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NEARO has been shipping supplies to Albania since the organization was founded in 1990. NEARO president and founder Leon Lonstein said the organization currently has about 400,000 pounds of clothes in storage around New England that need to be sorted and packed before being shipped to Albania...
NEARO will be sending a shipment to Albania by boat this Wednesday, Lonstein said. Once in Albania, the supplies will be placed on trucks and sent to the refugee camps...
...Leon Lonstein, president of the New England Albanian Relief Organization, who spoke at the vigil, emphasized the need for non-partisan aid for Kosovo...
...want to get into a political harangue with people," Lonstein said. "We have people who are in need and I want to help them. I want to go to sleep at night knowing that maybe we saved some lives...
...Lonstein spoke mostly of his organization's relief work in Kosovo and Albania, and Li told the audience that he hoped the vigil would be a springboard for future action...