Darfur - Please help!!

I'm pretty behind on world events lately, but I know some people in Sudan and they've been talking about this lately, so I thought I'd look into it and whoa!

Last Wednesday, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for the president of Sudan's arrest. President Omar al-Bashir responded by kicking some major aid and humanitarian groups out of the country. These groups provide peace-keeping as well as food and water supplies. I've read that a MILLION people could be without food and water without these groups. And it won't take long.

My friend sent a mass email out and said this (I paraphrased some words so it isn't searchable):

It has made a desperate situation in Darfur brought even more to the brink. Many MANY people (thousands upon thousands) living there are currently living in refugee camps that are supplied and run by these various aid organizations. The people have now had supplies halted and been stripped of any communication items (radios, phones, computers, etc.). Those people who have returned to Khartoum (the capital city) from there in these last couple of days are estimating that if nothing changes (if the government does not reinstate these aid groups or chooses to do nothing themselves, which is incredibly likely), these camps will be out of food supplies in about ONE WEEK and out of water in about TWO WEEKS. There will be hundreds of thousands of people on the western edge of this country simply being starved out in the desert or trying to move themselves across the desert to get out of the country.

Please read more about the situation - I've found some good information at the Save Darfur website - they have lots of different articles there from various sources. You can also send letters to Secretary Clinton or a postcard to President Obama through their website. Just googling Darfur will also bring up some good information.

My friends suggested that we contact whoever we can about this - write your senators, your congressperson, President Obama, your governor, local media, churches, and whoever else you can think of and ask them to report on Darfur and find out what is going on. I'm not sure what more we can do, other than writing these people and praying about it. If I can figure anything out, I'll let you know.

Please do what you can!!