Save Samburu
Posted on November 23, 2009 by Saidimu Ole ngais
Save Samburu
Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:56 PM PST by original source, Roxane at Save Samburu . Photo by Save Samburu.
… please do so yourself!
In March, when the Kenyan police attacked the village of Lerata and Samburu people called out for help but received no response from their government pledged to protect them, they and KARE turned to the human rights organization Cultural Survival, to help get Samburu voices and situation heard. Cultural Survival fights to protect the rights of indigenous peoples world over. Their’s was the only organizational voice which immediately gave the Samburu and KARE a hearing. And within days, CS had posted the first alert on their website, www.culturalsurvival.org, pointing their finger directly at the Kenyan government.
This week, many meetings with KARE and publications later, the Samburu appear once more at the top of Cultural Survival’s mind and website. Kenya (as a prior, British colony) and the other Commonwealth nations begin their annual meeting this Friday Thursday, November 26th. That’s the day after Americans celebrate Thanksgiving.
The Commonwealth’s Secretary General has invited people to share their concerns with him: please click on the link below and follow Cultural Survival’s lead. Tell him the Kenyan government must stop killing its own citizens, the Samburu of Northern Kenya.
Can you give the Samburu something to be thankful for too?
http://www.culturalsurvival.org/take-action/urgent-action-alert-stop-killing-and-starvation-samburu-people-kenya.
DK- Kindly follow the link, If you want to donate to the Save Samburu through KARE-Kenya.
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Please note KARE has no administrative costs or salaried staff; our tireless volunteers are required to donate even their admin costs. Our policy is that 100% of all donated funds go directly to the purpose for which they were intended. We feel the situation in Samburu is too dire to spare even a shilling in another direction. While we advocate internationally, in Samburu our program is run by and for the Samburu people themselves; we act only as their resource. We also urge others to donate directly to Cultural Survival, which is taking on the extremely expensive legal fight to see justice served for the Samburu people (www.cs.org).