Stop Genocide NowAs the new year begins, it is a great time to remind ourselves of why it is still important to speak out and raise awareness about the situation in Darfur and the refugee camps. We hear from Samantha Power about our responsibility to act, and Katie-Jay updates us on the state of the UNAMID peacekeeping mission.
As the team begins to share the experiences that they have started to encounter from Chad on yet another trip the word genocide has really taken on a true meaning for me. I realize how much this hits home when two people that have forever changed your life are on the ground in unsafe conditions. […]
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Hello Friends & Familia: A year ago, I spent New Year’s in Eastern Chad, where hundreds of thousands of Darfuri refugees have been living for years. I did not really get to celebrate New Year’s. This year, on my fourth trip to the camps, I am also close to departing but do get to celebrate […]
As we begin a new year, many of us will think about what we accomplished since January 1, 2007 and set our goals for 2008. But in Darfur, the hope will remain the same: to return home, leave the camps behind and begin to rebuild their lives as people, as mothers, fathers and children of […]
Stop Genocide Now team members gather this week in Los Angeles to prepare for our fourth trip to the camps and my first trip into a conflict region. Our time is spent following up with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) contacts, checking satellite connections, charging video cameras and, for me, learning an entirely […]