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Strategies & Market Trends : Africa and its Issues- Why Have We Ignored Africa? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: James Calladine who wrote (37)	4/26/2003 5:06:27 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 1267

I found this interesting. It's too bad, of course, that the Church doesn't help with birth control issues, but at least they still have a presence there. Have to give them credit for that. ............. American Bishops Urge Bush to Support Peace Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi) April 25, 2003 Posted to the web April 25, 2003 Nairobi The April 2, 2003 signing of a historic accord in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) established a fragile amity, but hopes to end nearly five years of war may shatter unless the United States and the international community increase their engagement to promote a lasting peace, US Catholic bishops and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) told Congress. "Financing and support for humanitarian and peace-building programs must be dramatically increased if lives are to be saved and a culture of justice and reconciliation fostered," the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and CRS said recently in a written testimony to the House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa. The joint testimony was submitted by Kenneth F. Hackett, CRS Executive Director, and Gerald Powers, USCCB Director of the Office of International Justice and Peace. The Catholic Church remains one of the few major institutions still functioning throughout the DRC, where it serves the poor, homeless, orphaned and the ailing who suffer from the disastrous effects of the war. Some reports estimate that more than 3 million people have died as a result of the war, which has raged in the region since 1998. CRS has worked in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since its independence from Belgium in 1960. Program areas include emergency relief, food security, community health and peace and reconciliation work.