Darfur Family Reunited

A couple from Darfur currently residing in New York has reunited with their four-year-old daughter recently released from a refugee camp in Sudan.
It had been two-and-a-half years since the parents had seen their child. The mother described her ordeal as “very difficult…it’s a piece of your heart”.
The daughter continues to ask her mom and dad why [...]

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“Trapped in Places of Perpetual Insecurity”

A recent study conducted by US-based Physicians for Human Rights reports that over 50% of Darfuri women at a refugee camp in Chad continue to feel threatened by sexual violence.
Many of these women experienced rape in Darfur, fleeing to Chad to escape suffering. Yet in Chad, their place of refuge, sexual violence is alive and well.
According to [...]

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26 Million Strangers in Their Own Homes

According to a European aid organization, there were 26 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2008.
IDPs differ from refugees because, although they flee their homes, they do not cross any borders. Sadly, they are homeless in their homeland.
Three countries account for approximately 45% of the IDPs – Sudan (4.9 million displaced), Colombia (2.7 – 4.4 [...]

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“Obama, Save Us From Imminent Death”

A prominent leader representing Darfur’s IDPs and refugees has written a letter to US President Barack Obama – informing him of the deteriorating conditions in camps and demanding that he take action to prevent the “imminent death” of many.
Click here to read the letter for yourself.

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Mass Atrocity Crimes Watch List

Genocide Prevention Project, sponsor of April 2009 Genocide Prevention Month, published a Mass Atrocity Crimes Watch List for 2008 – 2009.
The list identifies countries of high concern based on factors such as exclusionary ideology, discrimination, and presence of refugees and internally displaced persons.
The number of countries included on the list?
5? 10? 15?
How about 33!
The crimes [...]

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War: Through the Eyes of a Child

Flash back to your childhood when you drew pictures that your parents proudly displayed on the family refrigerator for all to see.
What did you draw in your pictures? Your family? Friends? Pets? House? Birds, rainbows, and flowers?
Now take a look at some pictures drawn by children growing up in Darfur.
What do you see? Soldiers. Weapons. [...]

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Never again? A Darfur refugee speaks

Jewish World Watch joins with University Synagogue and the Irvine United Congregational Church (IUCC) in hosting a talk by Adam Abakar, Darfuri activist and survivor of the genocide in his country.
Adam will speak at University Synagogue about his experiences in Darfur and a call to action.  Our Religious School students will give Jewish World Watch [...]

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