AN URGENT PLEA FOR SUDAN
I applaud the efforts of CBS' (Up to the Minute) recent reports, by Lara Lawson. Lawson's regular, courageous, in-the-mud and nitty-gritty coverage on and from war-torn Sudan were important, educational and moving; in contrast to other broadcast media who focus on the irrelevant gossip topics of celebrities while precious life is being snuffed away.
During these graphic reports, Lawson withheld nothing and told all. She explained the naked truth about the horrible plight of the Sudanese; from their lack of food and medicine to the sordid attacks they are suffering as they are attacked by ethnic militias backed by their traitorous government. US officials, including Colin Powell, have described the horrific situation as genocide.
To make matters worse, financial contributions have waned, in part, because of a decrease of updates on the neglected milieu. Lawson emphatically reminded her viewers not to forget the Sudanese region; which is the poorest venue in the world.
Lawson, a noticeably curvaceous, bleach blonde, with clear fair skin and neatly, but casually dressed for her report, stood in stark contrast to the dark skinned, malnourished, rag-wearing inhabitants of the desolate desert.
During Lawson's short and engaging reports, she told jeering stories of personal loss by the villagers, as malicious, marauding armies killed, maimed and displaced tens of thousands of the innocent. She broke our hearts with the sheer number of people left suffering, hungry and homeless as the sum of four million rolled from her tongue. Yet, the people had hope. Hope that the peace process, among the Janjaweed (the holocaust-exacting group), the local counter forces and the inadequately deployed African Union peace-keeping force had begun a forward mobilization.
She ended her report by reminding us that though hope there is tangible, it is also extremely fragile. The residual of survivors who nightmarishly endured decades of terror and war, and have thus far stood solid in the face of world neglect, unrelenting elements, famine and genocide, still confront disastrous peril if a new influx of financial aid doesn't pour in soon. Every hour is critical for survival.
So while we eat for pleasure here, and then waste obscene amounts of food, I hope to touch upon the hearts of the compassionate to go to any of the following sites (linked to cbs.com) and give alms and charity with a humanitarian spirit.
During these graphic reports, Lawson withheld nothing and told all. She explained the naked truth about the horrible plight of the Sudanese; from their lack of food and medicine to the sordid attacks they are suffering as they are attacked by ethnic militias backed by their traitorous government. US officials, including Colin Powell, have described the horrific situation as genocide.
To make matters worse, financial contributions have waned, in part, because of a decrease of updates on the neglected milieu. Lawson emphatically reminded her viewers not to forget the Sudanese region; which is the poorest venue in the world.
Lawson, a noticeably curvaceous, bleach blonde, with clear fair skin and neatly, but casually dressed for her report, stood in stark contrast to the dark skinned, malnourished, rag-wearing inhabitants of the desolate desert.
During Lawson's short and engaging reports, she told jeering stories of personal loss by the villagers, as malicious, marauding armies killed, maimed and displaced tens of thousands of the innocent. She broke our hearts with the sheer number of people left suffering, hungry and homeless as the sum of four million rolled from her tongue. Yet, the people had hope. Hope that the peace process, among the Janjaweed (the holocaust-exacting group), the local counter forces and the inadequately deployed African Union peace-keeping force had begun a forward mobilization.
She ended her report by reminding us that though hope there is tangible, it is also extremely fragile. The residual of survivors who nightmarishly endured decades of terror and war, and have thus far stood solid in the face of world neglect, unrelenting elements, famine and genocide, still confront disastrous peril if a new influx of financial aid doesn't pour in soon. Every hour is critical for survival.
So while we eat for pleasure here, and then waste obscene amounts of food, I hope to touch upon the hearts of the compassionate to go to any of the following sites (linked to cbs.com) and give alms and charity with a humanitarian spirit.
You Can Help Refugees in Sudan and Chad
Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie wants you to join her and the UN Refugee Agency to help Sudanese refugees in Africa. Read about her visit to the refugee camps there.
www.unrefugees.org
Crisis in Sudan - Please Help
You can help save lives in Sudan. Please donate to CARE now.
www.care.org
Feed a Child in Sudan - Help Many
Feed starving children in East Africa. $30 provides $240 worth of food.
www.worldvision.org
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