Code Pink has been permitted access to Gaza for 100 delegates for 48 hours only.
This has been arranged by President Mubarak's wife, who apparently is quite into women issues and organisations etc. (she has a women's foundation). However, this is not certain and there is a chance we may not board the bus, but fingers crossed.
Marie and I managed to get on the last, pretty much through being at the right place the right time rather than anything else. Apparently the Code Pink ppl were given 2 hours to decide who should go on the bus. This message started to circulate as a rumour, then happened to be fact while we were all at a demonstration. As a result, bus seats were handed out on a first come first serve basis.
We are meeting tomorrow morning at 7am,... and it's quite hard to believe we are actually going. Another Warwick student, Andrew, who was an active student at uni during the 70s is coming with us. He is a psychotherapist and within the 48hrs we have will be training people in Gaza at the Palestine Trauma Centre on how to deal and help traumatised children. There was an article in the Guardian about this particular issue, so Marie and I are considering giving our donations towards this specific charity. Please let us know your thoughts.
We'll be taking pictures, contacting students and filming. We'll be back in 48 hours prepare for update.
Thank you for all your support.
Kat & Marie
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