The East African Communities Uniting For Grenfell Justice

Of  people who lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago, the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities were among the hardest hit.

Twelve people from the commthe 72unities died, half of whom were children.

Ethiopia and Eritrea may have a history of conflict, but here in London the communities are united in their grief and fight for justice.

Now they are preparing to mark the seventh anniversary of the fire and are readying themselves for the publication of the final report of the public inquiry, in just a few months.

Some of the bereaved from the two communities have never spoken to the media before, such as Bedriya Jemal Kelbeto.

She lost her sister Nura, who was 35, and her brother-in-law Hashim, who was 33.

Nura and Hashim’s three children also died: their 13-year-old son Yahya, their daughter Firdaws, 12, and their younger son Yaqub, who was six.

Bedriya, who describes them as a “wonderful family”, tells me: “I don’t wish anybody to go through this, losing five members of their family. It made me ill mentally and physically.”

This was a closed event created to allow families the chance to speak face to face with those involved in the multimillion-pound compensation settlement.

BBC