Unite Here Supports Famine Relief Efforts
Somalia is facing Famine that US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton has called, "the most severe humanitarian emergency in the world today—and the worst East Africa has seen in decades." Tens of thousands of Somalis have already died; most are children. People are streaming into refugee camps at numbers too high to support.
UNITE HERE Local 17 and UNITE HERE International Union are glad to be able to extend financial support to our Somali members and their families in this great time of need. The combination of drought and civil war brought the Horn of African the worst famine in 60 years. This is the homeland of many of Local 17’s members here in the Twin Cities and UNITE HERE members in other cities. The combined donation of $6,000 was donated and matched by ARC, American Refugee Committee.
