courtesy:- Grassroots International
Grassroots International Endorses the US Campaign for Burma's Call for Help
On Friday night (May 2), a massive cyclone (hurricane) hit Burma. U.S.
embassy officials now estimate the death toll may well climb to 100,000. Hundreds
of thousands are homeless, without water and food prices have skyrocketed.
Worse, the military regime, which did practically nothing to warn the
Burmese people of the cyclone, is still not opening the country to international
aid in any significant way. This behavior is consistent with the military
regime's denial of access for aid agencies to help victims of the military
regime's war on civilians in eastern Burma.
Grassroots International currently does not work in Burma or Southeast Asia
but our Staff, Board and supporters recognize that donors' generous responses
to help those in need must be sensitive to the ongoing struggles for social
and economic justice and human rights in Burma.
For those Grassroots International donors and colleagues who wish to
directly support progressive groups working in the region, we wish to suggest that
you consider the _United States Campaign for Burma_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ChGGlZRQgRAVC9ybr7hk2J8YdQxyCzZa) 's urgent call
for major, emergency assistance. As the US Campaign for Burma points out, it
is critical that this assistance goes to the victims of the cyclone and not
the notoriously corrupt military regime.
The Campaign has set up a mechanism on its website so that you can help if
you want to make direct donations to the victims of Cyclone Nargis. Please go
to _http://uscampaignforburma.org/_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zdcshGUwi3kVC9ybr7hk2J8YdQxyCzZa) to make a donation, get
updates on the cyclone, and on Burma. The Cyclone Nargis relief fund that the
Campaign has set up will go to intermediate relief to help people in rebuilding
their communities and homes, and will especially try and fill the gaps where
other aid agencies are not able to assist.
As the Campaign states:
The people of Burma will be rebuilding their lives for a long time, and
these funds will go directly to organizations inside Burma, led by Burmese who
are working to help the people. For security purposes we cannot disclose who
these groups are ( in the past the military regime has arrested those who
accept international support). We will keep no overhead and 100% of the donations
will go to the people of Burma.
The United States Campaign for Burma is a U.S.-based membership organization
dedicated to empowering grassroots activists around the world to bring about
an end to the military dictatorship in Burma. Through public education,
leadership development initiatives, conferences, and advocacy campaigns at local,
national and international levels, USCB works to empower Americans and
Burmese dissidents-in-exile to promote freedom, democracy, and human rights in
Burma and raise awareness about the egregious human rights violations committed
by Burma's military regime.
The United Nations World Food Programme has also begun a special operation
to make emergency donations of food. You can donate to its efforts at
_http://www.wfp.org/english/_
(http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=IAmGj+Xx1MtxxXrEw6/fBA==)
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