Peace on Earth
There is a lot going on all over the world, and there are a lot of people doing something to help. Let’s see what some of our friends are up to and let’s join them in brining Peace to Earth!
Ask Congress to Help Stop Child Marriage
Today more than 51 million girls under 17 in developing countries are married often to much older men. If this practice goes unchecked, 25,000 young girls will be married every day for the next 10 years thats 100 million girls in the next decade who have little control over their lives or their futures. These girls deserve better.
Dear Friends, we at ThinkActUnity thought you might be interested in this Save the Children e-activism campaign. Visit Save The Children and check out what is at stake; send your own message directly to the relevant decision makers today!
Save the Children Responds to Middle East Crisis
Save the Children is moving quickly to respond to the immediate and urgent needs of children and families in the Middle East who have been displaced and affected by violence in the region. With decades of experience operating in the Middle East, theyre working in partnership with international agencies and local organizations to identify and meet the needs of children.
Congress Funds Rural Literacy Programs for Children
Recognizing Save the Children’s work helping America’s children in need, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees have included $1.75 million for reading programs in rural communities. Save the Children works in isolated rural areas of persistent poverty where families face widespread illiteracy, sub-standard housing, under-funded school systems, and high unemployment and school drop-out rates.
Knitters and Crocheters for Newborns
After Save the Childrens State of the Worlds Mothers 2006 report highlighted low-cost practices that could save newborn lives like warming their heads with a simple cap Save the Children received calls and e-mails from Americans around the country wanting to organize their friends and family to knit and crochet caps for newborns in developing countries. As a result of their enthusiasm, Save the Children has partnered with the Warm Up America! Foundation to launch a new advocacy effort, Caps to the Capital.
Visit the Save The Children site and Take Action for the Children of the World!
Oppose a damaging oceans bill
Our planet’s oceans are in trouble and the plant and animal life they sustain are being threatened. Overfishing, marine habitat destruction, coastal development, global warming, and pollution are pushing our ocean ecosystems to the brink of collapse. WWF uses market incentives to promote responsible fishing and works with government and other conservation partners to advance policies that will sustain the vital and diverse wildlife and habitats that constitute the ocean’s web of life.
WWF Works with fishermen to eliminate wasteful bycatch
Hundreds of thousands of marine turtles die annually as unwanted bycatch, the incidental capture of “non-target species.” Caught in the nets, hooks, and lines of the world’s fisheries, bycatch is the single most important threat to these ancient mariners. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of dolphins, small whales, and seabirds die each year from entanglement in fishing nets, making bycatch their largest cause of mortality and pushing several species to the verge of extinction. In the largest marine conservation project ever in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, WWF and its partners are working with with fishermen, exporters, and fisheries agencies to test and promote new equipment and best fishing practices to reduce the bycatch.
WWF Continues the fight for tiger’s habitat shrinking
WWF collaborated with other organizations on the most comprehensive scientific study of tiger habitats ever done. The study finds that tigers reside in 40 percent less habitat than they were thought to a decade ago. But large-scale conservation efforts have largely succeeded in some areas, raising hopes that similar efforts could be replicated. WWF continues to establish protected areas and is working to reduce – and ultimately, eliminate – the trade in tiger parts and products.
Visit the World Wildlife Fund site and Take Action for the Animals of the World!
Call for a Ceasefire on Behalf of Bears!
Urge the British high commissioner to end the killing of Canadian black bears for the Royal Guards’ headpieces and to switch to luxurious faux fur instead.
Meet your meat!
Top 10 reasons to keep pork off your fork and put delicious Babe-free alternatives on your shopping list instead. Go to GoVeg.com
Covance, Big Tobacco, and Smoking Beagles: Science in the Public Interest
A relationship between Big Tobacco and Covance over a period of more than 30 years has produced “scientific” results that have compromised the public interest for the sake of Covance’s bottom line.
A 2000 report compiled by the Imperial Tobacco Group in the U.K. describes the construction of a “purpose-built research facility at Harrogate in Yorkshire to conduct research” related to smoking in which “large amounts” of “cigarette smoke condensate” were painted on animals’ skin.
Visit CovanceCruelty.com to learn more.
Visit the Peta.org site and Take Action for the World! Help in bringing animal cruelty to an END!
The Make-A-Wish Foundation® grants more childrens wishes during the summer than any other time of year. And thanks to donors like you, record numbers of wish children are right now enjoying the adventures theyve dreamed about. There are only a few weeks of summer remaining and many more wishes to grant.
Visit the Make-A-Wish Foundation® site and help our children meet their wishes!
When the 2006 Canadian seal hunt ended in June, hunters had killed more than 336,000 seals — almost all of them babies as young as 12 days old. While the tragedy of the 2006 seal hunt can never be undone, our campaign to ensure that this was the last hunt well ever have to witness is quickly gaining momentum.
Because those who kill baby seals are also Canadian fishermen, the boycott of Canadian seafood is designed to hit the sealers in their pocketbooks. In June and July, the boycott received a major boost when the HSUS placed two full-page ads in The New York Times. The advertisements listed major restaurants and seafood distributors that have already signed on and called for other establishments to join the Canadian seafood boycott. Close to 500 restaurants have already signed the pledge.
The ProtectSeals campaign is gaining support every day, but there is still so much work to do. Sealing licenses will be made available to fishermen as early as this February — we have only a few months to convince the Canadian fishing industry and government that continuing the seal hunt will cost far more than they want to pay.
The Humane Society of the United States is on the front lines every year in Canada, fighting to halt this atrocity. Together, we can keep the pressure on the Canadian government and on the fishing industry that profits from the slaughter of the seals.
Sign the Pledge to end the happening of these cruel acts against our animal friends!
Visit www.ProtectSeals.org to stay in touch with HSUS’s ongoing efforts to end the seal hunt.
Thank You to all who promotes Peace & Love around the world!
Think Globally, Act Locally and Promote Unity.