No More Victims Staff: Sister Cities
September 3rd, 2008 | Posted by Ann Cothran
Recently, Ellen from the Portland, Oregon NMV chapter headed east to visit her hometown of Portland, Maine. While there, she met up with Portland, Maine organizers, Doug Rogers and Susi Eggenberger, who took Ellen to meet little Nora and her father, Afef!
During the visit, Ellen gave Nora and Afef each an “Ask Me About Mustafa” t-shirt from their chapter. The Portland, Oregon group is waiting for 6-year-old Mustafa Abed, who lost his leg and a large part of his hip to a US air strike in November of 2004, and created these shirts to spread awareness about Mustafa’s plight.
Nora, who needs plastic surgery on her skull, was more than happy to wear Mustafa’s shirt and show her support for another young victim of the invasion of her country.
Thank you so much to both Portlands for your support, creativity, and compassion for our friends, the civilians of Iraq!
[...] PT sessions. And Ellen Hart, a woman working on a project in our sister city, Portland, Oregon, stopped by the other day to meet and chat with Noora and Afef. Portland, Oregon will be hosting Mustafa (due to arrive on [...]
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