Stop Genocide NowFollow Gabriel and Katie-Jay from SGN on their return trip to refugee camps in Eastern Chad to visit with the surviving victims of this genocide and hear their stories. They will there as a part of the Dream for Darfur Switch Over to Darfur program.
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On a daily basis the children of Darfur living in refugee camps in Eastern Chad have little to look forward to. We discovered today, what a little attention can do for the soul. We wake early to head out to the camps, and with the breeze and a little cloud cover the day is much […]
We should be telling our leaders and the world that it is the responsibility of the government of Sudan to protect UN-AU Peacekeepers in their country. If violence towards them and other humanitarian aid workers increases with recent evidence brought against President al-Bashir, then war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetuated by the government of […]
Download this profile to print For five years children have attended school in tarped, stick structures. They have spent their morning break on this basketball court, and soccer field, playing with anything they can find including plastic bags filled with sand, old soda cans, and metal wheel frames. Their swing sets have no swings, only […]
Our little room at the UNHCR compound is far from luxurious, but it’s close to comfortable. We have beds with foam mattresses, a fan, and just enough space to have all of our stuff piled in there. The restrooms are not exactly what I’m used to in the US, but they do the job. Even […]
Greetings JWW! Today we showed your video to a small group of women in Camp Oure Cassoni. Aziza showed us how to set up the cooker, which she received just a month ago. There are now two solar cookers per block in her Zone (which there are three of). They are just beginning to use […]
“The women are really suffering here, more than other camps,” Bouba says to me as we walk past the second school being built by women. The sun is at high noon, and in a camp of 27,000 refugees, there are maybe 20 in sight. Ten children tagging behind us, hoping to get their picture taken, […]
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 […]
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 […]