--please circulate-- NewsPlanet Staff Thursday, November 12 Activists Seek Aid Post-Mitch SUMMARY: A cry for help from the people who survived Hurricane Mitch, but who still have AIDS to contend with. IGLHRC, the San Francisco-based International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, has translated urgent calls for help from groups in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras to deal with the devastation wrought by Hurricane Mitch. In Honduras, a group of people with HIV/AIDS who have not previously been in contact with IGLHRC approached United Nations Development Program officer Rocio Tabora to share with the international community the life-threatening situation they face. Even before the hurricane, it had been difficult for them to obtain their medications, which they had purchased at great sacrifice in U.S. dollars from Guatemala, where there had already been some shortage. Their small supplies of medication are running out, and they anticipate a currency crisis that will make replacing them even more difficult, at a time when their government is unable to help them. They are also desperate for nutritious food, and in many cases have been exposed to the elements and to numerous infections. In addition to HIV drugs, antibiotics, and medications for colds and diarrhea, they need such basics as mats, bedding, shoes, clothes, and cooking utensils. To help the group Personas Viviendo con VIH/SIDA, contact: Rocio Tabora Oficial de Programa PNUD Honduras Phone: (504) 231-0216 Fax: (504) 232-8716 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or Rosa Gonzalez, phone (504) 554-1581; Padre Alfonso Molina, phone (504) 557-2920; or Dr. Luis Enrique Jovel (who treats HIV+ children and their families), de la Mision de los Padres Dominicos, phone (504) 557-4222. In El Salvador, the staff and volunteers of Asociacion Entre Amigos, which works to ensure respect for the human rights of homosexuals, lesbians, transsexuals, bisexuals, and persons living with HIV/AIDS, have joined forces with the Red Cross of San Salvador to assist people in many different parts of the country. They are seeking funds for medications and medical services, food, transportation, and the daily living costs of the "emergency health brigades" they work in. Entre Amigo is a group with which IGLHRC has had prior contact. To contribute, transfer money to "International Bank of Miami, N.A." ABA- 067001699, Account Number 990003624-06 Account Casa de Cambio Desarrollo S.A. de C.V. (Entre Amigos' bank in El Salvador), and include in your transaction that the transfer in question is to benefit William Vladimir Hernandez Valenzuela (Asociacion Entre Amigos) Account Number: 3165000256-4. Asociacion Entre Amigos can be contacted at: Av. y Colonia Santa Victoria #50 Final del Boulevard de los Heroes San Salvador, El Salvador Phone/Fax: 503- 225-4213 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In Nicaragua, believed to be the country suffering the worst loss of life to the hurricane, Fundacion Xochiquetzal, a group with which IGLHRC has had prior contact, is trying to do what it can to alleviate not only the immediate desperate need for medicines, but looking ahead to severely depleted food supplies from damage to crops and herds. To contribute, send funds to Banco del Sur, account # 10300339. Money can also be sent by bank transfer through Citibank New York, ABA #021000089, to be credited to account #36020142 of Banco del Sur, which will in turn deposit it to the account of Xochiquetzal. Xochiquetzal can be contacted at: Fundacion Xochiquetzal Apartado Num. 112 Managua, Nicaragua Phone: 505-2-490-585 Fax: 505-2-491-346 Email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List As vilified, slandered and attacked by One Nation mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
