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  Nana Queiroz - Avaaz · [email protected]
April 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM

John, results of your survey

“It does not take ‘everyone on Earth’ to bring justice and peace, but only a small, determined group" Dear John, From the bottom of our hearts: Thank You :)A couple weeks ago, many of us took the time to give our best input…
  Nemonte with Avaaz · [email protected]
April 12, 2025 at 4:38 AM

We're taking them to court

They plan to tear up the rainforest for oil. So, we're raising a wall of resistance. 🚨 AMAZON EMERGENCY 🚨  8 million acres of rainforest in danger Dear friends, My name is Nemonte Nenquimo -- I’m a Wa…
  Nemonte Nenquimo with Avaaz · [email protected]
April 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM

The quiet auction of the Amazon

The Ecuadorian government is quietly selling off 8 million acres of our rainforest to oil companies—so we’re taking them to court Dear friends, My name is Nemonte Nenquimo -- I’m a Waorani woman, a mother, and an Earth defe…
  Miguel Soto - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM

Pakistan: Don't send them to die

In five days, Pakistan could hand over 60 Afghan human rights activists to the Taliban. Sign now to stop it! In five days, Pakistan will begin massive forced deportations, sending 60 Afghan human rights defenders straight into the hands of the…
  Nell Greenberg - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 AM

Fascism

Ignite a global joy rebellion capable of pushing back against fascism while building new progressive power Dear friends, This year has been a gut punch. No other way to say it.At Avaaz, we’re asking a question, we think m…
  Famine Alert Team - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM

⚠️ The world’s ‘worst crisis’

Trump has cut all foreign aid, shutting down nearly 80% of emergency food kitchens. It's a death sentence for millions. DARFUR: Thousands of families days away from starvation Dear friends, People in S…
  Mike Baillie - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM

Sudan hunger emergency

Trump has cut all foreign aid, shutting down nearly 80% of emergency food kitchens. It's a death sentence for millions. Dear friends, People in Sudan are screaming with hunger.Famine was already spreading -- but now Trump h…
  Nate Miller - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM

They were burned alive

Hundreds of women were raped in their prison cells then burned alive in an escalating war in eastern Congo. Local faith leaders have had enough! They’ve launched a grassroots call for peace, and they’re asking for our help to get international backing. Sign now and local leaders from Goma …
  Nate Miller - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM

Unspeakable

Hundreds of women were raped in their prison cells then burned alive in an escalating war in eastern Congo. Local faith leaders have had enough! They’ve launched a grassroots call for peace, and and they’re asking for our help to get international backing. Sign now and local leaders from G…
  Fadi Quran - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM

The end of Palestine?

Trump just called for full-scale ethnic cleansing in Gaza. But we refuse to be erased. Trump is now suggesting Israel should scrap the ceasefire and let all “hell break out” in Gaza. Our work on the ground has never been more critical. If you haven’t ye…
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM

Palestine

Trump just suggested that every Palestinian should be expelled from Gaza, to ‘clean’ it up. It’s the definition of ethnic cleansing. And Israel’s finance minister has promised to have a plan ready. Welcome to Gaza’s ceasefire. The bombs may have stopped falling, but Palestinians are anythi…
  John Senior - Avaaz · [email protected]
January 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM

She called Trump out

Bishop Budde has been facing death threats since she asked Trump to show mercy to people fearing for their lives. Now even the President is painting her as the enemy and we can’t abandon her. Let’s show Bishop Budde she has massive support all around the world! After Trump signed a flurry …
  Alice Nell - Avaaz · [email protected]
January 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM

Hanged for helping?

Pakhshan Azizi dedicated her life to helping others – then she was taken. Iran tortured her and kept her in solitary confinement for five months. Now they want to execute her! People across the world are mailing letters to Tehran to save Pakhshan’s life and show Iran’s repressive leadershi…
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
January 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM

URGENT: Avaaz vs Trump

 - IMPORTANT UPDATE -  Donald Trump will come to power on Monday -- and our movement is still in danger. We only have days left to shield Avaaz from attack and secure our future. Please donate now to protect Avaaz and everything we stand for. Avaaz is facing a new threat. Trump ran for pre…
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
January 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM

URGENT: Avaaz at risk

Avaaz is facing a new threat. Trump ran for president pledging a crackdown on his political enemies. Now the US Congress could be about to hand him the tools he needs to take down any non-profit he wants, including Avaaz.  A bill -- dubbed the “non-profit killer” -- could see huge taxes le…
  Pascal Vollenweider - Avaaz · [email protected]
December 27, 2024 at 5:26 AM

A beautiful tapestry of hope

2024 was relentless. We witnessed horror, injustice, and the darkest sides of humanity. But we didn't look away. Dear friends, 2024 was relentless.We witnessed horror, injustice, and the darkest sides of humanity. But we didn't look away.Our voices…
  Nate M - Avaaz · [email protected]
December 22, 2024 at 6:27 AM

9-year-old brides

MPs in Iraq could be about to open the door to legalising child marriage of girls as young as 9 years old. NINE! They also want to strip women of their rights to divorce, child custody, and inheritance. Massive backlash stopped attempts to change the law before – now Iraqi women are asking…
  Wissam Tarif - Avaaz · [email protected]
December 18, 2024 at 5:37 AM

For Syria

We just received an urgent appeal from the White Helmets, one of our trusted partners in Syria. The humanitarian needs are massive, and they're counting on our support. Hospitals lie in ruins, and millions of Syrians are displaced, hungry, and exposed to deadly winter conditions. Your dona…
  Wissam Tarif - Avaaz · [email protected]
December 12, 2024 at 6:53 PM

Syria emergency

We are tasting freedom, but the horror isn’t over yet. Today 13 million Syrians don't have enough food to eat, and 7 million are displaced. - SYRIA HUMANITARIAN APPEAL - Dear friends, For the f…
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
November 17, 2024 at 5:57 AM

This could cost us everything

John, you may have already seen our email below raising funds to power Avaaz’s urgent Palestine, climate, and Indigenous rights work through the Trump era. We understand and respect that a regular donation might not be possible right now. Instead, can you donate a small one-time amount? If…
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
November 13, 2024 at 5:46 AM

Trump 2.0

It's a gut punch. Trump. Again.And this time, with no limits. Only his deepest loyalists working for him. The Senate, and possibly the whole of Congress, under his control. Handpicked judges on the Supreme Court.We're about to face an onslaught against everything we stand for. From climate…
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
November 8, 2024 at 5:07 AM

The moment we were made for

It's a gut punch. Trump. Again.And this time, with no limits. Only his deepest loyalists working for him. The Senate, and likely the whole of Congress, under his control. Handpicked judges on the Supreme Court.We're about to face an onslaught against everything we stand for -- like nothing…
  Camille Mijola - Avaaz · [email protected]
November 3, 2024 at 6:52 AM

We have to ask again

The guardians of the Amazon rainforest are getting murdered. Avaaz just released emergency funds to keep five Indigenous leaders safe -- but  - SPECIAL APPEAL -  Dear friends, The guardians of t…
  Camille Mijola - Avaaz · [email protected]
October 20, 2024 at 5:04 AM

SOS Amazon

Gangs being paid $100 to kill Amazon defenders The guardians of the Amazon rainforest are getting murdered.Avaaz just released emergency funds to keep five Indigenous leaders safe -- but it's not enough.Oil giants and loggers want to tear the Amazon apart. When laws and governments don't s…
  Genocide Alert Campaign Team - Avaaz · [email protected]
October 16, 2024 at 5:57 AM

One man's courage

Two decades after the Darfur genocide, the killers are back to finish the job, and they’ll keep slaughtering and raping unless the world stops them. People all around Sudan urgently need a protection mission, and the UN chief needs global support to stare down big powers standing in the wa…
  "Mary" from Uganda, with Avaaz · [email protected]
October 6, 2024 at 5:58 AM

Because you helped before

I'm too scared to show my face. We're getting beaten and arrested for speaking out. Last chance to stop this Total madness My friends at Avaaz, I write from Uganda, where I'm scared to even show my fac…
  "Mary" from Uganda, with Avaaz · [email protected]
September 30, 2024 at 2:01 PM

URGENT: We're about to lose our homes

I'm too scared to show my face. We're getting beaten and arrested for speaking out. My friends at Avaaz, I write from Uganda, where I'm scared to even show my face.The oil giant Total is building one of the biggest pipeline…
  Adela Trofin - Avaaz · [email protected]
September 8, 2024 at 6:41 AM

Somalia water emergency 💧

For most families in Somalia, life has been an unbroken experience of civil war, extremist attacks, and increasingly severe climate shocks.. Wow! Over 20,000 Avaazers have already pitched in to cover 13M litres of water for Somalis -- thank you for the g…
  Adela Trofin - Avaaz · [email protected]
September 1, 2024 at 6:23 AM

Water death

For most families in Somalia, life has been an unbroken experience of civil war, extremist attacks, and increasingly severe climate shocks.. Dear friends, Without water, we die.In Somalia, millions face this reality every s…
  Liliana Harrington - Avaaz · [email protected]
August 27, 2024 at 6:17 AM

Erased

More than 100,000 Maasai citizens were just erased from the voter rolls in Tanzania, just for living on their ancestral lands. Thousands of Indigenous Maasai have been forced from their land to make way for wealthy tourists - and now they're b…
  Jon Wiltshire - Avaaz · [email protected]
August 7, 2024 at 5:17 AM

Bulldozers in paradise

Bulldozers are about to destroy a sacred wildlife corridor, high in the peaks of Nepal.It's home to red pandas, Himalayan black bears, and some of the last snow leopards on Earth.But in just a few weeks, hydropower companies want to start building three massive dams -- creating an endless …
  Jon Witshire - Avaaz · [email protected]
July 28, 2024 at 5:06 AM

Snow leopards

Snow leopards are running out of places to live.Now one of their last refuges is about to be destroyed.The Chhujung River valley is a precious mountain wilderness, up in the Himalayas. A world of frozen waterfalls and bright green meadows. The home of musk deer, red pandas, and some of the…
  Antonia Staats - Avaaz · [email protected]
July 18, 2024 at 5:27 AM

Hunted for sport

In days, Tanzania’s President could condemn Africa’s most magnificent elephants to death – by issuing new licences allowing rich trophy hunters to kill them for sport. Scientists, conservationists and Indigenous people are raising the alarm, and time is ticking. Let’s stand with them and m…
  Genocide Alert Campaign Team - Avaaz · [email protected]
July 14, 2024 at 6:08 AM

⚠️ Mass murder in Sudan

Darfur: Nearly 1 million refugees on the ‘precipice’ of massacre Right now, Sudan is hell on Earth.A genocidal army has raped and massacred thousands of people. There's evidence of child soldiers fighting and dying, and mass graves dot the desert.Now Darfur’s capital is under attack, with …
  Christoph Schott - Avaaz · [email protected]
July 10, 2024 at 9:25 AM

Hope dies last

If you think all hope is lost, think again. Everyone expected the extreme right to win in France. Millions of people had other ideas. Dear friends, If you think all hope is lost, think again.This weekend, everyone expected the extreme right to win …
  Genocide Alert Campaign Team - Avaaz · [email protected]
July 2, 2024 at 5:11 AM

Horror in Sudan

Right now, Sudan is hell on Earth.A genocidal army has raped and massacred thousands of people. There's evidence of child soldiers fighting and dying, and mass graves dot the desert.Now Darfur’s capital is under attack, with almost a million refugees trapped inside. Experts are calling it …
  Genocide Alert Campaign Team - Avaaz · [email protected]
June 26, 2024 at 7:22 AM

Killbox

Warning: this email contains descriptions of sexual violence and potential genocide. Right now, Sudan is hell on Earth. There's evidence of Dear friends, A genocidal army has raped and killed thousands of people in Sudan.Th…
  Antonia S - Avaaz · [email protected]
June 25, 2024 at 5:24 AM

Iceland’s last licence

A multi-millionaire has been slaughtering endangered fin whales – many of them pregnant. Now Iceland’s government granted him a new licence to slowly and painfully slaughter 128 of these majestic giants. Public pressure – including from 1.7 million of us! – forced the government to rethink…
  Antonia S - Avaaz · [email protected]
June 23, 2024 at 5:42 AM

Licence to kill 🐋

A multi-millionaire has been slaughtering endangered fin whales – many of them pregnant. Now Iceland’s government granted him a new licence to slowly and painfully slaughter 128 of these majestic giants. Public pressure – including from 1.7 million of us! – forced the government to rethink…
  Liliana Harrington - Avaaz · [email protected]
June 8, 2024 at 5:57 AM

Ban Israel from the Olympics

Children who once dreamed of competing at the Olympics are buried under the rubble of their homes in Gaza - and people everywhere... Children who once dreamed of competing at the Olympics are buried under the rubble of their homes in Gaza - an…
  Thomas Muronga with Avaaz · [email protected]
May 22, 2024 at 5:32 AM

Africa's last elephants

I'm devastated. A Canadian oil giant is ripping through my homeland - Africa's hidden Eden, the Okavango Delta. This home to Africa's largest remaining herd of elephants is directly at risk from corporate greed, but Namibia’s Minister of Environment and Tourism has the power to halt the de…
  Jon Wiltshire - Avaaz · [email protected]
May 15, 2024 at 5:06 PM

Survival 🌍

John, you may have already seen our fundraiser email below and decided not to contribute a regular amount. We understand that times are tough and becoming a regular donor right now is not possible. If you’d rather make a one-off donation instead, please chip in below: ---------- Climate sc…
  Jon Wiltshire - Avaaz · [email protected]
May 12, 2024 at 5:21 AM

Emergency plan for a liveable Earth

Climate scientists are freaking out.  Ocean temperatures are off the charts – they’ve broken records EVERY DAY for the past year!We shouldn't be seeing heat like this for another 20 years. Now Atlantic currents that regulate our entire climate are going haywire, and coral reefs from Mexico…
  Jon Wiltshire - Avaaz · [email protected]
May 1, 2024 at 12:15 PM

The thermostat just broke

Climate scientists are freaking out. Earth’s thermostat just broke, and they don’t know why. We shouldn’t see ocean temperatures this hot for another 20 years. Atlantic currents that regulate our entire climate are going haywire, and coral reefs from Mexico to Australia are blistering to d…
  Nate M - Avaaz · [email protected]
April 15, 2024 at 5:39 AM

FGM ban...reversed?!?

Girls in The Gambia as young as four months old are blindfolded, pinned down, and forced to have their genitals cut off — and soon this horror could be completely legal. Gambian politicians want to reverse the country’s ban on female genital mutilation. FGM survivors are trying to save the…
  Get Out The Vote Team - Avaaz · [email protected]
April 7, 2024 at 5:22 AM

Neo-Nazis

Hitler wasn't stopped until it was too late. Now extreme far-right forces are rising again. Far-right leaders are beating the drums of hate, marching to victory across much of the world -- and threatening everything we stand for. First they demonised refugees, gay people, and women's right…
  Gordon Maloney - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 26, 2024 at 7:51 PM

EMERGENCY: Rafah

The global call to stop the war... After boxing 1.4 million Palestinians into Rafah, Netanyahu has approved plans to invade the city. This invasion could be the worst thing Israel does since the start of their brutal attack on Gaza. We cannot …
  Bert Wander – Avaaz · [email protected]
March 14, 2024 at 6:37 AM

Fighting fascism

This is the biggest election year in history and far-right extremists who don’t believe in climate change, women's rights, or democratic freedoms are scrambling for more power. Wherever you are, you have a role to play and it starts with filling out this poll!Avaaz has a plan to double dow…
  Maasai elders of Tanzania - with Avaaz · [email protected]
March 12, 2024 at 4:57 AM

Safaris of shame

Urgent - more than 27,000 Maasai are on the verge of losing their ancestral lands! Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan wants to evict them from their homeland to make way for luxury safaris and trophy hunting, eyeing immense profits. Years ago, when our community stood up for the Maasa…
  Maasai elder from Ngorongoro -- with Avaaz · [email protected]
March 10, 2024 at 6:51 AM

They're coming for us

I write at a time of great danger for my people -- I'm even scared to show my face.The Tanzanian government is on the attack. First they poisoned the water and killed our animals. Now they're coming for us.I was there when they shot our Maasai mothers to the ground. We ran for our lives.Th…