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Author: James Thacher
James is i-ACT's web and graphic designer and main video editor. As a full-time staff member, he also does a little bit of everything to keep all the projects running.
Today was a bit of deja vu as we retuned to the UNHCR compound to get our filming permits. We made the best of our wait by interviewing three people working in different but interconnected offices. First we spoke with Delphine Marie who essentially works as the spokesperson for the UNHCR mission in Chad. She […]
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James’ thoughts on arrival
Most of our first full day in the capital was spent at the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) doing the Byzantine paperwork necessary to travel through eastern Chad. After our driver picked us up at the hotel I got my first chance to see rush hour life in N’djamena. The streets were busier […]
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Travel Pictures
Today the International Criminal Court issued a second arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al Bashir – it has now added charges of three counts of genocide to his previous seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is the first time ever the Court has issued an arrest warrant for genocide. Yesterday […]
State Department officials’ leadership needed to guide Obama administration’s stalled policy on Sudan WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following this month’s flawed national elections in Sudan, a group of anti-genocide and human rights organizations is calling on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice to increase their oversight of the faltering U.S. policy […]
Check it out! We’re about to start a 2-way chat with the Obama school children in Camp Djabal!!! Watch live streams there from other refugee camps around the world and learn more about the situation in Chad, Syria and Pakistan.
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Previously posted Day 0 video
