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She volunteered through ADRA – http://www.adra.org an international development and relief agency

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The IRC also takes volunteers,
http://www.theirc.org/help/volunteering.html

At this point in time, with the conflict not getting any better, we need to do all we can for the refugees in Dafur. With a conflict in Southern Sudan now spilling over the borders and increased violence it becomes more problematic.

Those in the United States need to ask their candidate what their plan is for Darfur.

The history of conflict in Darfur goes way beyond Darfur, it speaks to poverty, lack of potable water, and corrupt greedy governments empowered by those such as China who have great need of Sudan’s oil. The United Nations has been virtually useless in their attempts to do anything about this situation spending much too much time on a diplomacy which is bound to fail.

To give people in third world countries power we need to give them first water, health – which speaks to water foremost, and ways to make a sustainable income. Seventy dollars per individual not as a handout but as an investment would significantly change the lives of many.

The humanitarian efforts via many groups are certainly channeled properly, the corruption does not come from such but from the large investments in the oil of Sudan among other things.

It is hard for me to believe the world is not fully informed on this matter really, but the conflict is only one among so many it seems.

The American Refugee Committee
http://www.nrc.no/Default.aspx – Norwegian Refugee Committee
Doctors without Borders and
http://www.imcworldwide.org/
http://www.mercycorps.org/countries/sudan
are places where donations also get used well.

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A major problem is that that the Justice and Equality movement (JEM), a military group in Darfur which opposes the Government of Sudan, often station themselves in civilian areas for camouflage. A result of this is that counter attacks by Janjawid and SAF do not discriminate between military and civilian areas and for example just on January 24 Janjawid and SAF forces carried out an attack which claimed 24 lives – “mostly farmers”.

As if the military killings are not enough tens of thousands of women are subjected to rape and sexual violance as a war tactic in Darfur. Religious views make women who are victims of rape outcasts and break down the local society. Rape is commited for its effect on the local population to break the people through their women, and women are used as tools in the never ending violence! It’s inhuman!! (ok end of rant)

What we can do as global activists is to support our national efforts as well as Amnesty International at http://www.amnesty.org/en/join which is a group we know of experience we can trust and support in international issues.

On the home front we can greet the refugees of Darfur as well as other countries in conflict with respect and care. We can see past the color of their skin and their ‘broken’ Swedish, Norwegian, English, or whatever to understand that all people are worth equal respect and have equal human rights despite where they came from and the color of their skin. Thank you for bringing up this most engaging topic!!

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