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SOLIDARITY MESSAGE TO CLASS NEPAL
Dear Brother and Sisters,
We have followed with extreme preoccupation the terrible earthquake that has struck Nepal and caused major destruction in the whole country.
We hope that you are all safe and coping, as far as possible, with this terrible situation.
Some SOLIDAR members are about to deploy missions to the country to provide first aid, shelter, medications, food and other support.
If there is anything you think we can do, please let us know.
In solidarity,
Conny Reuter Secretary General of SOLIDAR, Sahra Ryklief Secretary General of the IFWEA, and Sue Schurman President of IFWEA.
 In this e-bulletin:
▶ CLASS Nepal's Report to IFWEA by Secretary General Tilak Jang Khadka
▶ Solidar 'Call for Solidarity - Solidarity to Provide Aid to the Victims of the Earthquake that hit Nepal'
▶ Nepal Earthquake: ITUC Calls for Huge International Effort: "Gulf States Must Allow Migrant Workers to Return Home"
▶ “On May Day, we will be mourning” Q & A with ishnu Rimal, President of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT)
▶ details to Contact IFWEA Secretariat - email the office, view the website and join the Facebook group
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◘ CLASS Nepal "Report from IFWEA member CLASS Nepal Secretary General Tilak Jang Khadka"
'CLASS Action and Appeal: CLASS Nepal will have its emergency meeting tomorrow to review the situation and its action to overcome this tragedy. We may need some support to educate and create awareness on preparedness and safety on earthquake and natural disaster and token of financial assistance to the victims of CLASS Nepal’s members and their families who have lost their keens and properties. We will inform you in this after our emergency executive committee meetings, what support we may need and in what capacity we will work on this action.'
▷ read the entire report on the IFWEA website https://ifwea-org/CLASSNEPALreport#
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◘ Solidar "Call for solidarity - Solidarity to Provide Aid to the Victims of the Earthquake that hit Nepal"
SOLIDAR members AWO International, ASB Germany, Danish People’s Aid, SOLIDAR Suisse, Samaritan Austria, Volkshilfe Austria, Norwegian People’s Aid together with their Nepalese partners, are working to raise funds and to deploy missions to the epicentre to help those people in need with first aid, shelter, medications, food and other support. The incoming funds will be channelled to our members and their partners active in Nepal. SOLIDAR Foundation will regularly update on the use of the funds. Do not hesitate to contact us in case you have any questions or remarks. The Nepalese count on your solidarity!"
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◘ Nepal Earthquake: ITUC Calls for Huge International Effort: "Gulf States Must Allow Migrant Workers to Return Home"
'Sharan Burrow, ITUC General Secretary, said, “Our thoughts are first and foremost with the bereaved and those who have been injured. Thousands of people have lost their homes, and are without other essentials. The world must mount a major aid effort to tackle the immediate crisis, and to help the people of Nepal reconstruct their country.” The ITUC has sent letters to the governments of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, calling for an emergency suspension of the kafala sponsorship system by Gulf States to allow Nepalese migrant workers to return home. Hundreds of thousands of Nepalese migrant workers in the Gulf can only leave the country if their employer decides to allow them to go under the notorious kafala system.'
▷ read the entire ITUC Call on their website http://www.ituc-csi.org/nepal-earthquake-ituc-calls-for#
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◘ “On May Day, we will be mourning” Q & A with ishnu Rimal, President of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Unions (GEFONT)" by Equal Times Newsdesk
'What is the labour movement of Nepal doing to help?
We are asking all our affiliates to encourage their members to donate blood and to help the people affected by any way they can. We need to mobilise as many volunteers as possible. We have also decided not to celebrate May Day this year. Instead we will mourn and pray together for those who died and those who are injured.Finally, we are pushing the government to increase the search and rescue efforts and to provide help to the people who have lost everything.'
▷ read the entire interview here http://www.equaltimes.org/on-may-day-we-will-be-mourning#
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