A monthly e-newsletter from MADRE - December 2005

Dear Friends,

In this December issue of MADRE Speaks Online I'd like to extend warm wishes for a happy holiday season from all of us here at MADRE, and from our partners around the world. Your support throughout this challenging year has meant so much. To show our appreciation, we're happy to offer this  beautiful free holiday e-card for you to send to friends and family.

This issue of MADRE Speaks includes report backs from our partners in  Guatemala and Pakistan, detailing how the support of MADRE members like you is helping them respond to natural disaster. It also includes four new MADRE articles:

• Architecture of a Failing State: What Hurricane Katrina Exposed about the US
• Top Ten Reasons Why Latin American Women Oppose Bush's Free Trade Agenda
• After Disaster Relief: 10 Pointers for Charitable Giving that Sustains Social Change
• African Women Confront Bush's AIDS Policy

As always, we'd love to hear your feedback about MADRE Speaks Online. Drop us a note at  madrespeaks@madre.org.

And, finally, I invite you to  check out MADRE's holiday giving options—recently featured in The Nation—as a wonderful alternative to commercial holiday giving and a gift that helps realize your dream of a better world.

Sincerely,

Vivian Stromberg
Executive Director

In This Issue:    
Give Hope this Holiday Season with MADRE alternatives to commercial holiday giving.   

Program Update:
Report backs from MADRE's partners in  Guatemala and  Pakistan, where the support of MADRE members is helping communities cope with natural disaster.

MADRE in the News:
Chicago Public Radio features MADRE's campaign to support Iraqi women's rights
Foreign Policy in Focus publishes MADRE article for World AIDS Day

Voyages with a Vision:
Travel with MADRE to Peru: March 18-25

Latest MADRE Articles:
Architecture of a Failing State: What Hurricane Katrina Exposed about the US

Top Ten Reasons Why Latin American Women Oppose Bush's Free Trade Agenda

After Disaster Relief: 10 Pointers for Charitable Giving that Sustains Social Change

African Women Confront Bush's AIDS Policy