Madrid (Spain), April 20, 2016 (SPS) - Spanish group supporting Saharawi people has sent humanitarian aid to Saharawi refugee camps in Tindouf, said the organization's chairman, Maite Gimenez.
The support, the first this year, is made up of 23,000 kg of foodstuffs while the rest consists in toys, medicine and medical equipment, the source told El Correo de Burgos newspaper.
The aid, from the group based in the Spanish city of Burgos, includes three vehicles intended for the Saharawi ministries of Health and Cooperation, Gimenez noted.
The group failed to send buses in this first dispatch because of technical problems, she added.
"Although one of the most important needs of Western Sahara people is freedom, Maite Gimenez stressed, basic services like food, water and hygiene products are essential for them."
Burgos Association, which sends two aid dispatches every year, in April and October, voiced concerns over the current situation of the Saharawis living in the camps.
"The situation in the camps is very bad," the Spanish activist said.
"The young are sick and tired of their living conditions and are ready to lodge a war, as they have nothing to lose."
Spanish civil society (friendly groups and political parties) is mobilized to support Western Sahara people's cause and help them overcome the misery they have endured for more than 40 years (since the beginning of Moroccan occupation in 1975). (SPS)
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