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World Water Day Featured Campaign: Think Outside the Bottle
By: Chris Michael
Regions: Global
Issues: Environment, Water
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Think Outside the Bottle is a campaign working to promote, protect and ensure public funding for our public water systems. That means challenging corporations who undermine public confidence in tap water. It also means working with mayors, faith groups, restaurants, celebrities, campuses, and individuals to support public systems by opting for tap over bottled water. more
Stop Deportations to Haiti Today: Sign Online Petition
By: ushrnetwork
Regions: United States
Issues: Immigration , Natural disasters
Tags: deportations, Haiti
After four storms in August and September 2008 brought widespread death and destruction to Haiti, the U.S. government suspended Haitian deportations for three months. But expulsions resumed after Dec. 5, sending dozens of Haitians back to their homeland since then. In February, U.S. immigration officials announced that 30,299 Haitians were subject to immediate deportation back to Haiti. Please join us in urging President Obama to Stay deportations to Haiti.
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Stop Deportations to Haiti Today: Sign Online Petition
By: ushrnetwork
Regions: United States
Issues: Immigration , Natural disasters
Tags: deportations, Haiti
After four storms in August and September 2008 brought widespread death and destruction to Haiti, the U.S. government suspended Haitian deportations for three months. But expulsions resumed after Dec. 5, sending dozens of Haitians back to their homeland since then. In February, U.S. immigration officials announced that 30,299 Haitians were subject to immediate deportation back to Haiti. Please join us in urging President Obama to Stay deportations to Haiti.
End Slave Labor in Brazil
By: Tamaryn Nelson WITNESS
Regions: Brazil
Issues: Slavery & forced labor
Tags: brazil, end slavery, forced labor, lula, petition, slavery
Every year, over 25,000 workers are enslaved in rural Brazil. Trapped by debt bondage on isolated ranches in the Amazon region, they are forced to do backbreaking work and live in dismal conditions. With no way out, they toil to buy back their freedom.
HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
By: The Hub
Regions: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Issues: HIV-AIDS, Rape and sexual abuse
Tags: armed conflict, Congo, DRC, Health, hiv, HIV prevention, rape, war
The silent storm of HIV/AIDS is ravaging communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where over 1.3 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. To date only 5% of those needing anti-retroviral treatment are receiving it. Act Now to call on President Joseph Kabila and the Congolese Government to immediately address this emerging crisis......
Every Human Has Rights: Speak Out
By: Every Human Has Rights
Regions: Global
Tags: Every Human Has Rights, Tell Your Story, The Elders
Many of the world's foremost human rights organizations have come together to bring the Every Human Has Rights Campaign to life, to send the message that it's time for people all over the world to reclaim the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and realize their own rights. We want to hear from you wherever you live on earth. You can click here to tell us your human rights story, or use the Hub to submit an audio or video file.