For the women who have had terrible crimes committed against them yet they are the cornerstone and strength of their families and communities.
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Reasons #58-62
Category: i-ACT
i-ACT Expedition #10 Day 9
One student’s story takes you to the heart of the Darfur conflict. It is memories like these that carry on through generations to come. And it is kids like Yaya that motivate us to continue to work for peace.
Did you miss the live stream with Darfuri students? Check out the recorded version of the School Assembly from Tuesday March 29, 2011!
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The Obama Administration has appointed a senior level diplomat for Darfur, Ambassador Dane Smith. They did this to answer our calls of action. You and thousands of others called, wrote, posted, tweeted, and signed. With your support behind them the administration was able to move forward on the roadmap of peace for Darfur. (IN BOLD) […]
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Pictures from Day 8
Why Darfur? I can’t even guess how many times I’ve been asked this question over the last six years. When I first started becoming an advocate for peace in Darfur, there was not this united front by activists, and we really didn’t know exactly what we were doing, or at least I didn’t. I do […]
“Because Darfur does not have a President. The president now does great injustice for the people… so I want to be President… rule to my community for justice. Let justice rule for my community so my generation will live in peace.”
We have just one more day in Djabal camp. We have spent over a week now visiting our friends here. We have spent a lot of time working on the technology for CommKit, letting the students learn how to use the computer and seeing them read and respond to messages from their friends in the […]
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Pictures from Day 7
The days fly by, and, looking back, they start to flow in to each other, as one long day that started when we landed in Goz Beida and will end in two more days. Refugees have been seeking us out, arriving one by one and often quietly waiting until they catch our eye to pull […]
We spent most of the day yesterday with Jimiya, Khaltouma, Rahma, Ali, Murtada, and Raouda. In the morning we trained them on CommKit. They picked it up quickly, just like our kids back home in CA can figure out the games on on my cell phones quicker than me (Reason #38)! It was so great […]
