Category: i-ACT 5: June 10 – 22, 2008
Follow Gabriel and Katie-Jay from SGN on their return trip to refugee camps on the Chad – Darfur border to visit with the surviving victims of this genocide and hear their stories. They will be joined by former STAND Leadership Committee members, Scott Warren and Colin O’Brien. Join the community, become an i-ACTivist for Darfur.
What I Learned
So, by now, you know that we weren’t able to visit any refugee camps. To echo the chorus, obviously it’s extremely
Get Involved!
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And now the Rain.
It’s a quiet early morning in N’Djamena. It’s not the eerie, bad, thick quiet that we could almost feel in February.
Colin’s Journal
It looks like there’s no longer a chance that we can make it out to refugee camps this time. After spending
Commitment and ACTION
At the end of writing this I realized I had started a short diatribe, and so if you don’t get to
Update from Abeche – Tuesday 17 June – 7:49am
Hello friends: Following on the theme for World Refugee Day (June 20), we decided to take on that general theme for
i-Act 5 Ending early, but we will continue reporting
Edit: Originally sent to our mailing list on 16 June, 2008. Hello Friends and Familia: We are starting our second week
Field Report from Abeche – Monday June 16 11:30am
The rebels have left Goz Beida and UNHCR has resumed flights to the area. All 230 international and national staff members
Update from Abeche – Sunday 15 June – 3pm
We had cell phone service early in the morning but the signal went dead well before noon. Our friend and translator,