Polish organizations plan Pakistan medical center to help Afghan refugees

Polish humanitarian organizations have joined the international rush to help the Afghans in camps in Pakistan who are facing a grim future with the approach of the harsh winter. Polish aid workers, who are currently collecting money for the Afghan refugees, say they are hoping to raise tens of thousands of dollars. One of them, Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH), which sent aid to Afghanistan after it was struck by an earthquake in 1998, hopes to open a medical center in Pakistan to be operated jointly with the Polish Medical Mission. Help has also been offered by Caritas International and the Polish Red Cross. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) J.K.