Stop Genocide NowThis week, Nelson Mandela, Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and other members of “The Elders” released statements calling for peace in Sudan. Archbishop Tutu said: “This is a critical time for the people of Sudan and the African continent. I pray that voting will be peaceful, but if things go badly, it’s likely that there […]
Tell five friends that the i-ACT team has reached the Darfuri refugee camps and to follow us in the coming days. Join the National Week of Action for Sudan, sign the Sudan Now Petition and share it with your community!
On September 19, 2010 i-ACT launched our newest multi-media exhibit, MY HOME: A Walk Through Children’s Memories of Darfur. It was part of an international Global Day of Action for Sudan to bring attention to the current situation in Darfur, Sudan, and the approaching referendum scheduled for January 2011. It was a powerful experience, both […]
Our i-ACT team is gearing up to return to the Darfur refugee camps on the Chad-Darfur border in late 2010. We will be uploading same day web casts, creating personal relationships between advocates around the world and survivors, and implementing i-ACT Exchange and CommKit. Our team will also be establishing the school to school relationships […]
The launch of i-ACT’s new exhibit, MY HOME: A Walk Through Children’s Memories of Darfur on September 19th, Global Day of Action for peace in Sudan, was a success! Check out videos, photos and reflections from the event on the SGN Blog. MY HOME has been requested in cities across the United States. We are […]
Drawings Highlight the Destruction of Their Villages and Life in a Refugee Camp MEDIA ALERT August 20, 2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Katie-Jay Scott, ktj@iactivism.org WHAT: MY HOME: A Walk Through Children’s Memories of Darfur is a multi-media exhibit. The children’s voices, faces, and drawings tell their horrific stories. They also show the beauty and […]
Take 5 minutes. Give $25. Help millions. Your $25 gift will help us build MY HOME. Be a part of telling Darfuri children’s story. Will you help us raise $2,500 to build MY HOME by August 19, 2010? Each and every dollar will go towards the creation of this exhibit, which will include Darfuri chidren’s […]
The i-ACT team put together a series of videos that you can share at your World Refugee Day (WRD) event or meet-up. It will help provide a sense of life in the refugee camps on the Chad-Darfur border, and keep the Sudanese Diaspora connected to their community back home. It can be played on a […]
…since I have held the hands of a Darfuri friend living in the refugee camps in Chad. I know that I am lucky enough to have even been able to go once, but there is not a day that goes by that I don’t wish we were about to go back. I know the time […]
With your help in 2010, we can launch a technology program that creates an ongoing mode of communication between refugees living in the camps and you and your community. CommKit, created by our team member Yuen-Lin after he visited the camps, is an all-in-one communications package that allows refugees in one of the most remote, […]