Stop Genocide NowOne 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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Commenting Back 11:36pm Cynthia: Thanks! I was feeling a bit down just now. Your comment brought me back, still a bit sad, but so much more rocking! Gracias amiga. Say hi to all at o.net…miss everyone. g 10:48pm Hi Tere: It is unbelievable that people would choose to live in such harsh areas. I’m not […]
Tell a favorite teacher about i-ACT …and ask them to demonstrate it to their students. You don’t have to be a student to know a teacher. The teacher could be your best friend, friend of a friend, family or neighbor. You can also ask them to become our partners in education by sending us an […]
7:56 PM Commenting back Dear Shelley (MSMC): You sent this comment a while back, Hello from MSMC! I was finally able to upload the videos that I could not before. It was a much speedier proccess! I am in awe. The footage is incredible. My heart goes out to the thousands of children at each […]
Today is a National Call-In Day for AU Peacekeeper Funding Urgent action alert from our friends and partners of i-ACT at the Genocide Intervention Network (GIN). After the success of our last National Call-In Day for Darfur, we hope that you will join us in picking up the phone once again today. Experts from the […]
Immediate danger Heavily armed men ride in during the middle of the night and take whatever they want. During the day, men are abducted and tortured, women beaten and raped…and these are the survivors. There are killings also. It sounds like reports we are hearing from the interior of Darfur, with its ever deteriorating security […]
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Chasing the border 6:45 pm Sudan is a pretty large country, as countries go, but we had a hard time finding it. Sunday is a rest day for the NGO’s; they did not go to the camp. We decided to go see the line between Darfur and Chad, after first asking Pacome, the UNHCR head […]
This weekend give-up a little bit and give a lot Give-up something for the weekend (like eating out, buying coffee, going to the movies, etc.) and donate the money you would spend to i-ACT or to a humanitarian organization currently helping to save the lives of Darfurian children, women, and men. Here are some suggestions […]
Family Pictures 10:35 pm I was just looking at some of the pictures I’ve taken, the families, the children, and the recipients of the Peace Tiles. They really do look like our children; they look like family. But, what have those eyes seen and what have those hearts felt? Way up north…Bahai 5:02 pm Today […]