Wow! Hello to Everyone, Wow, it’s been so hard to get to Abeche! Last night was very chaotic with a lot of difficult decisions. Ali found a car and driver to get all three of us to Abeche. It is a 15 to 17 hour drive through very barren desert and most NGO’s stop for […]
Tag: Darfur
“Darfur is…the epicenter of an earthquake, whose waves create all the troubles in the countries around,” Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner on Refugees, said today in a press conference we attended. The destruction created by that earthquake is mind blowing and heart breaking. What’s really sad is that, if this was a real earthquake, not […]
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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 […]
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Sharing a Note
Hi everyone, I wanted to share this e-mail from someone that followed i-ACT: Dear Gabriel I like to thank you and your team for going to see and hear the voices and show the video of your 21 days with the people of Darfur in their camps. I am originally from Darfur living right now […]
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Back!
Hey friends, familia:We’re back in California, enjoying the comforts of home. Besides struggling through some serious jet-lag, I’m really feeling great urgency and energy for working harder to help the people we met, and the millions more, to get back to their homes. I really missed my home and family during the month I was […]
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Lost Generation
N’Djamena 8:01pm We are down to the last few hours in Chad. I was just going over the stories we heard during our days at the camps, especially what the ones belonging to the young people. There was Muhammad, Ahmat, Farha, and Eisha. Muhammad we found making bricks. Ahmat is our English speaking friend. Farha, […]
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i-ACT Day Twenty-One
11:40pm Concrete assistance Hello all: I’ve been looking for ways for us, through Stop Genocide Now (SGN), to get some direct assistance to some of the children and families we’ve met at the refugee camps. Some of you have asked, including Shelley from MSMC and Ray from O.net, and it was one my goals for […]
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i-ACT Day Nineteen
In Africa it’s already 12/10 Day 20, Gaga and AU 10:20 pm It felt so good to just lose myself in between the tents of Gaga, with no guide or translator. Gaga is a small newer Camp, about an hour and a half east of Abeche. It was an interesting place for us because they […]
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i-ACT Day Seventeen
Commenting Back 11:36pm Cynthia: Thanks! I was feeling a bit down just now. Your comment brought me back, still a bit sad, but so much more rocking! Gracias amiga. Say hi to all at o.net…miss everyone. g 10:48pm Hi Tere: It is unbelievable that people would choose to live in such harsh areas. I’m not […]