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Day 1: Jan 19, 2008

TIA, This is Africa

I loved the movie Blood Diamond for so many reasons. It was conspiracy based, incredibly informative and exciting. Plus it had Leo in it, what’s not to Love. The catch phrase from the movie was TIA, This is Africa. Which after 24 hours in Chad, I can’t say I have been involved in any international […]

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Day 1: Jan 19, 2008

Returning to Camp Kounoungou

i-ACT Day 1 means the start of a ten day marathon of non-stop activity. It’s been busy pre-i-ACT, but now it goes to another level. For Day 1, I get up at 6am and start getting ready to head out to Camp Kounoungou. We head out on a convoy with security from the local authorities. […]

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Day 1: Jan 19, 2008

Aikram! Snap, Switch, Show and Shriek

I wake before the alarm on my watch starts beeping and 6:45am flashes in indigo. Today we go to Kounougo!Our land cruiser is the last in the convoy heading to the camp; all humanitarian vehicles are marked with a “no weapons” image, yet ironically we follow a pick-up truck with a gun and several soldiers. […]

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Day 1: Jan 19, 2008 i-ACT 4: Jan 19 - 28, 2008

10 Day Challenge!

In i-ACT tradition, we are pleased to announce the return of the i-ACT Challenge! We’d like to show our appreciation to all i-ACTivists who follow Gabriel, Katie-Jay, Joshua and Jeremiah on their journey and participate in the daily actions. Every day when you watch the video, notice that in the daily action, one word will […]

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Day 1: Jan 19, 2008

More pictures from today

All i-ACT pictures available at flickr.