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Day 3: Actions for Darfur

Today we offer you two actions. The first, many of you can complete by following a link and signing a petition. The second is a personal commitment that we are asking you to take with us. Both require you to really look at yourself and the context in which you live amongst humanity. 1. Did […]

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Day 3: March 26

YL’s journal (day 3)

Dear friends and family, Today we left N’djamena for Abeche. The day started with some drama at N’djamena airport, where we found that our luggage was way above the weight limit of 15kg per person. Mind you, it wasn’t that we brought a lot of extra items from home – just that with all that […]

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Day 3: March 26

Instability, as usual.

We joke around with agencies’ staff, “The rebels wait for us to come, and then they make a move.” For me, sometimes joking and actually saying what I don’t want to happen helps relieve some of the tension, and I’m hoping that maybe it unleashes something of a reverse-jinx! It would be too much of […]

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Day 3: March 26

Its Worth Every Hurtle

I would love to be taking a nap in the plane right now. We are 23,000 feet above the arid, Chadian desert. Finally, a step closer to the refugee camps. A step that was quite exhausting. But it wouldn’t be Chad if it was easy. After sleeping for about two hours, we abruptly finished packing, […]

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Day 3: March 26

Pictures from today