Stop Genocide NowThere are many rituals shared, with subtle variations, by all of humanity. They cut through the man-made barriers that have arisen over time – borders, skin color, amount of wealth – and remind us that we are much more same than different. One of these rituals is school-going. In a refugee camp set in the […]
Follow our journey using Google Maps. We’ll be updating the the map as the journey progresses. If you have Google Earth installed, you can load this file to view it within the program. We also recommend you visit Crisis in Darfur. This is a great visualization of the damage that has been wrought in the […]
Today was a dream i-ACT day: we captured almost four great stories in a matter of hours, and in the end had to decide which to use! It was also a special day for me as a tech guy. Right after recording our Ask the Candidate question, we walked to Hamara’s tent to show her […]
Gabriel, Connie and Yuen-Lin ask the American presidential candidates what they plan to do for Darfur.
La Escuelita. Nos fuimos muy temprano para acompañar a los niños a su escuela en la mañana. Ya nos esperaban. Nos fuimos caminando y a cada paso se unían más y más hasta que eran cientos de niños en camino a la escuelita. Ellos como cualquiera de nuestros niños, se reían, jugaban, se tomaban de […]
If a person has experienced a lot of suffering for a prolonged period, one may expect it to leave a mark. If there has not been effective outside assistance in bringing peace to one’s homeland, one might at least be cautious towards outsiders. Not so with the people we have met and seen so far. […]
Today was a traveling day. Gabriel and I worked late, then around sunrise everyone switched to packing mode, and soon we were off to N’djamena airport. The streets of N’djamena were quiet and calm, and there were no soldiers in sight. Quite a change from the day before. The airport was also quiet when we […]
Hello Michael V! That is a great idea. I will go to Mansur tomorrow and ask him if you could have a drawing to make a t-shirt with. I brought some drawing material and will leave for him to keep, for future drawings. I think your t-shirt would be a good awareness tool, and then […]
Replies to Lars, Tere, Rachel, Azra, Meron, Gayle, Lisa G, Stacey and Mimi.
We slept just a little next to nothing last night. I feel pretty comfortable with the editing; it is even fun. I get to see all the video taken during the day, as I download it from the video cameras, so it’s another dose of beautiful faces (and some sad stories). But, it has not […]