ÿþ <html> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Christian Aid - Congo Emergency</title> </head> <body link="#333333" vlink="#333333" alink="#333333" topmargin="0"> <table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> </font></div></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://cbimages.ed4.net/christianaid/3756_253655.jpg" alt="Humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo" width="600" height="200" border="0" usemap="#Map"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><table width="600" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#f8f7f6"> <tr> <td height="320" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><br/> <font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dear supporter</font>, <p><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Please help us respond to the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.</font></p> <p> <font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a ReportOrder="1" verified="18892054" target="_blank" ReportName="http://www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies/current/congo/index.aspx" href="http://www.christianaid.org.uk/emergencies/current/congo/index.aspx" id="LINK_15" ><img src="http://cbimages.ed4.net/christianaid/1257_229056.gif" alt="Please give generously" border="0"></a> </font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">An estimated 250,000 people have fled their homes to escape renewed fighting between government and rebel forces.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a target"=_blank" href="http://www.christianaid.org.uk/issues/conflict/congo-conflict-escalates.aspx">Christian Aid's local partners have worked in the region</a> for 12 years helping families recover from a decade of war.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>And we're there now to aid people through this insecure time.</strong></font></p> <p><strong><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">But we need your help.</font></strong></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">From the DR Congo, Christian Aid's Jacques Miaglia says:</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><i>"We'll be here to help people start again and recover from the trauma of war.</font></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"But we urgently need more funds if we are to reach more families."</font></i></p> <p><font color="#333333" size="3" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a ReportOrder="1" verified="18892054" target="_blank" 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