Congressional leaders, from both political parties, will send a letter to President Bush urging him to “work with the British, French, German, Danish and other supportive and regional governments to immediately intervene in the Irrawaddy Delta region of Burma to provide urgent life-saving humanitarian aid to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis.”

In our previous action alerts we have asked you to send email to leaders, but the situation is growing increasingly urgent, and so we ask you to please call your Representative’s office today and tell them to support this letter to President Bush. Getting Congressional support for this measure is an extremely important step and calling is the most effective way to get your Representative on your side quickly!
If you don’t want to call, you can still send a quick email to your Representative.

Call-in information:

1)Go to www.house.gov to find your Representative and contact information. Find the number for the DC office

2)Ask to speak to the person who handles Foreign Affairs

3)Ask the staffer to have your Representative sign onto the  dear letter to President Bush - “Help the Burmese People Now”.

4) Explain the urgency of the situation in Burma

5) Tell them why you care

6) Tell them in order to sign on to the letter they need to contact Adam Paulson in Rep. Peter King’s (if Republican) or Shawn Hodjati in Rep. Crowley’s (if Democrat) office by the end of the day Thursday May 15th

An Overview of the Situation:
The Burmese regime is cutting of the Irrawaddy Delta and not allowing aid agencies to distribute supplies. It is extremely troubling that, according to a World Food Program spokesperson, the trickle of international aid allowed to enter the country and reach the most vulnerable population amounts to less than 20% of the aid needed to stave off death from starvation and disease for more than 1.5 million people.  Reliable reports also confirm regime officials have been both selling international aid supplies in local markets and keeping the high-quality international food aid for themselves while dolling out low quality and, in certain cases, rotten food to survivors of the cyclone. International aid agencies operating in Burma warn that only 10% of the logistical staff needed to cope with the millions struggling to survive had arrived in the country 10 days after Cyclone Nargis struck

Food, shelter, water, and aid workers to help distribute aid are not getting in. The time for waiting is over.