NEWS & EVENTS

Sundays, Books and Connections

As I write this, its Sunday. I’m working, but happily so. A day of rest is conducive to sitting with my computer, coffee and no...

Departing in 10 Days!

Fall is upon us, and I wanted to take a moment out of a busy week to give you an update and a big thank you for the support you have...

Community Led Programs in the Darfuri Refugee Camps

In the past couple of decades, the importance of community-based participatory programs have been highlighted through scores of research...

I Miss My Friends

I haven’t been able to travel to the Darfuri refugee camps in eastern Chad for a few years now. In 2011, I tore my ACL, and when I was...

A New R2E Library for Camp Djabal

After hearing about the destructive fire at the home of Camp Djabal’s R2E librarian, communities across the United States and students in...

A Future Without Genocide

If you’ve ever received an email from me, or read my brief bio on our site, “Educate. Activate. Empower.” might sound familiar. I’ve...

LITTLE RIPPLES WINE TASTING BENEFIT ON SUNDAY 7/28/13 AT BARSHA WINES MANHATTAN BEACH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LITTLE RIPPLES CONTACT: Jennifer Tang, jennifer@iact.ngo, (510) 673-2638 BARSHA CONTACT: Lenora Marouani,...

CARL WILKENS FELLOWSHIP AND i-ACT JOIN FORCES

For Immediate Release CONTACT: Katie-Jay Scott Stauring, 310.738.0285, ktj@iact.ngo Download the pdf of the press release CARL WILKENS...

10 Things I’ve Learned – on my 16th trip to Darfuri refugee camps

(in no particular order) 1. Showing up is important. Coming back creates friendships for life. 2. There is absolutely no excuse for the...

LOS ANGELES-BASED NGO DEPARTS FOR 16th VISIT TO DARFURI REFUGEE CAMPS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Katie-Jay Scott Stauring, ktj@iact.ngo, 310-738-0285 i-ACT to open preschool program for Darfuri children...

June 8th: a Magical Day

Exactly a year ago, I was in Iraq with an all-refugee team from Darfur making its first appearance in an international competition. The...

Little Ripples Teacher Training and Assessment

The i-ACT team continues their time in refugee camp Goz Amer with the new teachers and students of Little Ripples! Here are a few...

Little Ripples Teacher Profile: Haleyma

Haleyma, now twenty-one, was twelve years old when she started first grade of primary school—a week after she arrived in refugee camp Goz...

Goz Amer Community

In preparing for the opening of the first Little Ripples early childhood education center, the i-ACT team met with community and tribe...

New Darfuri Arrivals

After 10 years of devastation in Darfur, renewed violence has led to more than 300,000 newly displaced in the region. Here are images of...

Darfuri Jacks

[divider_2] Support i-ACT i-ACT is supporting programs in the camps that are important to the refugees, like education and sports. Please...

Video: The First Little Ripples Center!

We did it! The first Little Ripples center is set to be finished this week and we got to tour the amazing campus with the whole LR team....

A Kind of a Stopwatch

There’s a classic Twilight Zone episode called “A Kind of Stopwatch” in which a man comes into possession of a stopwatch that can stop...

Little Ripples: Planning and Preparing for Teacher Training

Today was such a productive day! The team got the chance to talk with a few of the primary teachers today. Ahmed Hassan Yagoub, who...

Reuniting with old friends in Djabal

i-ACT’s Gabriel Stuaring and James Thacher are in eastern Chad documenting the stories of Darfuri refugees. This trip, i-ACT #16,...