Afgelopen woensdag ontving ik de volgende petitie van Care2. De petitie is gericht aan de VN, met de eis eindelijk aandacht te besteden aan de vreselijke situatie die in Noordoost-Nigeria is ontstaan. Door de terreur van Boko Haram (en het Nigeriaanse leger, die bij tijd en wijle ook tekeergaat tegen de bevolking), zijn miljoenen mensen op de vlucht geslagen……..
Gevolg van die vlucht: er wordt niet meer geoogst en er is al een hongersnood gaande, die nu al aan 120.000 mensen (inclusief veel kinderen) het leven dreigt te kosten…… Lees en teken de petitie a.u.b. en geef het door aan familie, vrienden en bekenden.
Hier de tekst van Care2, u kan in de tekst vier keer klikken op een blauwe positie, waarna u de petitie te zien krijgt (en deze kan tekenen):
120,000
people are likely to die of starvation within the next year in
northeastern Nigeria, according to the United Nations. Most of these
victims are children.
Despite
this harrowing reality, the international community has overlooked
the crisis, along with our chance at addressing the issue and saving
lives.
The
plight of the Nigerian people is beyond heartbreaking and
unimaginable to most of us. But there is a way to change things
around. It
starts with the United Nations declaring the tragic situation in
Nigeria a Level 3 Emergency.
The
militant group Boko Haram has wrecked havoc on the country with
bombings, assassinations and abductions. Millions of people have been
displaced, and farmland and roads are inaccessible. As a result,
hundreds of thousands are dying of starvation. Children are so thin
that the skull is often the only place where aid workers can find a
vein to deliver much-needed fluids.
A
Guardian correspondent reported having
witnessed skeletal babies and children receiving fluids into their
skulls. The children were so thin that often the skull was the only
place a vein could be found – and this horrific sight was witnessed
in Maiduguri, one of the best-served places in the region.Kevin
Watkins, chief executive of Save the Children, said that despite the
horrific conditions, “The
international community hasn’t responded on any scale at all.”
Orla Fagan, a Nigeria-based spokesperson for the United Nations,
said, “It’s
the biggest crisis on the continent and it’s being ignored.“
We
can no longer turn a blind eye.
By
classifying the situation in Nigeria as the highest degree of crisis,
it would attract international attention that could lead to more
international aid. Lives depend on it.
Please
take notice of those suffering and starving in Nigeria and sign
the petition today. The
United Nations needs to hear from citizens around the world so that
they’re pressured into increasing the emergency level and attention
on this crisis.
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