Day 5 “Bonjour” Rene calls from kitchen as I wonder in for my morning café. This might be the last of the café until we reach N’Djamena. I savor the last sips of it while I pack my bags, well, I pack half a bag of my personal belongings and repack our three backpacks and […]
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A Promise
The front door of the building is creaking with the wind, the donkeys are upset and hewhawing continuously and the dogs haven’t stopped barking since we got here four nights ago. But these aren’t the reasons why I am wide awake after a really long day in camps, little food and not very much sleep. […]
HOPE
We are leaving later than usual today but with the hopes that we will stay later in to the afternoon, as we are the convoy, that is to say the only car following our armed escort. We make the usual stop at the security office, tell them that we would like to stay until 2pm, […]
Hola Mimi (Stauring)! I love my first trip to the camps! The last two days have been amazing and I can’t wait to return tomorrow! If I learn any new games out here I will be sure to share them when I return! Greetings Djata! And welcome to the team for your first i-ACT! In […]
Returning to Camp Kounoungou
i-ACT Day 1 means the start of a ten day marathon of non-stop activity. It’s been busy pre-i-ACT, but now it goes to another level. For Day 1, I get up at 6am and start getting ready to head out to Camp Kounoungou. We head out on a convoy with security from the local authorities. […]
Almost there
UNHCR Guest House, Guereda Dogs have not stopped barking since we got back to the guesthouse in Guereda. Hala is a wonderful host. It gives me a warm feeling to be meeting people that now know us, and must believe that what we are doing is right because they treat us as family. I enjoyed […]
Man, I wish I had brought a French dictionary! Slowly its all coming back to me – all 5 years of reading and writing with very little speaking of French still gets puts me in situations of “Je ne comprends pas ou Je ne sais pas!” But as I hear more and more, I begin […]
Help spread the idea of i-ACT RHYTHM & HOPE! We are looking for an artist to join us on the inaugural i-ACT R&H – contact i-actinfo[at]stopgenocidenow.org if you want to get involved! The Project and Objectives i-ACT’s RHYTHM & HOPE team members will be in four target refugee camps over at least a 10 day […]
Our Part
We also have to do it for ourselves, we are part of this world, just sitting around and waiting for things to get better is an act of complicity; omission is also a sin! Are we like children waiting to be rescued? and to rescue? No, we must take responsibility, the solution is in our […]
Gabriel replies to Mimi, Irais, Gabo, Daniel, Zahara, Lisa, Pam B, Mimi Schiff, Charles D, Tony, Gina and Brandon.