Put Justice In Haiti On Your Holiday Gift List
Dec 14, 2004
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Put Justice In Haiti On Your Holiday Gift List

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IJDH Holiday Decorations are an attractive and flattering way to show holiday spirit by extending an urgently needed helping hand to political prisoners in Haiti. They are a meaningful gift for the friend or family member who has everything- together you will be helping those who need almost everything.

The decorations are simple cards with a ribbon, appropriate for any holiday celebration or throughout the year, adorning a tree or candles, or hung on a wall or refrigerator. A peace dove flies across the front side carrying the scales of justice- IJDH’s logo. The back features a photo and personal information for an illegally imprisoned democracy activist - a priest arrested while serving poor children food, a folksinger/grandmother arrested on Mother’s Day, a grassroots organizer arrested and tortured for organzing a peaceful demonstration.

Human rights groups estimate that there are more than 700 political prisoners in Haiti. IJDH’s lawyers represent over fifty of them- we are the only ones who will take many of the cases. The Institute also provides emergency medical care, food and housing for victims and their families who have nowhere else to turn. We help Haitians fight for justice in the court of world opinion too- IJDH has generated the most comprehensive documentation of human rights violations since February, and our work is regularly featured in news reports throughout the world.

For each $20 tax-deductable donation to IJDH during December, you will receive a Holiday Decoration (three for a $50 donation). By making the IJDH ornament, with its message of peace and justice, a part of your winter celebrations, you will be supporting all of our clients, and extending the hope of justice to more prisoners. If you cannot afford $20, any amount you can send will help make a difference. If you can send more, please do.

We can also send out bulk orders to groups interested in selling decorations to members and friends, contact info@ijdh.org .