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Camp Darfur in Fort Wayne

Rachel Utesch from Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne writes: Camp Darfur was like nothing I have experienced before. Right in front of me were 5 tents where I could learn all about our world’s genocides in the 20th century. After each genocide, humanity would say...

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Camp Darfur in UIUC

Jenny Byelick from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Action Darfur wrote to us about their experience bringing Camp Darfur to campus their campus! I was extremely moved and motivated by the Camp Darfur exhibit. It really illustrated the history of...

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Introducing KTJ

Introducing KTJ

Greetings SGN community! I am proud to be working with you all. Since July I have been working with the core team and recently have begun traveling with Gabriel and Camp Darfur. My background is in community development and organizing and I am eager to share these...

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What are the REAL numbers for Darfur?

What are the REAL numbers for Darfur?

Each day I open my computer and the BBC news pops up as my home page. I respect the BBC because their news system is far more balanced and community-based than ours here in the States. Almost daily in the past week, BBC has posted a front page report about an attack...

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En Español

En Español

Jorge Holly, quien trabaja para el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados, platico con nosotros en Julio 2007 sobre la situacion en Darfur y la vida dificil de los...

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Revisiting Ahmat

Revisiting Ahmat

View 2005 interview with English-speaking young refugee, Ahmat (16 at time of interview). Ahmat is now back in Darfur, risking his life in order to continue studying. Click here to download the transcript of the...

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Darfur in the news: peacekeepers killed and kidnapped.

As the world waits for the 26,000 hybrid force to pull together their troops, supplies, and money for a UN-Africa Union peacekeeping mission, we see the situation in Darfur worsening. Rebel leaders have attacked a base, killing soldiers and looting their base. Today...

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About News Coverage

Although there has been a lot more Darfur news coverage, you still have to make an effort and look for it. The mainstream media outlets barely mention it. One happening they did cover, though, was the United Nations resolution to send in 26,000 troops in to the...

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Our Part

We also have to do it for ourselves, we are part of this world, just sitting around and waiting for things to get better is an act of complicity; omission is also a sin! Are we like children waiting to be rescued? and to rescue? No, we must take responsibility, the...

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