Newmark raises money for Kosovo victims' relative.Employees at Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc. have raised over $11,000, including a matching contribution Matching Contribution A type of contribution an employer chooses to make to his or her employee's employer-sponsored retirement plan. The contribution is based on elective deferral contributions made by the employee. from the firm, for a woman whose relatives were killed in Kosovo Kosovo or Kosovo-Metohija (kô`sôvô-mĕtô`khēä), Albanian Kosova, Serbo-Croatian Kosovo i Metohija and Kosmet, province (2002 est. pop. . Richard Ri·chard , Joseph Henri Maurice Known as "Rocket." 1921-2000. Canadian hockey player. A right wing for the Montreal Canadiens (1942-1960), he led his team to eight Stanley Cup championships and was the first player to score 50 goals in a Weiss, Daniel Daniel, book of the Bible Daniel, book of the Bible. It combines "court" tales, perhaps originating from the 6th cent. B.C., and a series of apocalyptic visions arising from the time of the Maccabean emergency (167–164 B.C. Segal and Louise Lentini raised the money for Fatime Rugovac, a cleaning woman at Newmark's headquarters office at 125 Park Avenue. "Fatime's former nationality nationality, in political theory, the quality of belonging to a nation, in the sense of a group united by various strong ties. Among the usual ties are membership in the same general community, common customs, culture, tradition, history, and language. is Yugoslavian, explained Weiss. "Her family, ethnic Albanian Moslems who used to live in Kosovo, were uprooted from their homes in Yugoslavia by the Serbian government. Their homes were burned to the ground." About six months ago, Fatime tried to contact her sister in Kosovo. Unsuccessful after four weeks, she contacted representatives of the International Red Cross operating in the region. But her patient waiting did not bring good news. Fatime learned that her sister and her sister's seven young children, had been murdered by government troops. "Fatime has two brothers with families who were fortunate enough to escape from the country alive," said Segal. "They were staying in refugee refugee, one who leaves one's native land either because of expulsion or to escape persecution. The legal problem of accepting refugees is discussed under asylum; this article considers only mass dislocations and the organizations that help refugees. camps in Tirana, Albania before the United Nations effort permitted their families to return to Kosovo. While her remaining family members are presently safe, they are suffering both mentally and physically, and face a homeless future." "Fatime has been working very hard and wiring money to help her family," added Segal. "Newmark decided to help her and her family by asking for donations. We hope this money helps Fatime's family get their lives back together." |
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