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POETRY
dispatches from the war against the world
BETWEEN POETRY AND PROSE
PROSE
houses for the dead
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated... I hold that the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man." - Mahatma Gandhi
"Thank you very much for your respect toward my country and my people. As an Albanian I feel happy when foreign poets respect my country. All the best to you."
Erketa Premti
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PROJEKTI GOMAR OPERATION 'GOMAR'
(Miqtë e Shqiperisë) in England a modest project on behalf of the donkeys (gomerë) of Albania, a country where veterinarians and veterinary services are very few. As a result of initial and anonymous funding by Dissident Editions, further cash was raised by the secretary and organiser of FoA, Miss Primrose Peacock. Veterinarians from England and Austria kindly offered their services at no cost, and, eventually, the Society for the Protection of Animals Abroad (SPANA) sponsored a Scottish veterinarian and offered literature in Albanian, tools and pharmaceuticals. The very wealthy British charity, The Donkey Sanctuary, refused to help the project in any way.
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Zyra Diaconia Agapes ne bashkepunim me organizaten angleze BESA: Miqte e Shqiperise organizon ne zonen e Shpatit Projektin 'GOMAR'. Tre specialiste nga Anglia, Zelanda e Re dhe Austria do te trajtojne kafshet tuaja te punes (gomere, mushka, kuaj) per probleme te ndryshme qe kafshet mund te kene si probleme me thundrat, demtime nga samari probleme te gojes etj.
Jeni te mirepritur me
Ju faleminderit!
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Notice posted at Gjinar by Diakonia Agapés.
From the 9th to the 13th of October 2000, the veterinarians and their facilitators both Albanian and foreign worked and spoke in five villages around Elbasan in central Albania: Balëz, Gjimar, Gjergjan, Thane and Papër. They were ably assisted by veterinarian staff from Elbasan and Tiranë and by workers for Diakonia AgaphV (Diakonia Agapés: Service of Love) in Gjinar.
Much local interest was aroused, and many owners of donkeys (as well as horses and mules) turned up at the advertised places at the appointed times. They were obviously fond of their equines, and anxious that they have their teeth looked at and seen to, that they be inspected for parasites, and so on.
The following pictures were takern by the organizer,
© Primrose Peacock.
At Gjinar, 11.00 in the morning.
Austrian veterinarian, Edmund Hainish at Gjinar.
A loving owner and a patient at Gjinar.
English veterinarian Neil Rudram at Balëz.
New Zealand veterinarian Ian Dacre examining teeth at Papër.
The river-bank near Papër
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