Stop Genocide NowOn April 7th, 2008, the 14th anniversary for the start of the genocide in Rwanda, we will begin the 100 Day Fast for Darfur. This tag-team fast will coincide with the one hundred days it took to kill 800,000 people in Rwanda, as the world stood paralyzed. It is our way to stand in solidarity with the victims and survivors of Darfur, today’s ongoing genocide, and demand immediate protection for the millions of innocent civilians that are in grave danger of displacement, starvation, rape, and death. We fast to demand urgent action and not only urgent words, and we fast to support greatly needed food relief.
If you would like to fast for Darfur send us an email at fast@stopgenocidenow.org
I became active in the Darfur movement in late 2004. I did not know exactly how I’d be able to participate in alleviating what was and continues to be overwhelming human suffering. I just knew I needed to act. One of the very first campaigns I helped create and organize was a 100-Day Fast for […]
We are coming to the last days of the 100-Day Fast for Darfur. By participating in the fast and helping the World Food Program (WFP) in their efforts to feed the Darfuri people that have been brutally displaced, you are standing with the victims at a crucial time. There has been recent escalation of fighting […]
Posted on behalf of Chann Noun, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. Hi everyone, After having gone through an extremely terrible starvation during the Cambodian genocide era (especially in 1975) and a somewhat mild one in the refugee camps in the mid 80’s, I vowed never to experience any hungry feelings ever again after I […]
Day 1: April 7, 2008 Gabriel Stauring of Redondo Beach, California, along with Amber Garrow in Clackamas, Oregon and Malik Abdulrahman in Darfur, Sudan, fasts in solidarity with Adef and pledges $25 to the World Food Programme. Adef lives in Camp Djabal, Eastern Chad. Adef’s village was destroyed, and he had to flee across the […]
Fasting has been used effectively to bring about social justice peace. Two leaders that used fasting as a way to bring about change are Mahatma Gandhi and Cesar Chavez. They changed the world that we now live in, by maintaining hope, staying positive, and, at the same time, being serious and dedicated in their activism. […]
If you are fasting with us, it more than likely means that your commitment to not being a bystander goes beyond what most people are willing to give of themselves. We are going to ask you to do more, though. Now is the time for the world’s actions to match the urgency of the situation […]
We allow multiple fasters for each day, so if you would like to fast for Darfur send us an email at fast@stopgenocidenow.org to be added! Day Date Name City, State Country Pledge Amount Pledge To 1 April 7 Gabriel Stauring Redondo Beach, CA USA $25 WFP Amber Garrow Clackamas, OR USA $25 WFP Malik Abdulrahman […]