Dear Friends: It is not very pleasant to be focusing on genocide every day. It is exciting, though, and it gives me so much energy and hope, to be able to work next to some amazing young people who are truly giving of themselves to help others halfway around the world. Members of the Human […]
Tag: Camp Darfur
Tony, Hi, hope all is well with you. Thanks for following up on the actions. Yes, I think their traditions are just so different that with all the enforced change, solar ovens may just feel very foreign. I think it’s pretty universal to want ” home cooking” but the idea is very creative and people […]
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: […]
As we were leaving the little village we visited up North, we received sad news about another village, Guereda, and camp we wanted so much to go to, Kounoungo. The day before, there had been fighting between different armed groups. Then, either as a deliberate attack or from being caught in the cross fire, two […]
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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 stacey
Friends, Today we left the camp we had been at for three days and travelled to a new camp.In case you are wondering why we never name the camps we visit, it is a precaution we take to safe guard ourselves and the refugees who so bravely tell their stories. So, today we went to […]
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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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hi from stace
Hi everyone: Well, here we go. So much planning and team effort to make this happen! I feel very hopeful that this journey may bring the beautiful people of Darfur closer to many people’s hearts and enlighten people unfamiliar with the atrocities the humanity at stake. Most of all, though, I believe that this team […]
Hello everyone, Since coming back from the camps, I have not really been writing too much here. I’m going to change that, since I think it’s a great way to stay connected and let you know about the situation back in the camps and Darfur and about ways that you can become involved and be […]