The Government 50k per Vicitim Pledge

Karim at One Arab World has replied to my inquiry about where the LE50k per victim the government is promising is coming from - a question posed in this Friday entry. You can read his answer in the post comment forum, or here:

About two weeks ago six egyptians banks pledged six million egyptian pounds combined (roughly one million dollars) towards the revitalization and relief of Sharm. The governmental pledges have not changed (to my knowledge they have only fluxuated between 5000 and 8500 Le for each victim) The 50k are donations in the form of bonds; a great achivemnet regardless of their timed political connentations. We are still going ahead with our efforts. We have managed to raise more than 1,000 Le for each breadwinners family and we intend to continue even if it is relativly small. Great investagative journalism by the way, I think I'll start reading this blog more often. Karim Elsahy

They are doing a great job. Learn more at sharmrelief.com and in this post by Karim.