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Day 2 of the Guatemala900 Campaign to UNICEF–Phone Calls!
Posted by: | CommentsOn Wednesday, December 2nd:
Please call all Ann Veneman at 212-326-7000 with the following message:
“I am calling Ann Veneman today in support of the Guatemala 900 initiative. I respectfully request UNICEF’s direct intervention with the Guatemalan government on behalf of the hundreds of children whose grandfathered adoptions have been in process since 2007. Please end the victimization of these children and support their basic right to a family.”
Call all day long from 9am to 5pm
If you get a busy signal it means it is working! Call back as many times as you possibly can that day.
Please forward this to everyone who can help. Post it on your social networks (facebook, twitter, etc). Our goal is to shut the phone lines down and we will need everyone to join forces to work together to make a difference!
For more information please visit the Guatemala900 website.
TODAY is the Guatemala900 Email Campaign to UNICEF
Posted by: | CommentsPlease take a moment to read this post and find a moment to write to UNICEF and help the children get home. These children are being used as pawns in a political struggle and they are being victimized. UNICEF is suppose to help children not damage them. Thank you for caring.
Tuesday December 1st is the Guatemala900 email campaign to Unicef. You can get additional information at www.guatemala900. orgHere is a sample text for your emails. Please sign your name and personalize with your story.
To: Ann Veneman, Aveneman@unicef. org Executive Director, UNICEF
Cc:
Ceryl Stern, Executive Director, US Fund for UNICEF, Cstern@unicefusa. org
Michael Regan, Director of Office of Children’s Issues, ReganMB@state. gov
Patrick McCormick, UNICEF NY, pmccormick@unicef. org
Christopher de Bono, UNICEF NY, cdebono@unicef. org
Dear Ms. Veneman,
I am writing to you in support of the Guatemala 900 initiative to request timely due process and transparency for the children (some of whom are the legal children of US Citizens and possess US Visas) whose grandfathered adoption cases are still languishing in bureaucratic delay. We request your support and advocacy for the hundreds of children whose futures are at stake.
This being the 20th Anniversary of the Rights of the Child and the Holiday Season of Giving, it is imperative that UNICEF, as the world’s leader in child aid and advocacy, utilize its influence to protect these fragile lives and their right to a permanent loving family. Your supporters are counting on it!
Sincerely,