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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/div>\n
\"Abayudaya<\/a><\/div>\n
CONTACT:<\/div>\n
Rabbi Gershom Sizomu<\/div>\n
Email: rabbigershom@gmail.com<\/div>\n
Phone number: 011-256-703-199-636<\/div>\n
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ABAYUDAYA JEWS DELIVER FOOD RELIEF TO UGANDAN VILLAGERS FACING FAMINE<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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ACEGEREKINEI VILLAGE, Uganda, July 29, 2009 \u2014 Members of the Abayudaya Jewish community today delivered 2,420 pounds (1,100 kg) of food relief they donated to hungry families among the estimated three million inUganda facing starvation in a worsening famine.<\/p>\n

The Ugandan government says there are food shortages in 52 districts in the north and east brought on by drought and other factors. Nearly 40 people have died so far of hunger-related complications in the East African nation of about 32 million.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Gershom Sizomu said here today he wanted to act before those numbers got worse.<\/p>\n

\u201cCentral to our Jewish values is saving lives,\u201d Rabbi Sizomu told the 65 families sitting on the ground in the shade of a large tree next to mud-hut homes with thatched roofs in this remote village in northeastern Uganda. \u201cWe wish you well and we pray that God brings this to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was speaking in response to a village elder who thanked the Abayudaya for coming \u201cand for rescuing us.\u201d Acegerekinei is in Katakwi, one of 17 hardest-hit districts that the government says are experiencing famine.<\/p>\n

The villagers all clutched cards from the Ugandan Red Cross, which is helping coordinate relief, entitling them to a share of the corn flour and beans that the Abayudaya trucked four hours north from their home in Mbale district near the Kenyan border. The Abayudaya first embraced Judaism in the 1920s and now include about 1,000 members in several villages.<\/p>\n

The Red Cross chose the most vulnerable in Acegerekinei to receive relief \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the elderly, the disabled and those suffering from HIV\/AIDS. They lined up as best they could, some in wheelchairs fashioned out of plastic lawn chairs.<\/p>\n

Each family received about 33 lbs. (15 kg) of corn flour to make corn porridge and the staple dish called posho, plus about 3.3 pounds (1.5 kg) of beans.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Our community responded overwhelmingly to the call to donate,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Rabbi Sizomu said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everybody wanted to help.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The response was considerable from a community that in large part lives on subsistence farming. Mbale district has less rain than normal but crops are still growing.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I believe that life takes precedence over everything,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153God is not going to stretch out His hand physically, so we are extensions of God\u2019s arm.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The rabbi\u2019s son Igaal, 15, helped distribute the food. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It felt good to donate,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If we get hungry, maybe there would be others who would help us.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

To contribute to the food relief, donate at\u00a0cyan.olm.net\/~kulanu\/donate<\/a>, through the website of\u00a0Kulanu, Inc.<\/a>, a US nonprofit that supports development in the Abayudaya community (see\u00a0kulanu.org\/abayudaya<\/a>). When you donate, please write \u201cUganda Emergency Fund\u201d in the comments field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

To download a high-resolution version of the above photoclick here<\/a>.<\/div>\n
Photo caption:\u00a0Abayudaya members, from left, Eria Muyamba, Esau Wanani and Igaal Sizomu deliver food relief to famine-stricken villagers in Acegerekinei, Katakwi District, northeastern Uganda. July 29, 2009. Photo by Lorne Mallin.<\/em><\/div>\n
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