Links for Supporting Troops and Humanitarian Aid

dahunan

Lifer
Jan 10, 2002
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SUPPORTING TROOPS:


Official Military Site:

Operation Yellow Ribbon:-Distributed 11.5 million tons of care packages during Operation Desert Storm.

USO (United Service Organizations)


HUMANITARIAN AID:

AmeriCares

AmeriCares Iraq Crisis Fund
AmeriCares has issued an appeal for funds to support relief efforts in the Iraq region. They anticipate the medical and general relief needs will be significant, both in support of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) within Iraq.

International Committee of the Red Cross

http://www.icrc.org/
http://www.icrc.org/web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/f_don?openform&action=Iraq&

World Food Programme (Specify Iraq when making donations).
http://www.wfp.org/
http://www.wfp.org/index.asp?section=4
They have a convoy of trucks already providing food in Northern Iraq, which is one of the main areas currently in need of assistance.
 

conjur

No Lifer
Jun 7, 2001
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Trouble on the horizon?

Seems the humanitarian aid packages are the same color as cluster bomb 'bomblets'. It was apparently an issue in Afghanistan, too. So why wasn't the color of the packages changed before now?