WOMENAID INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADORS The late Maya Angelou The late Lynsey De Paul The late Dorothy Tutin Sandie Shaw Dame Zandra Rhodes Susan Hampshire Petula Clark Dame Judi Dench Dame Diana Rigg Sharon Gless Dame Cleo Lane Toyah Wilcox Anna Ford Annabel Croft
FOOD AID FOR BOSNIA a WomenAid/UNHCR/Sunday Express Urgent Appeal, 18.04.1993.
UN food convoys were halted because the Metkovic warehouse holding supplies for central Bosnia was completely empty. Sadako Ogata, High Commissioner for Refugees appealed for help saying “The present shortage of resources puts the refugees’ lives at further risk.”
“After months of wondering what we can do, there is a practical way to help the refugees. Please send a donation which will help buy food and medical supplies for these desperate people.”
Dame Judi Dench, WomenAid Ambassador.
NB: The appeal raised £66,500 which was transferred to UNHCR on 30.04.1993 to purchase 450 tonnes wheat flour.
CHRISTMAS APPEAL FOR BOSNIA - Sunday Express/WomenAid Appeal. 28.11.1993
“I don’t think anyone can go Christmas shopping without thinking of those poor people in Bosnia struggling to survive.”
Dame Judi Dench, WomenAid Ambassador.
The appeal was launched by Dame Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer of the TV comedy As Time Goes By. The Sunday Express teamed up with charity WomenAid, which is distributing 8.000 tonnes of ‘energy’ biscuits worth £7 million, donated by the Ministry of Agriculture.
“These high-protein biscuits are going to save lives.”
David Morton, World Food Programme.
In addition to mobilising food aid, WomenAid has also provided considerable quantities of medical supplies and equipment including over one million doses of antibiotics and half a ton of x-ray film.
[Source: Former Yugoslavia Situation Report no.7, World Food Programme. 1994.]
BOSNIAN RAPE CAMP SURVIVORS APPEAL 1993
“The fact that these refugees are suffering rape and torture and yet there is not enough money to assist them is dreadful.
Zandra Rhodes, WomenAid Ambassador.
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
