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12/08/2003
Liberia Crisis Appeal begins work following Taylor's resignation
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) is today launching a Liberia Crisis Appeal to support the work of 11 of the UK's best-known charities.
The appeal will help fund aid work following the departure of President Charles Taylor from the war-torn country. The former president's departure to Nigeria was a key hurdle to ending internal strife in the country.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday welcomed Mr Taylor's decision to resign his office, hoping that it marked the beginning of the end of the "long nightmare" of the people of Liberia.
DEC says that there are an estimated one million people are either trapped in appalling conditions in Liberia's cities or cut off from help in the countryside.
The appeal was launched today at 11am in central London as two aid flights prepare to depart for Monrovia this evening from Manston Airport in Kent.
Celebrities will staff some of the donation lines as the first television appeals - fronted by Ross Kemp - are screened on the BBC and ITV after 6.30pm.
DEC Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said: "The appalling conditions caused by the climax of the bloody civil war in Liberia will lead to widespread deaths without an urgent increase in the aid effort. Immediate financial help from the public can ensure that the DEC agencies will be able to step up their vital work quickly."
Three attacks on the capital by rebels since June 2003 have trapped around 250,000 people who had sought shelter in the city. As Ecowas peacekeeping troops continue to deploy in Monrovia, DEC agencies are expanding their work in Liberia and flying in new stocks of aid.
The DEC charities benefiting from the Liberia Crisis Appeal are: Actionaid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund and World Vision.
Donations can be made by calling 0870 60 60 900 or at any high street bank or post office.
(GMcG)
The appeal will help fund aid work following the departure of President Charles Taylor from the war-torn country. The former president's departure to Nigeria was a key hurdle to ending internal strife in the country.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday welcomed Mr Taylor's decision to resign his office, hoping that it marked the beginning of the end of the "long nightmare" of the people of Liberia.
DEC says that there are an estimated one million people are either trapped in appalling conditions in Liberia's cities or cut off from help in the countryside.
The appeal was launched today at 11am in central London as two aid flights prepare to depart for Monrovia this evening from Manston Airport in Kent.
Celebrities will staff some of the donation lines as the first television appeals - fronted by Ross Kemp - are screened on the BBC and ITV after 6.30pm.
DEC Chief Executive Brendan Gormley said: "The appalling conditions caused by the climax of the bloody civil war in Liberia will lead to widespread deaths without an urgent increase in the aid effort. Immediate financial help from the public can ensure that the DEC agencies will be able to step up their vital work quickly."
Three attacks on the capital by rebels since June 2003 have trapped around 250,000 people who had sought shelter in the city. As Ecowas peacekeeping troops continue to deploy in Monrovia, DEC agencies are expanding their work in Liberia and flying in new stocks of aid.
The DEC charities benefiting from the Liberia Crisis Appeal are: Actionaid, British Red Cross, CAFOD, CARE International UK, Christian Aid, Concern, Merlin, Oxfam, Save the Children, Tearfund and World Vision.
Donations can be made by calling 0870 60 60 900 or at any high street bank or post office.
(GMcG)
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