Update: On the Killings in South Africa
Here is another update from Catherine White, an HIV-AIDS activist who has been helping on the ground in Cape Town with the immigrant and refugee communities:
Hello Friends,
Things seem to be settling down in Cape Town in terms of violence, but there are now over 10,000 (and I think that is a conservative estimate) displaced people. People are still leaving their homes because they don’t trust that they are safe, and the various organisations that are working to manage moving people to safe locations are struggling to find places to send them.
Four large refugee camps have been set up, but with that comes problems. Diseases are spreading like wildfire (diarrhoea) and the infrastructure is less than ideal.
On a much happier note, another woman that we have taken in had her baby last night. I went to visit her in the hospital at 8 and she was still having contractions. Visiting times finished so I went home and literally 20 minutes later she had a beautiful 2.86 kg baby girl. Amazing.
On another happy note, I have managed to get PayPal to work. It seems I couldn’t receive funds with it listed as a South African account (something to do with not being able to receive foreign funds in SA). Donations can be sent to either my Canadian account or to PayPal (my email address).
Much love,
Catherine
Donations can be sent via PayPal to Catherine’s e-mail at catherineawhite@gmail.com. Go to www.paypal.com and click on the ‘Send Money’ tab. Catherine will send you an itemized receipt of your funds.
