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AID THE PEOPLE OF SUDAN
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Emergency Alert - Updated 2/29/2008
Background:
Since gaining independence in 1965, Sudan has been a country in constant conflict. Multiple ethnic, religious and socio-economic groups create a rich mosaic of Sudanese populations. However, political and economic marginalization of many of these groups has been the cause for conflicts that currently confront Sudan.
In 2005, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed by the Sudanese government in Khartoum and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) in south Sudan. The signing of this ground-breaking document ended a 22-year war that killed 2 million people and displaced millions more, including a whole generation of children who never knew home.
Over two years later, while the fragile peace in southern Sudan still holds, vital portions of the CPA are not being implemented. This lack of progress has the potential to reignite the conflict.
At the same time, in the conflict that began in 2003 in the Darfur region of western Sudan, approximately 2.5 million people have been forced from their homes by fighting between government and rebel factions and by marauding groups that have killed, raped and tortured men, women and children.
Severe funding shortages to all parts of Sudan have threatened much-needed food, health, humanitarian aid and reconstruction assistance. Urgent help is needed.
| LWR AND PARTNERS ARE HELPING |
Lutheran World Relief and partners have long experience working in Sudan and continue assisting the internally displaced and those finally returning home by:
- Providing access to water points and latrines; training communities to manage the infrastructure on their own.
- Operating health clinics and supplemental nutrition programs with a focus on preventative healthcare.
- Training community organizations and leaders in peace-building and conflict resolution.
- Providing agricultural training and distribution of seeds and tools.
- Constructing or rehabilitating schools, providing school supplies and training for administrators and parent-teacher associations.
LWR is requesting public contributions to help Darfur. Your support will help provide relief in this remote part of Sudan. The best way to assist people caught in an emergency is to give cash so that our partner staff on the ground can be most effective.
To contribute online, click below. You will be given the opportunity to choose "Darfur/Sudan Crisis" for your contribution.
Your gift will be used for the "Darfur/Sudan Crisis" until needs there are met. After that, further gifts will be used to help LWR respond where the need is greatest.
You may also call 1-800-LWR-LWR-2, or mail a check or money order to:
Lutheran World Relief - Darfur/Sudan Crisis
PO Box 17061
Baltimore, MD 21298-9832
USA
Please also consider making an unrestricted donation which will enable LWR to respond quickly to the next emergency.
Thank You for your help.
MEDIA CONTACT: Emily Sollie, 410-230-2802, esollie@lwr.org
Lutheran World Relief is a ministry of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS), individuals and parish groups in international relief, development, advocacy and social responsibility. LWR is a member of Action by Churches Together.
