An update I received on the Darfur Genocide:

  Later today the House of Representatives will vote on whether or not to provide critical funding for humanitarian aid in Darfur. In a country where a state-sponsored genocide has already claimed over 400,000 lives and left millions more homeless and starving, this funding could literally mean the difference between life and death.  

Last month, the United Nations was forced to cut daily food rations in half - well below survival level - due to lack of funds.  We need your help today to make sure that this doesn’t happen again. 

Please call your Representative today and ask that he or she vote for the Obey/Hyde/Lantos amendment which would add $50 million in humanitarian aid in Darfur.  We have provided a call script below for you to use.

Just one minute of your time could have a tremendous impact for the millions of innocent men, women, and children in Darfur who live every day in fear of murder, starvation, and rape. 

You can find contact information for your Representative here, http://www.house.gov, or if you know who your Representative is you can simply call the Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask to be connected.. 

Thank you once again for your commitment to helping the people of Darfur. 

Sincerely,

David Rubenstein
Save Darfur Coalition

I have included below a sample Email that supporters and I have been sending to our Representatives, you can copy it and send it to yours, PLEASE the families of Darfur need all of our support and committment. Just go to the following link http://www.house.gov/ and send your Representative the below asap.

[Representatives name],

  Hi, my name is [Your Name] from [City/Town].  I'm writing to ask you to support the Obey/Lantos/Hyde Amendment to add $50 million dollars for humanitarian aid in Darfur. Will you vote to help provide this crucial aid to the million of men, women, and children displaced by the genocide in Darfur?

  I want to be sure that you know that these programs are keeping millions of families alive and safe.
Im asking you to do everything that YOU can to ensure that humanitarian aid life support system remains intact. 

If possible, I'd like a response explaining how you will vote and why. 

Thank you for very much for your time,

[Your Name]

MORE:

This headline from a recent editorial in the Washington Post about the situation in Darfur says it all: "Still a Genocide."

Despite a peace agreement between the Sudanese government and the largest Darfur rebel group, the violence continues.  The starvation, torture, mutilation, and massacre of men, women and children go on.  And the death toll climbs.

We must continue to act.

That is why we are calling on President Bush to push for a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur.  It is the only way to ensure protection for Darfur’s innocent victims!

Click here to send a message to President Bush today.

Last month, President Bush personally aided in brokering the peace agreement.  This was an important first step.  Yet with hundreds of thousands in Darfur already dead, millions more displaced and many at risk every day, we must continue to press for a solution.

That is why we are asking President Bush to press for a UN peacekeeping force to be on the ground in Darfur no later than October.  We cannot wait any longer!

Join us in asking President Bush:
• To push for a UN force for Darfur;
• To strengthen African Union troops already in Darfur until the UN arrives;
• To continue supporting humanitarian assistance programs in Darfur; and
• To appoint a special envoy to coordinate US policy in the region.

Click here to email President Bush today.

Thank you for your continued support.

Sincerely,

David Rubenstein
Save Darfur Coalition

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