Protect women in Darfur from abuse. Make sure help arrives by year's end!

As the holidays approach, our thoughts turn to those who are less fortunate than ourselves. This year, we have an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of countless innocent women and their families who are suffering in Darfur, Sudan.

These women and their daughters are struggling to survive in cramped refugee camps where sexual assault is common, food is scarce, and medical help is almost non-existent. But there is hope. Tell our leaders to protect women from abuse and genocide by sending humanitarian aid to Darfur!

Women and girls as young as eight risk being raped and attacked when they leave their homes or refugee camps to gather firewood and food.

Hungry families face a terrible choice each day - do they send out their husbands and sons who may be killed, or their mothers and daughters, who may be raped and beaten? This is a choice no one should ever have to make!

Speak up for the women and girls who have no voice: http://go.care2.com/e/R2Qq/btrH/DmWm

It's been nearly three months since the government of Sudan agreed to send help to those suffering in Darfur. But they have yet to follow through on this promise. The situation in Darfur is shocking, but if we don't send aid now the worst may be yet to come. Ensure that the suffering in Darfur ends today by signing the petition letter to UN Secretary-General Annan and President Bush.

In the three years since the rebel fighting started, over 400,000 women, children, and men have been killed; more than 2 million have been forced from their homes; and over 3.5 million rely completely on international aid for survival. And most recently, the UN Secretary General's special representative was ordered to leave the country. All the while, the number of civilian deaths in this brutal civil war continues to climb.

That's why it's so important that our leaders ramp up the pressure and demand that the peacekeepers are admitted!

This is our chance to reach millions of women who need help right now. Thank you for making a difference today.