Friday, November 19, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 5
Glory descending
Billy Love, Henderson, New., freshman; Sean Shults, Little Westkill, N.Y., freshman; and Andrew Lonas, Wellington junior, take down a flag outside the Military Science building yesterday. Strong winds and warm temperatures prevailed yesterday, but today's forecast calls for more seasonable weather and a high of 61 degrees. Photo by Roger Nomer (KANSAN
Caravan to lend hand to Central America
By Irina Rodriguez Special to the Kansan
A humanitarian aid caravan headed to Central America will stop at the University of Kansas this Sunday.
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization/Pastors for Peace launched the caravan Nov. 11 to deliver aid to the indigenous, African-descendant and rural communities in Honduras and Nicaragua that suffered the strongest devastation during Hurricane Mitch in 1988.
Since the hurricane, governments in Central America have received more than $600 billion in aid, according to the United Nations Geneva Contributions Report. However, Pastors for Peace said in a press release last month that these funds were not channeled to the hardest-hit communities.
The caravan participants will hold a press conference after a rice-and-
beans dinner at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Glass Onion, 624 W. 12th St. The event is free, but donations are welcome.
Caravan participants will speak about the devastation in Central America and post-Hurricane Mitch constitutional reforms threatening the existence of indigenous, Afro-Honduran, Afro-Nicaraguan and peasant communities. They also will talk about the negative effects of U.S. foreign policy in Central America.
Pakal B'amal, Guatemala graduate student, said it was important to inform the University and Lawrence communities about the situations in Central America.
"A lot of times appropriate information from Latin America doesn't arrive here." B'amal said.
The Rev. Thad Holcombe of Ecumenical Christian Ministries agreed.
"The people are suffering, and the
help doesn't get to them." Holcombe said. "We're in the position to help, and it's important to use this opportunity."
The ECM, KU Latin American Solidarity and the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice will sponsor the event.
The caravan is one of five from different cities across the United States and Canada. The caravans will visit educational institutions and have press conferences in 50 cities in the two countries. At the end of this month, all five will meet in San Antonio, Texas, where they will depart for Central America as one caravan on Nov. 25.
On their trips, the caravans collect food, medical supplies, agricultural tools and construction materials to deliver to the under served Honduran and Nicaraguan communities.
The organization was founded in 1967 by church leaders and activists to advance the struggles for justice and self-determination of oppressed, poor and disenfranchised people. Its projects have included helping create the National Black United Fund, which helps ensure economic empowerment for African Americans; creating task forces, which improve Native-American and Hispanic-American communities; and helping found the National Anti-Klan Network, now known as the Center for Democratic Renewal, which investigates hate crimes.
The group advocates health benefits for gays and lesbians of color and the freeing of political prisoners, and it protests police brutality. It also advocates alternative foreign policy based on justice and mutual respect, according to the organization's Web site.
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