Obama in Ghana – Hope for Darfur?

President Obama spoke in Ghana following the G8 summit. While encouraging Africans to take responsibility for their own future, he does acknowledge that the genocide in Darfur is not simply an African problem. He calls for an international system to oppose human rights violations and help those who have suffered. He specifically spoke out against the criminality [...]

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“The World’s New Threat: Conflict Fatigue”

The current humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo calls for our attention. However, according to two individuals connected to Enough, there is a major obstacle facing its resolution.
That obstacle?
“Conflict fatigue“.
Click here to read the article recently published on the subject – quite interesting.
The world has a lot of work to do…Anyone advocating for an end [...]

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Holding On To Our Humanity

The NY Times featured a fantastic article in today’s paper discussing the human response to mass suffering.
Nowadays, it seems like everywhere you look, horrible things are happening – from Darfur to the Congo to Zimbabwe to even here in the US. Bombarded by report after report of suffering, humans have a tendency to turn away, to [...]

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Toys For Darfur

An inspiring story -
A five-year-old from Pennsylvania saw a news story about children in Darfur. Noticing that none of the children shown had any toys, Riley Hebbard took it upon herself to change that.
Riley’s Toys for Darfur was born – a toy drive aimed at ensuring every kid in Africa has a toy of their own.

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“In Darfur, People Still Laugh”

Evil is real and rampant…but in the midst of evil…the human spirit often shines brightest…after the Holocaust, people forgave…in Darfur, people still laugh.
Those words were spoken this week by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to the World Health Assembly in Geneva.
Tutu emphasized that a person should be healthy physically, mentally, and spiritually – acknowledging that one finds [...]

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Kristof Discusses Rape

Nicholas Kristof’s latest op-ed discusses rape – a weapon of war which often outlasts the war itself.
Put simply by Kristof -
Even when the fighting ends, the rape continues.
Sexual violence plagues several areas ripped apart by war – Congo, Sudan, Bosnia, Rwanda, Liberia – leaving a lasting impact on women, girls, men, boys, and children born out [...]

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Rape – A Weapon of War

Today, an expert spoke with several US senators about a common weapon of war.
No, that weapon was not guns nor was it bombs. It was rape.
Rape is far too often used as a means of bringing down the enemy during a war – as is the case currently in Darfur and the Congo (DRC).
1100 rapes [...]

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