Less than Six decades after a shaken world vowed, “Never Again,” the crime of genocide remains a canker on the human soul. Tens of thousands died in the Balkans and in Rwanda because they were an annoyance to the people in power. Now thousands are being killed, raped and brutalized in the Sudan province of Darfur, in mayhem that former Secretary os State Colin Powell has declared a “genocide.”
President Bush has promised that the systematic murders will not be allowed to continue. “Not on my watch.” Yet the United States, distracted by its war on terror and in Iraq, has not shown the will to intervene. It is estimated nearly a half million people have been killed in Darfur by roving militias –called the Janjaweed—with the support of the Sudanese government Several relief agencies have expressed grave concern that further genocide will continue when the African troops pull out.
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An UMCOR Success Story:
Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf arrived at Ganta United Methodist Hospital on November 18 with a much-needed ambulance and 5,000 pounds of rice. The president had pledged these items during a previous visit. Ganta Hospital serves a community of 450,000 people and is a major health center for this area of Nimba County.
President Johnson-Sirleaf, a United Methodist, has had an ongoing relationship with the hospital. You can support the continuing work of Ganta by giving to UMCOR Advance #982168, Hospital Revit alization, Ganta Hospital. |
