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Day 3: December 11

ACT

Tomorrow, Sunday, December 12, 2010 at 10-110am Eastern (7-8am Pacific) is our Refugee Town Hall Meeting: Why Darfur…Again? For today’s action, send us your questions or a topic you want to hear about: Leave a comment here Via twitter: #askdarfur On facebook You can also ask questions during the event. Join us at www.iactivism.org/live Refugee […]

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Day 3: December 11

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Day 2: December 10

Education

A short video featuring some of our tour through the schools of Djabal.

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Day 1: December 9

Welcome

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Day 2: December 10

ACT

This week, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other members of “The Elders” released statements calling for peace in Sudan. Archbishop Tutu said: “This is a critical time for the people of Sudan and the African continent. I pray that voting will be peaceful, but if things go badly, it’s likely that there […]

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Day 2: December 10

iOnGround: Darfur Refugee Journalism. Their lives, through their eyes.

Rahma was so excited to receive a camera for the day. He enthusiastically taught his sister, Zaineb, and Bashir how to use the ‘quick camera’ (still camera), as they call it, and Bashar to use a video camera. The quick cameras, like most found in the United States, also record video, but we thought to […]

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Day 2: December 10

Passing On (Reason #8 Malnutrition is not acceptable; Reason #9 Many children have spent more than half their lives in a camp; Reason #10 Teachers and leaders hope for a brighter future in Darfur)

Haboba means Grandmother. Ha-Boo-Ba. I love the sound of it. You can’t help but smile when you say it. Today we met Khaltouma’s grandmother, Hawa, and yesterday we met Rahma’s grandmother. She is blind and lives with a young girl who takes care of her. We looked for Raouda and her grandmother, Hassayna. In the […]

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Day 2: December 10

Soccer Bantering (Reason #11, every child has the right to play)

There has been an ongoing discussion between Rahma, his friends and our team. Rahma’s favorite team is Real Madrid. In his hut, he showed us posters of the team, and today he wears the jersey. He prefers Real Madrid over Barcelona because of Cristiano Rinaldo, “He is the best player, for me. Maybe not for […]

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Day 2: December 10

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Day 0: Preparations

A Change in Itinerary