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President Obama: Who Will Go to the Congo?

Target: President Obama
Sponsored by: Oxfam America

Since 1998, an estimated 5.4 million people have died due to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), while countless others fled to neighboring countries for safety or remain in camps far from their homes.

Women and girls bear the brunt of this horrific crisis, with rape used as a weapon of war on a scale seen nowhere else in the world. But when President Obama announced special envoys to some of the most dangerous regions of the world last week, the DRC was not included.

The conflict in the DRC has produced not only war crimes and severe human rights abuses, but a deep humanitarian disaster. People in the DRC suffer disproportionately from malnutrition and disease as a result of the fighting.

Please tell President Obama that the US needs a special envoy to help end the conflict in the DRC.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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Thank you for your previous efforts to help the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). As you begin your work as President, I urge you to make the crisis in the DRC a priority by ensuring the appointment of a senior level diplomat along with an adequately resourced team of professionals to work exclusively on the crisis in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Since August, a quarter of a million people have been displaced due to fighting, many more are in danger of displacement and death due to ongoing military actions.

The situation in eastern Congo is volatile. Due to ongoing fighting more than one million people are displaced from their homes living in camps or in communities relying on the kindness of others who have little to share. Current plans for disarming fighters with the help of the Rwandan army and others could result in hundreds of thousands more being displaced, reprisal killings, and the mass rape and looting that we have seen so many times in the past. Worse yet, the crisis has been going on for 10 years and many Congolese have been displaced and dispossessed numerous times. Over 5.4 million are dead as a result of the conflict.

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5:18 pm PST, Nov 2, Charron Dusha, Wisconsin
It is very sad to hear about the deaths of so many innocent people. I know what a caring and informed President you are. Thanking you in advance for your interest in this matter.

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6:13 am PDT, Oct 27, Patricia Yocum, Illinois
Please help the women and children in the Congo. This has been going on for way too long and apparently they really need our help. If we help every other country in their need, why can't we help the Congo?

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Please, Mr. President, do not ignore this crisis. There are people who need our help!

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