Hello friends, familia: We are coming to our last four days of i-ACT. It has been so great to have so many of you follow us along and share in the ups and downs of visiting with our family from Darfur. I can see, from your comments, that you are also connecting with the individuals […]
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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!
Greetings From” Camp # 4″, Today we went to another new camp. The energy there was one filled with community and neighborhood. We both said, ” Let’s just walk down this path and see where the day takes us.” Sometimes we’ll look for women to speak with or families or search for a school but […]
Day 10 comments
We haven’t received day 10 blog entries from Gabriel and Stacey, so please post any comments you have on day 10’s video here for the time being. EDIT: Gabriel’s post has arrived! Please post comments to him there.
A New Day (Day 9 from Stacey)
(written 12/29/06 2.47pm) Greetings, Today, we headed back to our “new camp” which is the third one we’ve spent time visiting. Each camp has a particular feel to it. This one is vast in size, has many older people and there is a more anxious sense from many of the adults. Gabriel found a tall, […]
day 9 from Gabriel
(written 12/29/06 9.38pm) We’re getting ready to head out to another camp, one we have not visited before. This will be our fourth. Each morning, when we get in our car and we see the blue gates open, I feel some excitment. The drives to the camps are not boring; on the contrary, there is […]
Gabriel and Stacey try very hard to reply to every comment posted. To make their replies easier for you to locate, we’re going to post them on the main blog itself, as part of each day’s blog entry. So just keep watching the latest blog entries to catch their replies. Or you can search for […]
day 8 from stacey
Friends, Today we left the camp we had been at for three days and travelled to a new camp.In case you are wondering why we never name the camps we visit, it is a precaution we take to safe guard ourselves and the refugees who so bravely tell their stories. So, today we went to […]
day 8 from gabriel
(written 12/27/06–8:17pm) Days are flying by now. We have a hectic schedule, from the time we open our eyes in the morning, until we close them to go to sleep, late at night. There are so many things, little and small, that have to get done everyday, so that we can send you the daily […]
First Day of School
We woke up at the crack of dawn this morning to go to school. It felt just like it did as a child. I was filled with anticipation and hope and sleep as we headed to “our” first day of school. I pictured a few dedicated children gathered around a dedicated teacher in a small […]
The view from the hill
Blog, 12/27/06 7:52am, Eastern Chad Not far from the refugee camp school, there is a pretty little hill that just calls to be climbed. After a couple of ours of looking in at school activities, I asked Stace and Ali if they wanted to walk to the top of the hill. I thought it would […]