CRISIS IN SUDAN. Since 2003, more than 450,000 African civilians have been killed in civil war in Sudan.

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2 PROGRAM OVERVIEW For the past 5 years, Inglewood Pacific Chapter, The Links, Inc. has provided life affirming humanitarian assistance to women and children in African refugee camps and orphanages. Links and friends raised more than $33,200 to: Provide survival goods to relieve starvapon and suffering in refugee camps in Sudan Provide Solar Stoves to prevent rape and murder of women and girls in refugee camps in Sudan and Chad Build medical clinic in Chad Provide food and shelter to AIDs orphans in Uganda and Kenya Provide sterile birthing supplies to women in Uganda Engaged in social consciousness raising and polipcal advocacy Successfully collaborated with 12 internaponal relief and women s groups to expand the scope of our services

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4 CRISIS IN SUDAN Since 2003, more than 450,000 African civilians have been killed in civil war in Sudan. In 2004, Secretary of State Colin Powell labeled the conflict Genocide. Almost 3 million Sudanese have been driven from their villages as the Janjaweed torches villages, destroys food, poisons water, murders men, rapes and murders women and girls. More than 2 million refugees now live in arid, desolate camps in Darfur and Chad, with li`le clean water, shelter, food, medicine, schools or work. Even in the camps, women and children are brutalized when they trek 3 5 days across the desert to gather firewood for cooking. Accosted by the Janjaweed, girls as young as 12 are raped, muplated and even killed.

5 CHAPTER RESPONSE In 2004, Inglewood Pacific Chapter implemented a new InternaPonal Trends and Services Program. Decided on target populapons: African women and girls Decided on mulp year, mulp faceted scope IdenPfied goals and objecpves Brainstormed strategies and acpvipes IdenPfied Africa Serving collaborator groups Examined media (print, TV and web) for significant issues to be impacted in real Pme Assigned tasks to Facet members

6 GOALS & OBJECTIVES Goal: To reduce human suffering, including starvapon, genocide, rape, murder and violence against women and girls in war, drought and disease ravaged regions of Africa ObjecPves: To provide survival oriented Humanitarian Assistance to women, children and families in refugee camps To raise Public Awareness about African genocide and the needs of women and children in camps To engage in PoliPcal Advocacy to urge the US and the UN to stop the genocide; improve living condipons and work towards ending the conflict in Sudan To establish ProducPve Partnerships with organizapons concerned about humanitarian issues, women s issues and African issues

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8 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IRIDIMI CAMP, CHAD Refugees from Darfur Photo by Derk Rijks

9 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE Donated $9,725 to purchase Solar Stoves for 2,167 refugees, reducing rape, mujlajon and murder among women and girls in Darfur and Chad camps Photos by Barbara Grover

10 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE Collaborated with Jewish World Watch to purchase and deliver Solar Stoves to the camps Photos by Barbara Grover

11 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE Women making Solar Stoves Woman with Solar Stove in courtyard Photo by Derk Rijks

12 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE Donated $2,000 to collaborator World Vision InternaPonal to buy livestock: cows, sheep, pigs and chickens This renewable, sustainable food source will bring hope and health to 10 families for many years

13 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE Donated $3,775 to provide food, shelter, clothing and books to 550 AIDs orphans in Southern Africa Collaborated with Save Africa s Children to distribute supplies to orphan care facilipes

14 HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE ITS joined collaborator Save Africa's Children to provide AIDS orphans the gij of hope Please know that you are literally helping save lives! In addition, thanks to your generosity, each one of these children has been given an even greater gift the gift of hope. Bishop Charles E. Blake, Sr., Founder & CEO, Save Africa s Children

15 PUBLIC AWARENESS To raise awareness about the plight of our sisters in the camps, ITS: Regularly updated the Chapter on events in Darfur Enhanced understanding of genocide and life in refugee camps by hospng screenings of the movies: Hotel Rwanda and Blood Diamond Invited collaborators to make presentapons to the Chapter: World Vision InternaPonal Save Africa s Children Jewish World Watch

16 PUBLIC AWARENESS To increase IPC Links emoponal connecpon and bonding with sisters in Darfur, each Link wrote 2 personal Peace Notes The Peace Notes were sent with the Solar Stoves and express Links feelings of support and concern The Peace Notes can be used as decorapons, just as the potholders

17 POLITICAL ADVOCACY Sent 500 post cards to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton before InauguraPon to Stop the Genocide against Black Africans on Day 1 of Mr. Obama s Presidency

18 POLITICAL ADVOCACY E Blast Campaign to expand awareness of friends and involve them in urging the President to Stop the Genocide Links E Blasted 10 friends and asked them to forward to 10 addiponal friends Fully implemented, this strategy will generate almost 5,000 s urging the President to bring peace to Darfur Raise the consciousness of up to 48,000 friends and family members about the Crisis in Darfur

19 POLITICAL ADVOCACY PROJECTED E BLAST CONTACTS Obama (x1) Friends (x10) Links Friends 430 4, Friends 4,300 43,000 4,773 47,730

20 POLITICAL ADVOCACY MARCHING TO END THE VIOLENCE ITS joined collaborator Jewish World Watch and Save Darfur to Stop Genocide in Darfur

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24 PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS Partners on the ground in Darfur and Chad Partners in raising funds to purchase Solar Stoves

25 PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS Partners for InformaPon Exchange United Nations Los Angeles Chapter

26 PROGRAM OUTCOMES Reduced human suffering for 4,844 people in refugee camps and AIDS orphanages by providing shelter, clean water, food and medicine Reduced risk of rape, muplapon and murder of Darfuri women and girls by 86% by providing Solar Stoves as an alternapve to firewood Empowered women in camps to make and sell Solar Stoves Improved birth outcomes for women and infants Successfully partnered with 12 organizapons, raising funds and public awareness about issues in Africa Engaged Links and friends in demonstrapons and acpve efforts to stop violence in Darfur Raised PoliPcal and Social Consciousness of more than 5,546 Chapter members, collaborators, friends and family regarding issues crucial to the survival of African people

27 MAJOR HURDLES IdenPfying reputable collaborators who can deliver goods and services on the ground in various African countries. Making the issues of rape, genocide and starvapon of African people real, tangible and important to Links and friends.

28 TIPS ON IMPLEMENTING SUCCESSFUL ITS PROGRAM Find a significant, current issue that can be addressed NOW: News, magazines, internet, friends, internaponal associapons, humanitarian groups Connect chapter members with the issue; make the problem real to us through speakers, movies, public events Raise funds through Links and friends: A li`le money goes a long way in Africa Deliver services/goods on the ground in chosen country Establish partnerships with groups involved in the issue Keep the issue in the forefront with programming/acpvipes throughout the year Get radio, television and print media publicity, to expand collaborators and raise awareness

29 PROJECT RECOGNITION Best PracPces, Philadelphia NaPonal Assembly, 2006 Best PracPces San Diego Area Conference, 2007 First Place Award for Programming Sea`le NaPonal Assembly, 2008

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