| East Africa Advocacy
FOR YOUR ACTION - EAST AFRICA
HUNGER
852 million people throughout the world are hungry. Every year, over 5
million children under 5 die of hunger related causes. And yet we have the
technology to end the problem right now through more equitable distribution of
food.
For information about Stand with Africa, see:
http://www.standwithafrica.org/homepage.html
For Stand with Africa projects, see:
http://www.standwithafrica.org/hiv_aids/index.php
For more information, see:
Bread for the World,
http://www.bread.org/
Church World Service,
http://www.hungernomore.org/ or see the ELCA Hunger website
HIV/AIDS
42 million people are living with HIV/AIDS; 3 million are children under the
age of 15. 25 million people have died from AIDS which has resulted in 13
million children losing one of both parents. As a result, child-headed
households are becoming more and more common in Africa.
For ELCA information, see:
http://www.elca.org/dcs/aidsin.html#topofpage
For information from Church World Service, see:
http://www.churchworldservice.org/pdf_files/CWS-Policy-Threads1.pdf
For action packets, see:
http://www.aidsalliance.org/ngosupport/
http://www.woaafrica.org/AIDS30.htm
For recent articles on HIV/AIDS in Africa, see:
http://www.africafiles.org/aids.asp
To take action, see:
http://www.e-alliance.ch/hivaids.jsp
For additional information, see:
Bread for the World,
http://www.bread.org/
UNAIDS,
http://www.unaids.org/ or
Lutheran World Federation,
http://www.lutheranworld.org/
DEBT RELIEF
Lutheran World Relief, along with members of the Jubilee USA Network,
supports 100% cancellation of multilateral debt for all impoverished nations.
Even with the current limited and conditional debt relief, indebted African
countries still spend an average of $14 per person on debt service while the
average spent on health care is less than $5 per person.
For information with suggested actions, see:
http://churchworldwservice.org/FactsHaveFaces/africafact.html
For more information on what you can do to help contact:
Lutheran World Relief,
http://www.lwr.org/ or
Jubilee USA Network,
http://www.jubileeusa.org/
FAIR TRADE
In today’s new global economy we hear more and more about unfair wage practices,
child labor and unsafe work conditions in developing countries. But fair trade
products offer an alternative to this. The goal of Fair Trade organizations is
to benefit the artisan not to maximize profits. This means that when you
purchase a Fair Trade product, up to 40 percent of the retail prices goes to the
producer, whereas a typical commercial importer may be returning less than 1
percent. Not only do Fair Trade partnerships provide a fair wage, but they
promote safe working conditions and environmentally friendly practices.
For more about Fair Trade products and practices contact:
Fair Trade Federation,
http://www.fairtradefederation.com/ or
Lutheran World Relief,
http://www.lwr.org/
For recent articles on Kenya, see:
http://www.africafiles.org/kenya.asp
For news about Africa, see:
http://allafrica.com/
For information on advocacy on issues related to Africa, see:
http://www.woaafrica.org/
For general information on letter-writing and/or contact with Congress, see
the ELCA Washington Office Action Center near the bottom of the page at: http://www.elca.org/advocacy
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