Syrian refugees

Graduate Student Government, Rumi Forum hold coat, blanket drive

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5:09 p.m., Nov. 24, 2015--The University of Delaware Graduate Student Government and Rumi Forum, a graduate student organization, are holding a coat and blanket drive to support Syrian refugees living in tent cities in Turkey.  

This effort is aimed at helping the Syrian refugees who survived a catastrophic civil war in their country. During this war, half of the country -- about 4 million people -- escaped, and more than 2 million people are now struggling to survive in tent cities in Turkey. 

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According to the drive's organizers, "If you visit those tent cities, when you ask them what can you do to help, they will respond to you with a simple request: 'We are getting cold. Could you send some blankets?' So, we are asking, 'Would you not give them a blanket or at least a coat?'

Coats and blankets may be donated at the Wright House, 44 Kent Way, through Dec. 5.

For additional information, write to sguderia@udel.edu or guangyi@udel.edu or call 302-299-2930.

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