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Issue 4: Jan 2007

Tent to Tent

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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Issue 4: Jan 2007

Tents of Hope

Read more about our collaboration with the Tents of Hope project featuredat Petaluma 360here!

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Issue 4: Jan 2007

Going back to the camps

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 […]

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Issue 4: Jan 2007

United Nations and African Union Peacekeeping Force: Another Failed Promise

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 […]

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i-ACT 4: Jan 19 - 28, 2008 Issue 4: Jan 2007

Chad: Travel Advisory issued January 3, 2008

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 […]