DEARBORN, Mich.—Arab Americans raised approximately $70,000 for the Somalia famine at a community dinner held here last week, reports The Arab American News.
Among the various community leaders who attended and helped organize the event was Houssam Diab, Consul General of Lebanon in Detroit. “This is a humanitarian tragedy of unspeakable dimensions,” he said. He estimated that 2.8 million people in southern Somalia are currently facing starvation and famine is spreading to Kenya and Ethiopia. According to the news report, the Lebanese American Heritage Club Youth Leadership Committee in Dearborn has separately raised $121,00 since the famine escalated this summer.
The money raised at the fundraiser will be used to dig fresh water wells in Mogadishu, Somalia for about 50,000 people.
Arab Americans Fundraise for Somalia Famine
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