Take Action for Tsunami Survivors and Sudan

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From American Jewish World Service:

Tsunami Update:

Nearly six weeks have passed since the devastating tsunami that destroyed parts of South Asia and Africa. Today, AJWS is supporting the efforts of many grassroots organizations in affected regions. Click here to view a list of our current emergency grants. But even as we continue this vital work, we need you to take action to ensure that the U.S. government provides additional funding for emergency relief. In the days following the tsunami, President Bush promised $350 million for relief - now we must pressure the government to make good on this pledge.

Later this month, Congress will debate an emergency spending bill to fund the U.S. commitment for relief and reconstruction to areas ravaged by the tsunami. The bill will also include hundreds of millions of dollars to alleviate the suffering of people who have been impacted by the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, and it will provide additional resources to combat global hunger. Click here to learn more about the issues and let your members of Congress know that you support funding these critical needs.

Sudan Update:

Despite signs of hope in southern Sudan, where a more than 20-year civil war has come to an end, the crisis in Darfur continues. The Sudanese government has taken advantage of the world's attention on the tsunami to continue its policy of destruction and murder. Early this week, the United Nations Commission investigating the violence in Darfur released its report. It concluded that serious crimes against humanity are being committed with the involvement of many government officials, and that they are "no less serious and heinous than genocide."

More than two million Sudanese continue to suffer, and hundreds of thousands have been murdered or have died of disease and starvation due to forced displacement. Please take action now to let new Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice know that we must not turn our backs on the people of Darfur.