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ብልቢ እነፍቅሮ ሓውናን ብጻይናን ገዲም ተጋዳላይ ፊሊጶስ ገብረሚካኤል (ወዲ ባሊን) ብዝሓደሮ ሕማም ምኽንያት ኣብ
ሕክምና ክእለ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ ረቡዕ ሓምለ 22፡ 2020 ካብ’ዛ ዓለም ብሞት ተፈልዩና።
ወዲ ባሊን ኣብ ንኡስ ዕድሚኡ ንሜዳ ወጺኡ ኣብ’ቲ ምስ ጸላኢ ዝግበር ዝነበረ ጥምጥም ብዙሕ ግዜ መውጋእቲ ከም ዘጋጠሞ
ይፍለጥ። ኣብ ሰማንያታት ድማ ንኣሜሪካ ናብ ከተማ ስያትል ብምምጻእ ናብርኡ ክኣሊ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ ብዚ ንዓለምና ኣናዊጹ
ዘሎ ኮሮና ቫይረስ ተለኺፉ ንኣርባዕተ ወርሒ ዝኣክል ብሕክምና ክእለ ጸኒሑ ኣብ መወዳእታ ግን ንዘፍቅራ በዓልቲ ቤቱ ዮዲት
ኣርኣያን ዝፈትዎም ደቁን ቤተሰቡን ኣዕሩኽቱን ብጾቱን ሓዲጉ ብሞት ተፈልዩ።
ናይ ወዲ ባሊንን ናይ ቤተሰቡን ድልየት ወዲ ባሊን ኣብ’ታ ዘፍቅራ ሃገሩ ኤርትራ ንክቕበር እዩ።ይኹን’ምበር በዚ ኣጋጢሙ ዘሎ
ርዱእ ምኽንያት ኣብ’ዚ እዋን’ዚ ሬሳ ንዓዲ ክስደድ ስለዘይከኣል ንግዜኡ ኣብ ዉሱን ቦታ ጸኒሑ ኣብ’ቲ ዝፍቀደሉ እዋን ግን ኣብ
ዓዲ ክቕበር ስለዝኾነ ነዚ ንምግባር ድማ ብዙሕ ወጻኢ ስለዘድሊ ከም’ቲ ጽቡቕ ባህልና በብዝከኣለኩም ሓገዝኩም
ከተወፍዩልና ብትሕትና ንሓትት።
ሕሰም ኣይትርከቡ
ቤተሰብ
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It is with our deepest sorrow that we inform you of the death of our beloved friend, brother and war hero, Filipos Gebremichael (Wedi Balin) who departed from this earth on July 22, 2020.

At a young age, Wedi Balin was filled with patriotic pride and joined the Eritrean armed struggle and survived many near death experiences on the  battlefield. In the 1980s, he immigrated to Seattle, WA. in hopes of starting a new life.

Sadly, during this global pandemic of Covid-19, Wedi Balin was hospitalized and treated for 4 months before finally passing, leaving behind his beloved wife Yodit Araya and his kids, siblings, many friends and comrades who loved him dearly.

Wedi Balin's wish was to be in his beloved country Eritrea as his final resting place. Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic and restrictions on flight, his casket will not be able to fly to Eritrea during this time; instead his body will be preserved in the states until the restrictions have been lifted. 

We, his family and friends, are asking for your generous help in preserving his body until he can be sent to Eritrea, his final resting place and home. Any additional funds will go towards helping his family cover any medical expenses that may arise from his hospitalization and support his family with any unforeseen costs that may arise during this time.

Additionally, due to this pandemic, we are unable to gather as a community to grieve together and support the family. Please keep his wife, kids and entire family in your prayers during this time.

Thank you,

Family and Friends of Wedi Balin

**UPDATE: As mentioned above , funds will be used to preserve the body of Wedi Balin as we wait to bury him in Eritrea. To be completely transparent with you, the funds will be withdrawn by family/friend of Wedi Balin, Tewelde Mhreteab. Mr. Mhreteab will withdraw these funds in order to make the payments associated with preserving the body, in accordance with the family's wishes.

Donations 

  • Awet Teklay
    • $200
    • 4 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • $50
    • 4 yrs
  • Semere Andezion
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Ghirmay Fessehaye Tekle (Hazega)
    • $100
    • 4 yrs
  • Edwin Ohonba Antonia Ohonba
    • $200
    • 4 yrs

Organizer and beneficiary

Yohannes Sequar
Organizer
Seattle, WA
Tewelde Mhreteab
Beneficiary

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