Help the Overlooked Families of Hurricane Katrina

HURRICANE KATRINA SPECIAL COVERAGE:

From Oxfam America:

Hurricane Katrina tore into people's homes, families, and
livelihoods. It also tore into our perception that the US
government could handle any emergency within our borders without
the help of aid organizations like Oxfam America.

The government's response to Katrina's unimaginable destruction
has been woefully inadequate. That's why Oxfam intervened within
days of the hurricane and, for the first time in its 35-year
history, launched a relief effort on American soil.

Click here today to contribute to Oxfam America's Hurricane
Katrina Response and Recovery Fund.
http://ga0.org/ct/K7qrJns1ZRkC/

Thousands of survivors have been forgotten by federal agencies,
stranded with no shelter, clean water, or means to support
themselves. These are the faces you don't see in the media, the
ones who live in the poor rural communities you've never heard
of -until now.

This harrowing report came from our partner on the ground in
Louisiana: The TV pictures can't capture it all. There are whole
communities that are absolutely gone.

Oxfam America needs to raise at least $2 million this month to
fund our response. With your support, we will continue to
distribute food and supplies and make emergency grants to enable
people to repair their homes and buy medicine.

Without donations from supporters like you, we won't be able to
help the hardest-hit families rebuild their lives. For 15 years
Oxfam has been working with rural communities in Louisiana and
Mississippi who have long suffered persistent poverty and denial
of opportunities. Oxfam is well positioned to give aid where
it's needed most.

Specifically, your donation to the Katrina Response and Recovery
Fund will help Oxfam:

Provide food and medicines to the people of East Biloxi - the
poorest part of the city, where federal assistance is
practically nonexistent;

Work with local organizations to help fishing communities,
immigrants, African-American farmers and other poor people to
get back on their feet; and

Support our long-standing partner, the Southern Mutual Help
Association, in setting up response recovery centers to help
people in devastated areas of Southern Louisiana return to their
homes

Click here today to contribute to Oxfam America's Hurricane
Katrina Response and Recovery Fund.
http://ga0.org/ct/K7qrJns1ZRkC/

Thousands of people are homeless. Communities have been
shattered. Your fellow Americans have never needed you more.
With your help, we can start to reverse the damage and
strengthen communities for the future.

Sincerely,

Raymond C. Offenheiser
President, Oxfam America

To learn more about Oxfam¿s response to Hurricane Katrina, click
here http://ga0.org/ct/DpqrJns1ZRkK/