An alliance of Chadian rebel groups has launched a fresh offensive to overthrow the government of Chadian president Idriss Deby. The rebels requested mediation by France and the EU as a precursor to avert war, but their request was not accepted. Beginning from positions in Eastern Chad near the border with Sudan, they have advanced […]
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Fast for Darfur – Join Me
Posted on behalf of Chann Noun, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide. Hi everyone, After having gone through an extremely terrible starvation during the Cambodian genocide era (especially in 1975) and a somewhat mild one in the refugee camps in the mid 80’s, I vowed never to experience any hungry feelings ever again after I […]
Day 1: April 7, 2008 Gabriel Stauring of Redondo Beach, California, along with Amber Garrow in Clackamas, Oregon and Malik Abdulrahman in Darfur, Sudan, fasts in solidarity with Adef and pledges $25 to the World Food Programme. Adef lives in Camp Djabal, Eastern Chad. Adef’s village was destroyed, and he had to flee across the […]
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A bit about i-ACT Tech
Please allow me to say a bit about the area I am more familiar with, which is i-ACT tech. There are three main parts to the tech involved in bringing each day of i-ACT from Chad to you. One is getting the content (video, text, pictures) from there to here. The second is post-processing that […]
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Djabal’s Village
Day 6 The sun rises gradually this morning. Or maybe its that I am already half awake several hours before we need to get up; each time I slowly open my eyes and quickly close them again its just a little brighter. I quickly gather our things and we are off. A new day, a […]
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TIA, This is Africa
I loved the movie Blood Diamond for so many reasons. It was conspiracy based, incredibly informative and exciting. Plus it had Leo in it, what’s not to Love. The catch phrase from the movie was TIA, This is Africa. Which after 24 hours in Chad, I can’t say I have been involved in any international […]
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Welcome to i-ACTzine
Gabriel and the i-ACT team will be giving video updates, giving you an insight to what the team is up to, and to bring you current news from the ground. Please give us any feedback and suggestions to help us give you what YOU want to hear. Subscribe to our RSS feed to get in […]
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YL’s comment replies #1
Hey all, we decided to post our comment repies both as blog entries and as comments, so it’s easier for people to find. Here are mine for day 2 to MaryAnn, Sylvia, Mimi Stauring, Mimi Schiff, Lisa, and JL.
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ACTION
To support and guide citizens to realize their own power to bring about large, seemingly impractical change through practical action.
Greetings, Today, our “mission”, as Ali refers to all work assignments, took us back to our first camp. The travel there takes about an hour and one half and gives me plenty of time to think. I thought a lot about my usual work as compared to what we do here. With performance and writing […]