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Did you know that at this moment of unprecedented devastation Haiti owes approximately $1 billion in debt? Congress recently introduced the “Haiti Recovery Act,” a critical step in ensuring that Haiti’s scarce resources support reconstruction and provide services to the Haitian people. Let your Senators know that Haiti needs to focus on its recovery, not its debt.

AJWS has been working to oppose Uganda’s dangerous Anti-Homosexuality Bill introduced last fall, by bolstering Ugandan grassroots efforts and building international pressure. Now, a Congressional resolution has just been introduced that calls upon President Obama and Secretary Clinton to “express unequivocal United States opposition” to the proposed bill. Tell your Representative to stand up for the human rights of sexual minorities by supporting this resolution.

U.S. foreign assistance programs provide vital services to peoples around the world. However, conflicting goals, lack of coordination and an increasingly burdensome bureaucratic system limit the effectiveness of our foreign aid. Now is the time to reform U.S. foreign assistance, reducing red tape and redundancy and putting the focus where it belongs, on alleviating poverty and hunger and promoting human rights.

The government of Sudan recently expelled 13 international aid organizations from Darfur, putting the lives of millions in danger. The situation is dire and will require the entire international community to come together to avert rapid and substantial loss of life. AJWS is asking people of conscience to send a letter to their representatives in Congress.

President Barack Obama's opportunity to turn his promises into action has come. And our opportunity to hold him accountable has begun.  Help us ensure that Darfur is a priority from Day One for his administration.