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<div id=":18r" style="overflow-x:hidden;overflow-y:hidden"><u></u><div>Dear friends, <br><br><table align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="220" style="margin-left:15px"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(0,0,0);border-right-color:rgb(0,0,0);border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);border-left-color:rgb(0,0,0);padding-top:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px">
<font color="black" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_forced_evictions_loc_kenya_pa_us/?bGanbab&v=35528" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><img src="http://avaaz_images.s3.amazonaws.com/7505_3burninghouses_3_200x100.jpg" border="0"></a><br>
<br><span><b>Heavily armed police just burned 1,000 homes to the ground </b>to force indigenous families out of the Kenyan forest. The World Bank<b> </b>has given millions to the forest police, but is staying quiet. If enough of us supercharge the community’s desperate call for help,<b> we can force the World Bank to demand the government halts these vicious land grabs.</b> <b>Sign now:</b></span><br>
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</font></td></tr></tbody></table><span><b>Heavily armed police just burned 1,000 homes to the ground </b>to force indigenous families out of the Kenyan forest where they’ve lived for centuries. <b>This desperate community needs our help </b>to save their homes -- and the forest -- before it’s destroyed forever.</span> <br>
<br><span>The World Bank has given millions of our tax dollars to the Kenyan forest police who are annihilating this ancient community. And -- with new funding at stake this year -- the Bank has massive leverage over the government. So far the Bank is staying mum, but <b>if enough of us supercharge the community’s call for help, we can force it to demand this horror stops</b>.</span> <br>
<br><span><b>World Bank President Jim Yong Kim </b>says he wants to change the Bank. Let’s hold him to his word, demanding that he call on the Kenyan government to stop these vicious land grabs </span>and commit to new human rights standards for all future grants. <span>When a million of us sign, <b>we'll grab Kim's attention by</b></span><span> <b>showing burning home</b><b>s</b></span><span><b> outside the Bank’s Washington HQ. </b>Add your name now:</span><br>
<br><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_forced_evictions_loc_kenya_pa_us/?bGanbab&v=35528" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_forced_evictions_loc_kenya_pa_us/?bGanbab&v=35528</a><br>
<br><b>The Sengwer people have lived in the majestic Embobut forest for centuries </b>and their rights to their ancestral lands<b> </b>are<b> </b>protected under <span><span>the Kenyan constitution and international law. They’ve already won a court order to stop the evictions, but the government has ignored it, claiming they need to clear the forest to protect water sources for nearby towns. The Sengwer fear that <b>next, the forest will be decimated for profit. <br>
</b></span><br><span>The Bank has backed many impressive initiatives, but for too long has blamed the governments and companies it lends to when destructive projects force people off their land.<b> But the tide is turning. </b>After an outcry, the Bank pulled back from projects that were driving 30,000 Cambodians a year from their homes. And it admitted it ignored its own policies when it funded a Honduran palm oil company accused of brutal evictions and assassinations. <b>The Bank is now investigating the Sengwer scandal, but far too slowly to save Kenya’s ancient forest peoples.<br>
</b></span><br>The US Congress has just called on the Bank to stop evictions, or risk losing US money. I<b>t’s the perfect moment to stop this brutal land grab in Kenya and get the institution to take human rights seriously. Sign now</b><span><b> </b>-- when a million of us are on board, we'll </span></span>deliver our message straight to President Kim:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_forced_evictions_loc_kenya_pa_us/?bGanbab&v=35528" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.avaaz.org/en/stop_the_forced_evictions_loc_kenya_pa_us/?bGanbab&v=35528</a><br>
<br><b></b>After the Tanzanian government announced plans to kick thousands of Maasai families off their lands to build a hunting reserve, almost two million Avaaz members stood with their community. We kept pushing for over a year until finally the Prime Minister allowed them to stay, helping end a 20 year land battle. The Maasai say they couldn’t have done it without us -- now let’s do it again, for the Sengwer people.<br>
<br>With hope, <br><br><span>Allison, Alex, Joseph, Emilie, Alice, Sayeeda, Ricken and the rest of the Avaaz team <br></span><br><span>More information: <br><br>Kenya: KFS Guards Burn Down Homes in Embobut Forest (The Star)<br>
<span><a href="http://allafrica.com/stories/201401200456.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://allafrica.com/stories/201401200456.html</a> <br></span><br>Kenyan families flee Embobut forest to avoid forced evictions by police (The Guardian) <br>
<span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/07/kenya-embobut-forest-forced-evictions-police" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jan/07/kenya-embobut-forest-forced-evictions-police</a> <br>
</span><br>Kenya defies its own courts (Forest Peoples Programme)<br><u><a href="http://www.forestpeoples.org/topics/legal-human-rights/news/2014/01/kenya-defies-its-own-courts-torching-homes-and-forcefully-evi" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.forestpeoples.org/topics/legal-human-rights/news/2014/01/kenya-defies-its-own-courts-torc...</a><br>
</u><br>U.S. pushes for outside oversight of World Bank (Washington Post)<br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/us-pushes-for-outside-oversight-of-world-bank-opposes-push-toward-big-hydro/2014/01/24/fb41bb7c-8516-11e3-8099-9181471f7aaf_story.html" title="Link: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/us-pushes-for-outside-oversight-of-world-bank-opposes-push-toward-big-hydro/2014/01/24/fb41bb7c-8516-11e3-8099-9181471f7aaf_story.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/us-pushes-for-outside-oversight-of-world-bank-opposes-push-toward-big-hydro/2014/01/24/fb41bb7c-8516-11e3-8099-9181471f7aaf_story.html</a><br>
<br>Kenya / Embobut Forest: UN rights expert calls for the protection of indigenous people facing eviction (UN) <br><span><a href="http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14163&LangID=E" title="Link: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14163&LangID=E" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14163&LangID=E</a> <br>
</span><br>Indigenous Kenyans evicted in the name of ‘conservation’ (New Internationalist) <br><a href="http://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2014/01/23/sengwer-forest-evictions/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2014/01/23/sengwer-forest-evictions/</a> </span><br>
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