Standing For Humanity

May 16th, 2008

Today Bloggers are uniting to blog for Humman Rights

In particular I will highlight Haiti and Darfur

Regina at Regina’s Family Seasons says “Today May 15, 2008 some bloggers are involved in a collective effort to bring the issue of HUMAN RIGHTS to the forefront of our minds and hearts. If you for whatever reason do not know, want or agree with the issue of HUMAN RIGHTS let me ask you two questions…

Are YOU human? Do you want, need, or have rights? If you answered YES to either of these questions (If you answered NO than email me and I will definitely pray for you!!) than the issue of HUMAN RIGHTS is YOUR issue too!!”

United Hummanity

Charlene, 16 with a month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country’s central plateau.

The mud has long been prized by pregnant women and children here as an antacid and source of calcium. But in places such as Cité Soleil, the oceanside slum where Charlene shares a two-room house with her baby, five siblings, and two unemployed parents, cookies made of dirt, salt, and vegetable shortening have become a regular meal.

“When my mother does not cook anything, I have to eat them three times a day,” Charlene said.

Haitian Food Crisis

Poor Haitians Resort to Eating Dirt
Jonathan M. Katz in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Associated Press

It was lunchtime in one of Haiti’s worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud.

With food prices rising, Haiti’s poorest can’t afford even a daily plate of rice, and some must take desperate measures to fill their bellies.

Haitian Eating Mud Pies

The latest on Darfur from Dream For Darfur

Dear Friends,

We want to keep you informed of our efforts to bring security to Darfur. Here are the latest headlines:

Our Call for Partnerships for Darfur

Dream for Darfur called today for the US government to use its role as president of the Security Council next month to hold a Pledging Conference - a meeting to announce the nations supporting African battalions and providing logistical support for the full UN protection operation of 26,000-troops in Darfur, with an immediate deployment schedule.

Read the op-ed by Mia Farrow and Ambassador Nancy Soderberg in the Wall Street Journal.

The Situation on the Ground

There has been an increase in violence in Sudan and the UN/AU troops on the ground are struggling, under-financed and under-equipped. Read today’s AP story: “Top UN official warns of increasing Darfur violence.”

Best,

Jill Savitt
Executive Director, Dream for Darfur



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2 Responses to “Standing For Humanity”

  1. msladydeborah on May 18th, 2008 5:52 pm | link

    Yobachi,

    Would you please let me know when these events are happening? I want to continue to make contributions too.

  2. D. Yobachi Boswell on May 18th, 2008 6:18 pm | link

    Yes, send me your email address at lionrunner777@yahoo.com

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