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Here are easy ways you can help people devastated by the earthquake in Haiti.

Click here to donate: http://www.care2.com/click-to-donate/haiti/

Each click will help fund donations to Oxfam America. Oxfam America will use the funds to provide urgently needed water and sanitation to Haiti's survivors.

Help Haiti. Ask global creditors to drop Haiti's 1 billion dollar debt. Do it now by signing this petition here:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/196437118

By doing this, you are making sure that more money is being used where it's needed the most - to rebuild the lives and futures of people in Haiti. Paying back old debts would only delay and reduce the chances of aid, food, medical aid, shelter reaching people. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. I can't imagine how long it'd take for Haiti to rebuild itself if its debts weren't dropped.

Thank you so much.

Human Rights treates Australia has and has not ratified:

http://www.hreoc.gov.au/education/hr_explained/7_Australia_treaties.html

In terms of ratifying human rights treaties: We've come a long way. And yet, we have a long way to go.

http://www.hreoc.gov.au/info_for_students/index.html


Get active. Protect human rights. Shine a light on what's going on:
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/info_for_students/getinvolved/index.html

Frequently asked questions about human rights, Resource Sheet: What are Human Rights?, Universal Declaration of Human Rights (the first international statement on human rights.)
and Human rights timeline here: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/info_for_students/essentials/index.html

From http://www.hreoc.gov.au/info_for_students/links/index.html :

Human rights around the globe
One World Online
www.oneworld.net/

Brings together the latest news and views from over 1,600 organizations promoting human rights awareness and fighting poverty worldwide.

Derechos Cafe
www.derechos.net/

Links to issues, organisations, resources and discussion groups dealing with human rights.

Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org

Campaigns on serious human rights breaches and to protect the rights of prisoners of conscience.

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Hi all,

Twenty10 is an organisation in NSW, Australia that assists young (under 26) gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, same-sex attracted and gender-questioning people who are having problems at home or who have recently become homeless. Their web address is:

http://www.twenty10.org.au/Serivces.section/pages/Services692d2fa0.html

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The Hunger Site provides an simple way to help improve awareness and prevent hunger deaths every day — through easy online activities.

With a daily click of the yellow "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button at The Hunger Site, you can help provide food to people in need. You pay nothing, as it's for free. Food is paid for by the site's sponsors and distributed by Mercy Corps worldwide and by America's Second Harvest to food banks throughout the United States.

Please remember to click every day to give help and hope to those most in need.

You can also help more by shopping in The Hunger Site store. With each item purchased, shoppers create funds for hungry people around the world. The store offers a wide variety of items to show your support as well as fair-traded and handcrafted items from around the world that help communities escape the poverty and hunger cycle.

At the Hunger Site, you can also click on other websites to help good causes for free (such as breast cancer, child health, literacy, the environment and rescuing animals).

Here is a link to The Hunger site: