Monday, March 1, 2010

Money for Alina's family

Hi all,
Alina's family are struggling in Tanzania at the moment.  She has 8 brothers and sisters (4 brothers, 4 sisters) there.  Three of them are married, and some of those families have children.  Alina's Mum and Dad are also there.  There is no food anymore, because UNHCR have left and the Tanzanians want the refugees to go, so they are restricting further their freedoms.  For example, no more pet goats allowed.
Only 30000 refugees now remain, meaning that the majority have returned to Burundi.
Alina's father believes if he returns to Burundi, he will be killed.  This is because the man who is now staying on Alina's dad's land will not want him to return and claim the land which is rightfully his.  He will arrange for Alina's Dad to be killed, they are sure about that. Many of the Burundian refugees who have returned have been killed - not in public battles, but in quiet targeted killings of this sort, or of a political nature.
I have said we will get together $500 and send it over to help them eat for 3 months.  Please pray they will get refugee visas so they can come out of there.

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