Fwd: UNICEF: First-hand reports from Somalia

[Kristen Reed]

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From: UNICEF USA <em...@unicefusa.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Subject: UNICEF: First-hand reports from Somalia
To: krist...@gmail.com

First-hand reports from Somalia   Millions of children in the Horn of Africa struggle to get medical attention, food and clean water in their own cities and towns. It's even harder in Somalia, where fighting between Somali forces and insurgents has forced more than one million Somalis to flee their homes. UNICEF is at work to help these children, and their families, who have become internally displaced persons: More than 100,000 displaced persons in Afgoye receive safe drinking water from UNICEF―over half a million liters a day. One in six persons displaced from the capitol, Mogadishu, is a child under five, and UNICEF is there providing lifesaving, nutritious meals. UNICEF provides aid to more than 40,000 persons west of Mogadishu, where the start of the rainy season has forced many families to crowd tiny shelters too small to lie down to sleep. Despite these efforts, the food crisis continues to grow, and more children are displaced by violence every day. UNICEF Ambassador Clay Aiken recently returned from Somalia and committed to making sure these children who no longer have a home are not also forgotten. His first-hand reports are telling: "A Somali child's chances of surviving to adulthood are among the lowest of children anywhere in the world." Read more about Clay's trip and UNICEF's work in Somalia.   Earn miles on American Airlines with your donation to UNICEF's emergency response   The cyclone in Myanmar and the earthquake in China may no longer be on the evening news. But American Airlines is teaming up with UNICEF to help the millions of children and families still struggling to survive in the aftermath of these disasters. From June 25 to July 31, 2008, American Airlines AAdvantage® members who donate $50 or more on www.unicefusa.org/aa will receive a one-time reward of 250 AAdvantage bonus miles, or 500 bonus miles for a donation of $100 or more. Every donation will help UNICEF save children's lives in Myanmar and China. Please make a donation and earn bonus miles today.   Dear Kristen, Did you catch CNN's historic broadcast, "The Survival Project: One Child at a Time?" The stories of UNICEF's survival work in Iraq, Laos, Peru and Ethiopia examine what kind of action is required to stop the unnecessary deaths of children under age five. You can get involved, too. Sign the pledge to join UNICEF in the fight for Child Survival. 26,000 children die, every day, from preventable causes. UNICEF has the expertise to drop that number to zero. All we ask is for your support in the fight. Sign the pledge today. Ross Geisel U.S. Fund for UNICEF J8 delegates' action plan grabs the attention of G8 leaders LEARN MORE Rocker Joel Madden named newest UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador LEARN MORE Window of opportunity for humanitarian aid in Darfur is closing LEARN MORE Reconstructing lives for earthquake-affected children LEARN MORE UNICEF begins rebuilding schools in cyclone-stricken Myanmar LEARN MORE

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