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Really Dreaming (Reason #13: A child should be able to see beyond a refugee camp)
All of our sleeping has been so off. We’re awake in the middle of the night, and we just crash in the afternoon, when we get back from the camp. Today we spent six hours walking around Djabal and having conversations with refugees of all ages. We often end up...
Reasons #14-20
Tesa, age 5 Zahara, age 12 Nura, age 13 Rashida, age 10 Yahia, age 6 Alhazafi, age 10 Asha and her 8 month old twins, Kamal and...
ACT
Tomorrow, Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 10-110am Eastern (7-8am Pacific) is our Refugee Town Hall Meeting: Why Darfur…Again? For today’s action, send us your questions or a topic you want to hear about: Leave a comment here Via twitter: #askdarfur On facebook You...
Pictures from Day 3
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Education
A short video featuring some of our tour through the schools of...
Welcome
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ACT
This week, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other members of “The Elders” released statements calling for peace in Sudan. Archbishop Tutu said: “This is a critical time for the people of Sudan and the African continent. I pray...
iOnGround: Darfur Refugee Journalism. Their lives, through their eyes.
Rahma was so excited to receive a camera for the day. He enthusiastically taught his sister, Zaineb, and Bashir how to use the ‘quick camera’ (still camera), as they call it, and Bashar to use a video camera. The quick cameras, like most found in the United States,...
Passing On (Reason #8 Malnutrition is not acceptable; Reason #9 Many children have spent more than half their lives in a camp; Reason #10 Teachers and leaders hope for a brighter future in Darfur)
Haboba means Grandmother. Ha-Boo-Ba. I love the sound of it. You can’t help but smile when you say it. Today we met Khaltouma’s grandmother, Hawa, and yesterday we met Rahma’s grandmother. She is blind and lives with a young girl who takes care of her. We looked for...