The Pope called for helping Algeria

Pope John Paul II has addressed a call to the international community to support Algeria which was hit recently by floods.

In the general weekly meeting ( sermon) the Pope expressed his hope that the International community will give tangible support to the victims and also expressed personal solidarity with the families of this catastrophe.

To this effect the Swiss development and cooperation department announced that Switzerland will send 40 tons of aids to the victims of the floods in Algeria and this will be distributed through the Swiss Red Cross and the Algerian red Crescent.

Bern explained that these Swiss aids to Algeria falls in the course of the first phase of aids, is estimated at a value of 400,000 Swiss Francs ( 272,000 EURO).