More from UNICEF
Apparently my earlier question didn't get me banned (or maybe it's the use of a different address to email them than we used to donate after the tsunami). More email from UNICEF:
July 31, 2006Dear Friend,
Yesterday's attacks in Qana are dramatic evidence that children are once again paying the price of war. As hostilities continue, more than a third of those already killed and injured have been children.
With staff in Lebanon since 1948, UNICEF has been able to rapidly assess the situation of children forced to flee their homes. Their number has increased to more than 400,000, and I hope that you will be able to make a donation today to help these children their hour of need.
UNICEF is providing emergency supplies—including essential medicines, nutritional supplements, and water and sanitation kits—and will begin a measles immunization campaign tomorrow to ward off the outbreak of disease.
This is only the beginning of relief efforts in the region. UNICEF needs $23.8 million to save and protect the children caught in this crisis. Please give generously.
Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Charles J. Lyons
President, U.S. Fund for UNICEFABOUT UNICEF and Israel: UNICEF is non-partisan and does not take sides in conflict situations. UNICEF's concern is the safety and welfare of all children, regardless of their race, gender, ethnicity, religion or nationality.
UNICEF has no plans to operate emergency relief programs in Israel. As with many other nations that once received assistance from UNICEF, Israel has attained economic security and no longer qualifies as a developing nation according to international standards. Instead, as one of the world's leading industrial nations, Israel provides assistance to UNICEF. For more information, please click here.
Apparently, enough of us yelled at them that now we get a disclaimer. But my response to them, unaddressed by their website:
Mr. Lyons,How many Israeli children are displaced as a result of Hizb'allah rockets?
Do you care?
-Andy
