Success! PEPFAR funding passed by Senate!
Published July 18, 2008 @ 06:00AM PT
After several nail-biting delays, the Senate has overwhelmingly voted to pass PEPFAR!
PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) is a crucial program that funds AIDS care, prevention and treatment in poor countries. Catholic Relief Services president Ken Hackett called it "one of the most outstanding programs our government has ever created." Many nonprofits, including CRS, depend on this funding to keep providing healthcare to people in need. And now CRS can continue to save lives without fearing interruption!
Thank you so much to everyone who wrote to Congress or prayed for the success of the PEPFAR bill. So many of our Change.Org supporters were here to help! Ambassador Dybul, the U.S. global AIDS coordinator, called CRS to say, "I can't stress how important (in fact vital) to the passage of this bill was the work of CRS and the Bishop's conference. It would not have happened without you."
If you want to know more about PEPFAR, the CRS website has more, including a great video. The ONE Campaign blog has also been providing great coverage of progress on PEPFAR.
Thank you.
~ Darcy Higgins
Catholic Relief Services
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