Category: Day 4: Dec 24, 2006

Gabriel and Stacey make it out to Abeche thanks to WFP. From there they drive to a refugee camp and meet some of the women and children staying there. In a few moments of footage, again, the price of inaction becomes clear.

Action

Hunt down the answers to the following True or False questions:

  1. President of Sudan (al-Bashir) continues to deny involvement with the atrocities
  2. African Union (AU) peacekeepers now on the ground do NOT have the mandate to protect
  3. The United Nations has stopped short of calling the Darfur crisis a genocide
  4. The government of Sudan accuses the world of exaggerating the number of deaths

We recommend the following resources for finding your answers:

  • BBC – one of the most reliable news networks on Darfur news
  • GIN – an anti-genocide organization
  • Africa Action
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Day 4: Dec 24, 2006

The First Visit

Hello from Eastern Chad! Yes, we finally made it. After a tense morning hoping to get on a plane that was full to capacity with all of our equipment and food which was over the weight limit, we at last flew to Abeche. There were seats for Gabriel, Ali and me! We were all ecstatic […]

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Day 4: Dec 24, 2006

We’ll be flying

Blog 12/23/06, N’djamena Airport 7:20am Stacey hates flying, or maybe dreads flying would be a better description. But, here she is in a small 18 seater plane with me, as the propellers start turning and the engines making a noise that must be terrifying to Stace. I’m between excited and worried. It’s not every day […]