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masterofmystery · 04-12-2008, 01:26 AM

J. K. Rowling is one of fifteen authors who has signed an "open letter calling on world leaders to take urgent action over Darfur to protect the stricken region's children."

Some excerpts from the letter state:

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"Children barely old enough to walk, let alone run, have seen their homes burnt and razed to the ground, their mothers raped and their fathers killed."

"Most are now holed up in sprawling camps, traumatised and living in fear.

"It is time to change the narrative. It is time to tell a different story. This April, many children in Darfur will be reaching their fifth birthdays without ever having known peace.

"The world needs to wake up. For too long, it has let these children suffer. Our politicians need to act on Darfur."

"The world needs to act now to give the children of Darfur a future."

The authors also, "call for an immediate ceasefire, full deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force and support for a 'just' peace process."

Eclipsed · 04-13-2008, 10:50 AM

Wow, go Jo! Hopefully it'll help make a difference.

HarryThePotter · 04-13-2008, 04:31 PM

Joanne is so sweet! So nice of her!

dancerbookl · 04-13-2008, 07:42 PM

Way to go Jo!

Dobby's_Dad · 04-14-2008, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomasina Riddle

The problems in African are far beyond people writing letters.

Writing a letter is something you do when they cancel your favorite program on the telly.

Not when million of people are chased from their homes and slaughtered along the way.

Those people need people going over there and helping them cross safely into other countries or to find asylum in the United States, they need potable water, food, medical supplies.

I mean a little letter is nice, but really what government is going to say "Oh my god guys JK is telling us to do this we better hop to it."

You make a good point, but what else is J.K supposed to do?

She cant just walk into the White house or 10 Downing street and make these people do these things... She is doing what she can!

*Tommehbell* · 04-14-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Dobby's_Dad

You make a good point, but what else is J.K supposed to do?

She cant just walk into the White house or 10 Downing street and make these people do these things... She is doing what she can!

She can do more than write a stupid letter! She is worth more than a billion dollars!!

My God I am a nobody from North Carolina, and still packed me and my son up and we flew to Sudan and helped out for 6 weeks. I mean if she doesn't have to give of her money she can give of her time.