Press Statement
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PASSOP and the Gift of the Givers urges the general public in the Western Cape to attend a cultural event this Saturday to raise money for the victims of the devastating famine in the Horn of Africa. The event, Western Cape Fights Famine – Horn of Africa Relief, is being organised by a broad range of civil society organizations, including PASSOP, the Institute for Healing of Memories, the Muslim Judicial Council, the Scalabrini Centre, Frontline Africa and the Somalia Refugee Aid Association (SORAA).
The event will include music and dance performances, poetry readings, a short documentary screening, speeches from political leaders and a special video message from Archbishop Desmond Tutu. All money raised at this event will go to the humanitarian efforts of the non-profit Gift of the Givers Foundation.
We encourage the general public to take action against the famine and join us to show that the Western Cape cares. The event will be held this Saturday, 27th of August, from 2-5pm at St. Joseph’s Marist College (Belmont Road) in Rondebosch, Cape Town.
Tickets: General R100/Students R80. Tickets can be bought at the door.
For more information visit www.passop.org or our event page on Facebook.
For comment, please contact David (PASSOP) @ 074 660-2583 or Gawa (Gift of the Givers) @ 083 661-3035.
BACKGROUND:
The Horn of Africa is in crisis. In the last 90 days, over 29,000 children under the age of five have died of starvation. According to the latest United Nations report, this epidemic is threatening more lives every day as it rapidly spreads to new regions. It is now affecting up to 12 million people, and has developed into the worst famine in the region in over two decades.