday stories from Ma'arra to the rest of the world. Access to news from the outside and connections to networks of support elsewhere in Syria, as well as solidarity groups in the rest of the world

Ma'arra needs support to continue the crucial work of its civil society and of the relief organisations in the town. Muznah from Basmet Amal says:

“Not only would a communicating system support the work of Basmet Amal and the three other big civil society groups in Ma'arrat al-Numan, but it will also break our isolation. Cut off from the rest of Syria and the world, due to the heavy shelling - something everyone in Ma'arra suffers from, very much so is the case for female citizens here.”

HOW WE DO IT:

All money raised will go to facilitate that Basmet Amal can install the communications system in the town.

Basmet Amal of Ma'arra is connected to a small network of solidarity activists in Europe, who also are collecting money and fundraising for this project.

The amount needed to be fundraised is 2.500 Euro = 3.350 USD.

Even small contributions matter!

Should the campaign be fruitful, more projects stand in line. More than two years of stalemate has left Ma'arrat al-Numan in need of everything. An example is the strong need for almost any kind of medicine, most urgent: antibiotics, painkillers, anti-inflammatory and diabetes medication.

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