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The volunteer sends weekly updates via e-mail, giving us an eyewitness window into life and developments in Chiapas.
She has also identified a number of non-governmental, non-profit organizations that would like to establish partnerships with groups here. Through e-mail and perhaps face to face visits, people here can learn more about the ways people in Chiapas are trying to improve the quality of life in their communities. By providing "moral support," people here can help people in Chiapas know they are not alone in overcoming the many obstacles and day-to-day challenges they face.
SIPAZ, the organization in Chiapas with which the volunteer is working, closely monitors the human rights situation in Chiapas and issues alerts. There are a number of ways people here can help:
People can compose and send faxes directly to officials in Mexico and the United States protesting the violations and requesting intervention by authorities.
It is also possible to subscribe to a service which, for a small fee, will compose and fax your message.
Under the guise of the "drug war," the U.S. has dramatically increased the amount of military aid and military training (in the School of the Americas, for example) provided to Mexico. It is important for us to follow these and other policy developments and to alert our representatives when congressional action needs to be taken.
For more information:
410 740-1231; [email protected]