everyone doing their part
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Dear Friends,
For more than three years, ongoing violence in Darfur, a
remote western region of Sudan, has forced nearly two million
people to flee their homes in search of a more secure
environment. And while the international community helped the
African Union (AU) to establish a peacekeeping force, these
troops are in desperate need of financial assistance to
sufficiently protect civilians.
Tell Congress to support, at a
minimum, the Bush Administration’s request of $514 million
to help the people of Darfur.
Last week, the
Bush Administration submitted a supplemental budget request to
Congress that includes $514 million for peacekeeping, food aid,
and other vital assistance for the displaced people of Darfur.
This money will help protect civilians caught in the crossfire
of the conflict while also ensuring they have access to critical
basic services, such as clean water and blankets.
The
people of Darfur need our help more than ever. Civilians
continue to suffer harassment, beatings, rape, and murder on a
daily basis. Families are stranded in the camps, often far from
their villages, fields, and pastureland. For them, life has
become one long wait-for food rations, for limited amounts
of water, and for peace. Congress must support the
Administration’s request to help protect and sustain life
in Darfur.
Please
click here to contact your representatives and ask that they
fully fund this request.
For more
information and to support Oxfam’s work in the region, click here.
Thank you for supporting the people of Darfur and the Oxfam
America Advocacy Fund.
Tim Fullerton
Oxfam America Advocacy
Fund