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The people of Darfur need our help. In Darfur, hundreds of people a day are raped, starved and murdered by the Sudanese armed forces and a Sudanese government-backed militia known as the Janjaweed. At least 400,000 people have died and more than 2 million Darfurians have been left homeless. The United Nations Security Council authorized that peacekeepers be deployed to Darfur, but the Sudanese government has not yet allowed them entry. Meanwhile, the calculated campaign of displacement, starvation, rape, and mass slaughter continues.We started Dollars for Darfur because we got tired of waiting for others to change the world. Dollars for Darfur is a national high school fundraising effort to stop the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Half of the money raised will fund humanitarian efforts for Darfuri refugees and the other half will fund the advocacy efforts of the Save Darfur Coalition. We believe high school students can help end this genocide.You can help us spread the word. We are using Facebook and MySpace to organize fundraising events at high schools around the country. We hope you and your friends will join us in showing the people of Darfur that we care.Nick Anderson & Ana SlavinNorthfield Mount Hermon SchoolPlease send all Dollars for Darfur checks to: Save Darfur Coalition c/o Dollars for Darfur 3246 Solutions Center Lockbox #773246 Chicago, IL 60677With each check please include the following information:-School’s name, city and state -Contact person and phone number -Exact title of your fundraising page -Check made out to the Save Darfur Coalition -In the memo line of the check put Dollars for Darfur and your fundraising page nameTHE CRUEL REALITY!!
The conflict in Darfur is not a battle between uniformed combatants, and it knows no rules of war. Women and children bear the greatest burden. The Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps are filled with families that have lost their fathers. Every day, women are sent outside the IDP camps to seek firewood and water, despite the constant risk of rape at the hands of the Janjaweed. Should men be available to venture out of the camps, they risk castration and murder. So families decide that rape is the lesser evil. It is a crime that families even have to make such a choice. Often women are sexually assaulted within the supposed safety of the IDP camps. Nowhere is really safe. If and when the refugees are finally able to return home and rebuild, many women may have to support themselves alone; rape victims are frequently ostracized, and others face unwanted pregnancies and an even greater burden of care.
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This is the beginning of the burning of the village of Um Zeifa after the Janjaweed looted and attacked.
The government of Sudan bulldozed the Al Geer camp for displaced persons after chasing the people out in the middle of the night.
Victim outside of the village of Adwa. Nearby we found a bone field that was 50 meters x 50 meters. We didn’t know who these people were or where they came from.