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American Friends of the Czech Republic Establishes Disaster Relief Fund for West, Texas

Washington, 18 April 2013 - American Friends of the Czech Republic (AFoCR) offered to the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the USA Petr Gandalovič cooperations with the Embassy of the Czech Republic to coordinate donations and aid to assist the town of West, Texas, which was severely damaged by an explosion and fire on April 17.  At least 13 are confirmed killed and many are missing.  Over 20% of the town was demolished or severely damaged, including nearly 200 homes.

     AFoCR has previous experience in assisting in disaster relief after the 2002 floods in the Czech Republic. At that time, AFoCR raised over $300,000 divided among 30 Czech flood-affected schools, churches, museums, hospitals and cities.

     Please consider donating through our Click&Pledge web site for disaster aid for the town of West.  Your donation is tax deductible.  

    For persons wishing to donate internationally to our USA account through our secure wire network, kindly contact  our Associate in Prague, Dr. Magdalena Vosalikova at 420-224-210-206 (or 732 314 118 )  or email vosalikova@czechpr.cz and she would be happy to  provide SWIFT code and other instructions for an international wire transfer.

Your contribution, no matter how small, makes a difference. Thank you !

Please send checks payable to AFoCR

West, Texas Disaster Relief Fund

4410 Massachusetts Avenue NW # 391

Washington DC 20016-5572

See photo below of destrution in West, Texas

Photo Credit:Reuters