Stop Genocide NowJoin Gabriel and Chis on i-ACT’s first trip to Chad. For 21 consecutive days, the Genocide Intervention Fund (GIF) and StopGenocideNow.org will webcast the immediacy of the ongoing genocide in Darfur directly from the field with the new awareness campaign i-ACT (Interactive Activism).
i-ACT will travel to the Chad/Dafur border and visit refugee camps. Along with technical assistance from volunteers, they will use the power of the Internet to put a face to the mind-numbing numbers of dead, dying and displaced.
Immediate danger Heavily armed men ride in during the middle of the night and take whatever they want. During the day, men are abducted and tortured, women beaten and raped…and these are the survivors. There are killings also. It sounds like reports we are hearing from the interior of Darfur, with its ever deteriorating security […]
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Chasing the border 6:45 pm Sudan is a pretty large country, as countries go, but we had a hard time finding it. Sunday is a rest day for the NGO’s; they did not go to the camp. We decided to go see the line between Darfur and Chad, after first asking Pacome, the UNHCR head […]
This weekend give-up a little bit and give a lot Give-up something for the weekend (like eating out, buying coffee, going to the movies, etc.) and donate the money you would spend to i-ACT or to a humanitarian organization currently helping to save the lives of Darfurian children, women, and men. Here are some suggestions […]
Family Pictures 10:35 pm I was just looking at some of the pictures I’ve taken, the families, the children, and the recipients of the Peace Tiles. They really do look like our children; they look like family. But, what have those eyes seen and what have those hearts felt? Way up north…Bahai 5:02 pm Today […]
This weekend give-up a little bit and give a lot Give-up something for the weekend (like eating out, buying coffee, going to the movies, etc.) and donate the money you would spend to i-ACT or to a humanitarian organization currently helping to save the lives of Darfurian children, women, and men. Here are some suggestions […]
Far, far away… 10:30pm With each new leg of our trip, we keep getting farther and farther away from the world I’ve lived in. N’Djamena was a pretty radical departure to start with. The whole city has an atmosphere of palpable unease. Then we jumped to Abeche, which does not have one paved road. Donkeys […]
Invite someone to sit with you and visit i-ACT Invite someone to sit with you and visit i-ACT and show them how to view the videos and use the blog. Help them post their first comment or question to Gabriel in the camps.
6:08pm Commenting back Hello again. I cut short answering some of your questions yesterday because of the always present electricity issue, but we’re back! I hope we are also seeing some of the answers to your questions through the videos. I am making an effort to go out and ask the questions you’ve been asking […]
Let’s continue writing… OK, you have one more day to write your letters to the newspapers. I can’t hear you. We need to SCREAM louder!!! LOUDER!!! Pump up the volume!!! Los Angeles Times (email) The New York Times (email) Wall Street Journal (email) Washington Post (email) Washington Times (email) News Media Directory For advice about […]