Hey Tony: Yes, the role environmental issues play are is also important. You are right in that the immediate solution has to be for the world to act now, and long term issues can be worked on with the assurance that there will people there to live in a balanced environment. Thanks Tony! Hello Isaac: […]
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i-ACT returns to refugee Camps on Chad-Darfur border for another 10 days of citizen reporting. Stay tuned for Day 1 on 10 July 2007!
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Action
It may seem as if we’re saying goodbye – but we’re not! i-ACT continues through the following campaigns: i-ACT Extension: We’re leaving behind communications equipment with refugees so our interaction continues even after Gabriel and Stacey have left. Camp Darfur: Invite Gabriel and Stacey to your school, college or other venue! They’ll set up an […]
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Day 10 from Gabriel
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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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 […]
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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 […]
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We’re on our way!
Hello again my friends, familia: It was so nice to see Stacey, my travel partner for this i-ACT, walking up to me here at the Paris airport. We’re ready to go! It has a strange feeling to it, this trip. It feels familiar, from last year’s trip, but different, going in to a more volatile […]
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Word on Ahmat
I recently received an e-mail from Ali, an aid worker at camps Mile and Kounoungo. He gave me word on Ahmat, the English speaking young man we met on Day 11 of i-ACT. Ahmat is OK, working a few hours a day at a “restaurant” in the camp. He is no longer studying English, since […]
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Happy?
On Air France plane sitting at N’D airport 11:54pm “Did you accomplish everything you wanted to accomplish?” Chris asked me. On the field, given the challenges and our limitations, I’m “happy” with what we did. We presented the human side of the story, going beyond the numbers. Now we have some faces, happy and sad, […]
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Commenting Back
5:50pm Title: Commenting back Hey Shelley: Thank YOU! I look forward to working with you back in California; there is so much we can do! Let’s start increasing the pressure and making some more NOISE, so that our representatives and the rest of the international community take true responsibility and ACT. Let’s start directly helping […]