Dear
friends, Starving children don't cry.Their tiny bodies can't waste energy on
tears. Instead they use every last calorie to keep their organs pumping.But for
4-year old Abdo Sayid, who weighed only 14 pounds, that became too much.Like
roughly 85,000 other children in Yemen, he starved to death, unable to get
enough food or medical care during the devastating civil war. Half of all
medical facilities have been destroyed or forced to close, and 80% of the
population needs urgent humanitarian aid -- including 12 million children.12
million children.The situation is critical. But while we can't suddenly end the
whole war, we can do something -- and it could save lives.Even as the bombs keep
falling, aid workers and brave local volunteers are going all out to provide for
everyone they can -- setting up hospitals, delivering emergency food aid, and
life-saving surgery on the very frontlines of a most brutal war. But their
budgets just don't stretch far enough, and they need our help.So right now,
wherever you are in the world, this is a chance to help them save lives -- to
help fund these hospitals, provide that emergency care, and feed hundreds of
children too weak to cry. Every cent you give will go to this emergency response
-- so donate what you can now:
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Starving
children don't cry.
Their tiny
bodies can't waste energy on tears. Instead they
use every last calorie to keep their organs
pumping.
But for 4-year old Abdo Sayid,
who weighed only 14 pounds, that became too
much.
Like roughly 85,000 other
children in Yemen, he starved to death,
unable to get enough food or medical care during
the devastating civil war. Half of all medical
facilities have been destroyed or forced to
close, and 80% of the population needs urgent
humanitarian aid -- including 12 million
children.
12 million
children.
The situation is critical. But
while we can't suddenly end the whole war,
we can do something -- and it could save
lives.
Even as the bombs keep
falling, aid workers and brave local volunteers
are going all out to provide for everyone they
can -- setting up hospitals, delivering
emergency food aid, and life-saving
surgery on the very frontlines of a
most brutal war. But their budgets just don't
stretch far enough, and they need our
help.
So right now, wherever you
are in the world, this is a chance to help them
save lives -- to help fund these
hospitals, provide that emergency care, and feed
hundreds of children too weak to cry.
Every cent you give will go to this
emergency response -- so donate what you can
now:
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Yemen's
war is complicated -- but the suffering is
deadly simple. A vicious armed conflict
of landmines and airstrikes has devastated the
population, triggering a humanitarian crisis
like no other. Yet while international
government aid is dismally low, there are signs
of hope. US president Biden is taking steps that
could accelerate critical funding and fuel
global efforts to end the war -- but it could
come too late for many. We need an emergency
response, now. As of December,
100,000 children under the age of five
are so severely malnourished that they could
die if they do not receive urgent
treatment. Medics, volunteers, and
humanitarian groups are trying to fill the gaps
-- but they just don't have enough. We
can help them do more, and if we all chip in
now, we could:
- Help fund
critical medical facilities in
devastated areas of Yemen;
- Provide
life-saving food aid for thousands of
desperate families;
- Ensure thousands of
people have access to critical medicines and
pay for a fleet of ambulances;
- Fund mobile clinics and
power medical centres with emergency
generators.
For just $2
we could help feed a child like Abdo for another
day. It's heartbreaking that a child's
life could hang on such a delicate thread;
that's simply how dire the situation has become.
But right now I can promise you that
every single dollar we
raise will be used to help save lives -- donate
what you can now: |
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From
Myanmar to the Amazon, India, South Africa, and
Pakistan, our movement has risen time and again
in the face of human suffering. We don't look
away -- because around the world, we are all
united by a simple, beautiful belief: that no
matter where you live, who you love, or how you
pray, every human life is precious.
This
is our chance to affirm that belief again, with
endless hope and determination.
Mike,
Marigona, Alis, Will, Christoph and the whole
team at Avaaz
* Note: The photograph
above is not of Abdo referenced in the text. It
is of another Yemeni child, also battling
malnutrition at a hospital in the district of
Aslam in the northwestern Hajjah
province
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