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From: PeaceNet Balkans Desk 
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From: PeaceNet Balkans Desk 
Subject: Re: http://mediafilter.org/SJ/Pages/What Policy?

Dear Andy, regarding your message - I include a recent note from a 
Teacher in Sarajevo, Mrs Zlata Zahirovic. It would be great if you 
could get a little project together to provide even one classroom with 
supplies. 

Please note that just now regular mail directly to Sarajevo is still
problematical, so the most efficient way to help is to collect cash
donations and wire them to Sarajevo. Helping the Sarajevans buy goods 
locally will help rebuild the local economy.

You can also send in-kind donations to the IRC (Intl Rescue 
Committee) in Zagreb, Croatia, which will carry them to Sarajevo. You 
will find that the postal rates are prohibitive for large amounts of 
goods, but affordable, say, for a package of goods collected by a 
classroom. This sort of personalized shipment would be a big morale 
boost for the kids in Mrs. Zahirovic's classroom, and be perhaps more 
concrete for your kids than collecting money.

In any case, if you are serious about a project, you can correspond 
with Mrs. Zahirovic at  . It would help 
assure good comms. if you sent a cc of your letter to 
. 

Once you have conferred with Mrs. Zahirovic, I'd be glad to help 
arrange for the wire transfer and/or contact at IRC Zagreb.

Ed Agro
facilitator, peacenet Balkans conferences
SPE/PISMA refugee mail
PFS displaced-persons service

>From: K.ZAHIROVIC@ZAMIR-SA.ZTN.APC.ORG (KENAN ZAHIROVIC)
>Subject: Teacher from Sarajevo
>Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 08:53:00 +0100
 
Sarajevo, 18.12.95
 
FYI, this teacher is my mother.
 
Ciao - Kenan
 
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Hello
 
I'm teacher in Bosnia school. My school is in Sarajevo and
it's primary school for  children of  age 11-15 year. Our
school has 1200 schoolboys. It is quite large school for us.
Despite of terrible war, our children managed to stay
children. My wish is to make their life easier.
Our club "Children of the Sarajevo" has a goal to give
children a chance to keep up correspondence. Ours schoolboys
have a lack of bags, pencil-bags, calipers, sport-shoes,
etc. I'm teaching mathematics and informatics
(unfortunately, we don't have computers in school).
Dear friends, it would be nice if you can send us some of items
listed above.
 
teacher Zlata
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 > Date: 26 Jan 1996 07:05:40
 > Reply-To: Conference "zamir.chat" 
 > From: Transmasa@aol.com
 > Subject: Re: http://mediafilter.org/SJ/Pages/What Policy?
 >
 > I'm organizing schools to participate in gathering items for children
 > there.

 >
 > Basically establish children helping children. Let me know what is needed
 > and we'll go to it!

 >
 > I'd like to also see them have the ability to communicate with each other
 > through this medium (e-mail pals)

 >
 > God bless you

 >
 > Andy Irving

 > 22 Buckingham Court

 > Asheville NC 28803

 > 704 259 9788

 > e-mail transmasa@aol.com

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