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Hey Marli,

Was wondering if you'd like to forward this story to your list. For the past three years my wife and I have been volunteering for our non-profit Aid Still Required, founded to go into post-crisis areas and build build better with environmentally-friendly means.

Our first project is a CD compilation for the tsunami victims. Hundreds of thousands are still stranded over there, so we teamed up with Bill Clinton's UN Office and the following artists to raise some much needed money - Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Alanis Morissette, Avril Lavigne, Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, Sarah McLachlan, James Taylor, Ani DiFranco, Shawn Colvin, Phantom Planet, Beth Nielsen Chapman and The Blind Boys of Alabama (more info at www.AidStillRequired.org )

Aid Still Required has been also working with several NBA players who are taking a stand for Darfur - Kobe Bryant (and eight other Lakers), Steve Nash, Grant Hill, Tracy McGrady, Baron Davis, Luol Deng, Emeka Okafor, Andrew Bynum and many more. Recently we released a PSA on ESPN and Fox Sports Net by Kobe which will be followed by PSAs by several other players (Kobe's PSA can be seen here - www.AidStillRequired.org ).

As you may know, 80 - 90% of the villages in Darfur are in now ashes. Between 200,000 and 450,000 thousand people have been slaughtered, mutilated, raped (very often gang-raped) and 2.5 million are displaced. The players feel deeply about the suffering these people are enduring and want this story out in the open. They want to encourage the international community to act to stop the conflict.

It's our mission to broaden awareness about these issues. Can you please give us a hand?

All the best,

Hunter Payne

Founder - Aid Still Required

310 459 9098
www.AidStillRequired.org/
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Thanks to everyone and take care,
Marli
My Kind of Country
www.mkoc.com/