On January 15th I described the plight of Iraqi widows here and asked my readers to contribute what they could to the Allan Enwiyah’s widow. Allan was working as the translator to the kidnapped American reporter Jill Carroll. Her ordeal continues and our attention remains focussed upon her - that is as it should be. But I asked you not to forget another young woman whose nightmare also began that dreadful day - Allan Enwiyah’s wife. Allan was murdered by Jill Carroll’s kidnappers leaving behind a wife and two small children. As I said back then:
“Allan Enwiyah’s widow is now living what must surely have been her worst nightmare, is facing dire poverty, and must cope not only with her grief but with comforting her children and trying to provide for them.”
I asked that you go to Fayrouz’s site and give what you could to ease her plight. Fayrouz has been listing the donations as they come in and I’ve been updating my original posting tracking the donations here is the amount raised as of February 1st 2006.
- Total Gross Amount: $6,683.75
- Total PayPal Fees: -$218.04
- Total Net Amount: $6,465.71
- Total Wired Amount: $0.00
- Total Wire Fees: $0.00
- Total Remaining Amount: $6,465.71
I know that some of my readers here gave generously and encouraged others to do so. Thank you, I’m very grateful. It is good to know that in the hellish bloodsoaked mess created by western governments in Iraq that one family have had their plight somewhat lessened by ordinary people reaching out in sympathy.
Mark
Update February 3rd 2006: $6,764.91 - wouldn’t it be wonderful if it went over us$7000, I’m starting to hope that it just might.
Update February 6th 2006: $6,855.54
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Mark, thank you for posting again about this at FDL, I am so embarrassed that I didn’t follow through. I opened a paypal account just for this purpose and then didn’t come back to do it.
Thank you, thank you, all set now.
It’s never too late :-)
I have been meaning for some to say thank you for bringing this family’s plight to our attention and keeping us updated. I hope this poor family are coping. Riverbend had such a nice tribute to Alan a few weeks ago. Anyhow - cyber pat on back! Good night!
G’night g :-) I’ve asked Fayrouz to let me know in general terms how they’re doing and will post the occasional update. Yeah her tribute was lovely and I’ve read a few others from all sides.
In a word, heartwarming, mark. I’m so glad some much needed help was forthcoming.
Mark,
Thank you for bringing this to the attention to those of us at Firedoglake. This is such a tragedy. I’m very glad to be able to send my sincere sympathy to someone who is literally a world away. Again, thank you for giving me this opportunity to reach out to Allan Enwiyah’s family, at least in some small way.
Sincerely,
Ann Regina
Richard, I agree. Ann, You’re very welcome. That so many including you have helped is as Richard puts it, heartwarming, to know that there are decent human beings and that we can make a difference makes it worth keeping up the fight.
This response is wonderful and I will make another donation as soon as I can. Thanks for the update and please continue to let us know how Fayrouz and her family are getting along.
Namaste
zen