مبروك ارامكو توزع فلل في الشمال بس في شمال هيوستون في امريكا
في الصورة التاليه صورة نشرتها جريدة هيوستون كرونيكل على أربعة عمود لداوود الداوود مدير ارامكو في هيوستون وهو يحتضن بعطف وحنان آنسة او سيدة من ضحايا إعصار كاترينا بعد ان سلمها مفاتح فيلا جديدة من ضمن 25 فيلا كدفعة اولى بنتها ارامكو في شمال مدينة هيوستون من ضمن 150 فيلا
ونقلت الجريدة تصريحات لأحد موظفي ارامكو اسمه ضياء الياس قال فيه ان الله بعث بأرامكو الى هيوستون حتى تقدم مساعدة للضحايا من آثار كاترينا
ترى .. لماذا لا يبعث الله بمديري شركة ارامكو السعودية الى شمال المملكه - بدلا من شمال هيوستون - لبناء مساكن وفلل ولو من القش والحصير لفقراء السعودية ممن يعيشون على الصنادق
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June 30, 2006, 11:58AM
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
After being forced from New Orleans by Katrina, some hurricane evacuees feel compassion of the Saudis
They have a home at last
By ANITA HASSAN
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
AFTER moving to three different residences in three different cities since Hurricane Katrina destroyed her home in New Orleans last year, Sherrell Johnson finally feels at ease.
On Thursday, she smiled from ear to ear as she and her family entered their first permanent home in nine months.
Johnson, 32, and her two children are among 25 families who will receive homes built by Houston Habitat for Humanity through donations from citizens of Saudi Arabia.
"It is exciting for me to see these homes and realize that it is because of the compassion of the people on the other side of the world," Houston Habitat for Humanity Board Chairman Tom Owens said. " ... Those are the people I enjoy calling my friends."
Saudis donated more than $600,000 to Habitat for Humanity for 25 homes built on the 11800 block of Greenmesa in northeast Houston. The donations will not only build homes for hurricane victims in Houston but 150 homes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Through Habitat for Humanity, each family will be able to buy a house at cost and with a zero-interest loan.
While her children eagerly picked their rooms, Johnson thought about decorating options.
"God has given me a pathway to move on," she said. "I believe God brought me to Houston for a reason."
Deya Elyas, director of public affairs for Aramco Services Co., a subsidiary of Saudi Arabias national oil company, which facilitated the donations, said the pain and emotion in the faces of the hurricane victims struck the hearts of the people of Saudi Arabia.
"May your homes be blessed," he said to the five families who received keys to their homes Thursday. "I hope this will be the last of your sorrow."
In the home next door to Johnsons, Lynette Mearis and her 15-year-old daughter Raquel surveyed their home as they made plans to move in next week. Mearis said that the charity from Saudi Arabia reminded her of the U.S. efforts during the December 2004 tsunami.
"Its a really heartfelt thing for them (Saudi citizens) to do," she said as she stood on the porch of her new home.
Mearis sentiment is not one that has always been felt by U.S. citizens. In 2001, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani refused a $10 million check from a Saudi prince for Sept. 11 disaster relief. The prince had suggested U.S. policies in the Middle East contributed to the attacks, angering the mayor.
Owens, however, said he is grateful for the charity Houston Habitat for Humanity has received from the Saudis.
"When you need a cup of water, it doesnt matter where it comes from," he said.
According to a 2005 report to the United Nations, Saudi Arabia donated more than $250 million to the Katrina relief fund — the largest contribution to come from any country outside the United States.
Saudi Arabia leads in relief efforts for international disasters, according to U.N. officials in an Associated Press report earlier this week.
Elyas would not disclose the total amount of money donated to Habitat for Humanity nationally because he said it was not Arabic custom to reveal that information.
"It would belittle the gesture," he said.
The donations are not intended to create good will toward Arabs or Saudi Arabia but to help those affected by the hurricanes, Elyas said.
"If it (good will) does happen as a side product, then God
bless it," he said
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