African Activist Archive

Contents: ...about the violence in South Africa? • ...with CD-CAAR's Mozambique Support Committee? • ... to support additional funding for Southern Africa Drought Relief? • Be an active member of the Anti-apartheid/Southern Africa Support Movement in the United States • The document says join the national grass-roots campaign to STOP THE VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA; more than 11, 000 people have been killed in apartheid violence in South Africa. Urge Congress to condemn the violence in South Africa; tell your Senator to vote yes on Senate Resolution #301; tell your Congressional Representative to vote yes on House Resolution #497. The document says help CD-CAAR buy portable blackboards, basic texts, pencils and paper for the Escola Primaria de Mocatini, a primary school outside of Maputo, Mozambique for 900 students ages 8 to 15; the students have been dislocated by South African backed RENAMO's 12 year campaign of violence and terror; request that Congress provide foreign aid for Mozambique to rebuild hospitals, schools and roads which have been destroyed by RENAMO. The document says the ten nations of Southern Africa are in the midst of the worst drought to hit the region in this century; the United Nations estimates that 18 million people are directly at risk of starvation or severe malnutrition; in addition, over 100 million people will be affected by the loss of crops, livestock, and employment. The leaflet says the international community has finally begun to respond to the crisis in Somalia; Southern Africa is just beginning to be covered by the news media and the situation there is as desperate as in Somalia. The document says support your local anti-apartheid organization, CD-CAAR; attend the National Conference in Support of the African National Congress and Other Democratic Forces for a Free South Africa, November 13-15, 1992. The document discusses the national grass-roots campaign to STOP THE VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA, a 14 minute video "Stop the Violence", the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), and the Riverside Church.

African Activist Archive

A Fall 1992 Action Plan - What Can You or Your Church, Organization, School, Union, etc. do...

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