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Save THE Date
LET'S CARE: AN EVENING
TO HELP SAVE THE PEOPLE OF DARFUR
--Benefit for CARE and Doctors Without Borders--
LET'S CARE: AN EVENING
TO HELP SAVE THE PEOPLE OF DARFUR
--Benefit for CARE and Doctors Without Borders--
| A Stark Summary of the Human Toll |
More than 2 Million
People Displaced
Refugees in
Eastern Chad
200,000 people
Conflict-Affected
People 3.5 Million
Estimated Deaths
250,000-400,000
People Displaced
Refugees in
Eastern Chad
200,000 people
Conflict-Affected
People 3.5 Million
Estimated Deaths
250,000-400,000
Displaced Citizens of Darfur
- The Darfur crisis erupted in early 2003. Since that time, the fighting has
killed hundreds of thousands of people and more die every day. The
conflict has displaced more than 2 million people, most escaping to
larger towns where they must live in overcrowded and often dangerous
camps for "internally displaced people." Other refugees have escaped
to similar camps across the border in Chad, an area that is becoming
part of the conflict. Attacks on civilians have been brutal, with massive
killing, rape, torture, displacement, and organized starvation. Those
responsible for the violence have begun to threaten aid workers as
well.
About the size of Texas, the Darfur region is home to ethnically diverse
tribes of farmers and pastoralists. The United Nations Security Council
has passed resolutions calling on the Sudanese Government to stop
the atrocities in Darfur and even threatened sanctions. The U.N. has
passed a resolution calling for U.N. peacekeeping troops to be
deployed to Darfur. The Sudanese Government tacitly agreed to such a
deployment in late December. Increased insecurity in the troubled
Sudanese region of Darfur, combined with decreased international aid,
is adding to the misery of the population in Darfur.
The ability of humanitarian aid organizations to access those in need of
assistance is at an all-time low. The ability of humanitarian aid
agencies to reach those in need, was at its lowest point in December
2006 since April 2004, with U.N. access to the affected populations
down to 64%. In addition, disease and violence remain a daily fact of
life for the millions who have been displaced since the beginning of the
conflict in 2003. Today, most are entirely reliant on the dwindling
external humanitarian aid, and the threat of full-scale war is once again
looming. The time to act is now.
INFORMATION ON CARE AND DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS
CARE – This organization has worked in Sudan for over two decades and has been active
in Darfur since April 2004. CARE currently provides direct humanitarian assistance to more
than 450,000 war-affected people. The organization operates throughout South and West
Darfur, including the cities of Nyala, Kass, Geneina and Zalingi and surrounding camps. Current
projects address health and nutrition, violence against women, food aid, water and sanitation,
distribution of emergency supplies, peace building and providing support for education and
economic services.
Doctors Without Borders – Doctors Without Borders (also known as
Médecins Sans Frontières) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization
that delivers emergency medical aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or
man-made disasters in more than 70 countries. Worldwide, MSF doctors, nurses, logisticians,
water and sanitation experts, administrators, and other medical and non-medical
professionals work on more than 3,800 field assignments, alongside more than 22,500 locally
hired staff. MSF has been running projects in Darfur since early 2004 and today has over 2,000
staff working in 17 locations throughout west, south, and east Darfur. MSF provides emergency
medical and trauma care to people who have been displaced by the conflict and affected by
violence, in addition to providing food aid, water and sanitation, and rapid response to
outbreaks of disease.
CARE – This organization has worked in Sudan for over two decades and has been active
in Darfur since April 2004. CARE currently provides direct humanitarian assistance to more
than 450,000 war-affected people. The organization operates throughout South and West
Darfur, including the cities of Nyala, Kass, Geneina and Zalingi and surrounding camps. Current
projects address health and nutrition, violence against women, food aid, water and sanitation,
distribution of emergency supplies, peace building and providing support for education and
economic services.
Doctors Without Borders – Doctors Without Borders (also known as
Médecins Sans Frontières) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization
that delivers emergency medical aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or
man-made disasters in more than 70 countries. Worldwide, MSF doctors, nurses, logisticians,
water and sanitation experts, administrators, and other medical and non-medical
professionals work on more than 3,800 field assignments, alongside more than 22,500 locally
hired staff. MSF has been running projects in Darfur since early 2004 and today has over 2,000
staff working in 17 locations throughout west, south, and east Darfur. MSF provides emergency
medical and trauma care to people who have been displaced by the conflict and affected by
violence, in addition to providing food aid, water and sanitation, and rapid response to
outbreaks of disease.
"And we will continue to
speak out for the cause of
freedom....and continue to
awaken the conscience of
the world to save the people
of Darfur."
--President George W. Bush
speak out for the cause of
freedom....and continue to
awaken the conscience of
the world to save the people
of Darfur."
--President George W. Bush
