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Jordan: Gaza Food/Clothes Drive Ends Successfully

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 @ 17:59 UTC

by Shaden Abdul Rahman

Countries:: Jordan, Palestine
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Humanitarian, Internet & Telecoms, Relief & Rescue
Languages:: English

Jordanian bloggers at 7iber express gratitude towards volunteers and private sector companies for helping in a people-driven donations campaign conducted mainly through Facebook for Gaza.

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nahed

looking for a way to donate clothes, blankets, and other oods to gaza. help. if u know of any links please let me know at hatel1517@aol.com

# 2009-01-18 at 22:04 pm

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Shaden Abdul Rahman

Please follow this link for the latest updates on Gaza charity campaigns with 7iber: http://www.7iber.com/blog/2009/01/10/new-7iber-campaigns-how-to-help-gaza/

# 2009-01-19 at 12:07 pm

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