Bushmen Want Jolie Aid

Dear Ms Jolie, WE, First People of the Kalahari, have heard that you are in Namibia, near us in Botswana, for your holidays.

We also heard you are pregnant and want to wish you our blessings. FPK is a Bushmen organisation fighting for the rights of the Bushmen who have been evicted from their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.The government of Botswana has evicted us forcefully from our ancestral land in 1997, 2002 and 2005.We have been placed in resettlement camps where our lives have totally changed and we are about to lose our culture.We are asking for your help in our battle to save our people.Many Bushmen families have been split apart by the evictions.Many people don’t know where their relatives are and are very worried, desperate.They are not allowed to attend the funerals of relatives.Those who have remained inside the game reserve are not allowed to hunt and gather and have no access to water.The health situation is bad in the resettlement camps.Young people are getting HIV and are drinking.This is not the way of our people.The death rate is now high.We have heard that you are very interested in human rights, so we invite you to come and see us.FPK Botswana fpkbotswana@fastmail.fmFPK is a Bushmen organisation fighting for the rights of the Bushmen who have been evicted from their homes in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.The government of Botswana has evicted us forcefully from our ancestral land in 1997, 2002 and 2005.We have been placed in resettlement camps where our lives have totally changed and we are about to lose our culture.We are asking for your help in our battle to save our people.Many Bushmen families have been split apart by the evictions.Many people don’t know where their relatives are and are very worried, desperate.They are not allowed to attend the funerals of relatives.Those who have remained inside the game reserve are not allowed to hunt and gather and have no access to water.The health situation is bad in the resettlement camps.Young people are getting HIV and are drinking.This is not the way of our people.The death rate is now high.We have heard that you are very interested in human rights, so we invite you to come and see us.FPK Botswana fpkbotswana@fastmail.fm