THE power of personal politics can achieve wonders.
The worthy institutions of politics and government agencies may be turning a blind eye to the desperate plight of the little children maimed in the maelstrom of the Iraq war, but ordinary people in Camden are responding to our Iraq appeal.
A mother, moved by our appeal to help these tragic children, has organised a fundraising jumble sale. Amber Wilson, from the St Pancras Way Estate in Camden Town, said: “I’m not a politician, I’m a mother, and what I know is that it’s the children who are suffering for decisions made by adults. So I decided to do something – think global, act local.”
Simple and to the point – a voice of charity. The jumble sale takes place between 11am and 4pm on Saturday (April 23) on the St Pancras Way Estate, entrance in Agar Grove. All are welcome to bring along clothes, books, records and bric-a-brac for sale. Call 07745 382 457 for more information.
Meanwhile, the body count continues in Iraq. The tabloids and soundbite TV newscasts appear to be maintaining a virtual black-out on the continuing violence in Iraq. It certainly suits Labour.
They are likely to lose fewer votes if the war isn’t mentioned.
But this week, apart from the usual spate of insurgent attacks, came the tragic death of a young Californian woman, Maria Ruzicka, aged 27, blown up by a suicide bomb.
Maria, a wonderful idealist, had set up a charity in Iraq to help the ‘innocent victims’ of the war. Money collected through the New Journal will be directed through an appeal launched by the Islam Channel based in Fitzrovia. So far it has raised more than £100,000.
Please send cheques payable to: Our Home Iraq, posted to our Our Home Iraq Appeal, Camden New Journal, 40 Camden Road, London NW19DR.