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Day 2: Aug 2, 2008

Action: Stop the funds

Just beyond the borders of the camp where team members KTJ and Gabriel are visiting friends, lies ashes of livelihoods. As one refugee said, only the name remains of her village. This genocide is expensive, and oil and weapons are profitable. Action 1 Sudan has many investors besides China that are interested in making a […]

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Darfur Athlete Profiles Day 2: Aug 2, 2008

Darfur Athlete Profile: Issa, 14

Download this profile to print Issa Age: 14 Refugee in Camp Oure Cassoni Nationality: Sudanese How Issa got to Camp Oure Cassoni When asked who destroyed his village, Issa will tell you, the President of Sudan. Four years ago, Issa’s village Darfur was attacked by Sudanese soldiers and the Janjaweed. With machetes, the men tore […]

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Day 2: Aug 2, 2008

Only the name remains.

“Please keep putting a fire under Bashir,” Amira asked from us and all Americans. She said that Bashir needs pressure, so that he will allow peace to come to Darfur. Amira wants to go back home with her husband and six children. She does not understand why her own government and the Janjaweed have destroyed […]

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Day 2: Aug 2, 2008

only a name is left

clay kitchen walls covered with black smoke fire destroyed Cornoye four years pass by energy spent waiting for humanity to reach from our hearts compassion rising above consumed lives buying spending thinking of self reaching up and out towards colors rose turquoise forest and sky set across the sand of hopeless desolate lives dependent on […]

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Day 0: Preparations Day 2: Aug 2, 2008

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