Tell Congress to Help the People of Darfur, Sudan

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 You are receiving this alert from the Oxfam America Advocacy Fund (OAAF) because you are a member of the Oxfam America eCommunity. In order to continue receiving legislation alerts from OAAF you must take the action above or click here.

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