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!
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 […]
Far, far away… 10:30pm With each new leg of our trip, we keep getting farther and farther away from the world I’ve lived in. N’Djamena was a pretty radical departure to start with. The whole city has an atmosphere of palpable unease. Then we jumped to Abeche, which does not have one paved road. Donkeys […]
Invite someone to sit with you and visit i-ACT Invite someone to sit with you and visit i-ACT and show them how to view the videos and use the blog. Help them post their first comment or question to Gabriel in the camps.
6:08pm Commenting back Hello again. I cut short answering some of your questions yesterday because of the always present electricity issue, but we’re back! I hope we are also seeing some of the answers to your questions through the videos. I am making an effort to go out and ask the questions you’ve been asking […]
Let’s continue writing… OK, you have one more day to write your letters to the newspapers. I can’t hear you. We need to SCREAM louder!!! LOUDER!!! Pump up the volume!!! Los Angeles Times (email) The New York Times (email) Wall Street Journal (email) Washington Post (email) Washington Times (email) News Media Directory For advice about […]
9:36pm Title: Day 11: Guereda-Kounoungo-Guereda-Mile-Guereda-Iriba That was our day today. We had not planned to go to camp Kounoungo, but I then heard that the African Union, the force that is in charge of monitoring the “peace” in Darfur, was going to land by helicopter to check out conditions in the camp, so we headed […]
Continue to write letters to the newspaper Because this is such an important issue, we want to give everyone a chance to write a letter. We will ask you to ACT on letter writing a few days. Please take a moment to write to your national newspapers. If we show that this is important to […]
I’ll be right back! 5:19 pm I was going to start writing, but I just looked outside right now, and it is getting dark. I think I should go take a bath, since every day we come back bathed in sand; there is just no way around it. It is sandy and windy! Today we […]
Write a letter to the newspaper Write a letter to the editor of your national newspaper urging your support for increased international engagement in Darfur. Talk to them about i-ACT and tell them in your own words why you think i-ACT is an important tool to increase coverage about the genocide in Darfur. Help us […]
A boy called Muhammad 6:36 pm It was just by chance that we met Muhammad. We were at the top of a hill where a water tank is, so we could get a panoramic view of the camp. You can see that on the Day 8 video. After that, we were going “home,” since Ali, […]