Help Us Bring Hope to Afghanistan!

By Joe Katzman on September 21, 2004 6:56 AM | 1 Comment | 1 TrackBack

Project Mercury Hope is similar to Chief Wiggles' Iraqi efforts. Master Corporal Storring is a Canadian Soldier who was deployed with the ISAF Peacekeeping force near Kabul. Mercury Hope is his effort to mobilize civilians to help the soldiers help the orphans of Afghanistan. I spoke with them by phone yesterday.

The problem: They have 7 tons of goods ready to go, and need to find a way to ship it to Kabul for distribution.

We'd be interested in hearing from people in the blogosphere who might have suggestions for them, or organizations who may be able to partner with Project Mercury Hope in order to get this done. Please email joe, or leave a comment in our comments section.

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#1 from Laura | September 21, 2004 5:43 PM | Reply

My husband is in Afghanistan also and I have been sending humanitarian items for them to distribute. We have sent over 2000 pounds of items and our biggest challenge is getting the money for shipping. Good luck.

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