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January 05, 2006
Because I Found Some Bread in the Garbage Today.
[Rough Translation ]
I am a son in a poor family. I have no father, my mother is ill. We had two liras for bread [about $2] but I am sending you one lira. Because I found some bread in the garbage today. We will break our ramadan fast with that bread in the evening. With this lira, please buy bread for the children in the earthquake. This money is helal [an islamic/folk term meaning untainted, freely given]. I had to pay for the postage so I couldn't send you the whole amount. I apologize.
[Letter, along with a single Lira, sent to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf from a schoolchild from Kutahya, a mid-sized city in central Turkey. The letter was not signed. They have not been able to locate or identify the child.]
Posted by zeynep at January 5, 2006 09:15 AM
Comments
I felt like crying after reading that. And there I was feeling proud because I'd sent a couple of dozen pounds (56,600,000 Lira) to the UK relief appeal.
Posted by: Zippee at January 9, 2006 06:41 AM