Darfur cries for help - you can provide hope

Dear FirstName,

How're you doing on your New Year's resolutions? If you're like me, it's probably a little hit or miss.

But I have one that you can be sure you'll check-off with just a couple minutes of your time … to provide help and hope to the Darfur refugees.

Thanks to the help of thousands of Americans like you, last year the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) protected 240,000 refugees from Darfur. Tents, food, water, medical care, school…the refugees, mostly women and children, need so much because they have been left with nothing.

But the killings, the rapes, the burning of villages continue. And so I am asking you to make another New Year's Resolution - help us saves lives in Darfur and offer these refugees some small measure of hope that someday they will be able to go back home again.

While you and I may not be able to stop the brutal war, together we can provide a better life for the women and children forced - often at gunpoint - to flee their homes and their families.

Your generous tax-deductible donation to the UN Refugee Agency will help us continue our work on the ground, providing protection and life-saving assistance to hundreds of thousands of Darfuri refugees. And thanks to a generous anonymous donor, the gift you make today will go twice as far in providing essential humanitarian aid:

• $80 provides an all-season tent to shelter a family of five
• $100 provides for a survival kit, including blankets, a heating stove and other basics
• $200 provides an emergency health kit to treat the injured and sick
• $500 sinks two wells to provide desperately-needed clean water

Like you, I am hoping for a negotiated settlement to the war and the violence. But the people of Darfur cannot wait for a comprehensive international solution. They are suffering right now. With your gift matched dollar-for-dollar, we can take action and make a meaningful difference in their lives.

Thank you for your compassion and support.

Sincerely,

Marc Breslaw
Executive Director
USA for UNHCR