Little Ripples’ Project Coordinator Jennifer Tang and teacher trainers Jocelyn and Melissa are traveling to eastern Chad to open the first Little Ripples center. They’ll be blogging from refugee Camp Goz Amer over the next two weeks. Follow their work and learn how to get involved at littleripples.org. Leading up to my second trip to the refugee camps, I’ve been filled with much more anxiety and nervousness than the first time around. Although I have an idea of the conditions

i-ACT’s Gabriel Stuaring and James Thacher are in eastern Chad documenting the stories of Darfuri refugees. This trip, i-ACT #16, coincides with the 10th anniversary of the start of the genocide in Darfur and the more recent influx of 300,000 new refugees into the region. I’m not exactly sure when the day begins because the night kind of flows into it. I have a hard time falling asleep, but at some point I crash and sleep for a few hours. I wake up and almost instinctively op

i-ACT’s Gabriel Stuaring and James Thacher are in eastern Chad documenting the stories of Darfuri refugees. This trip, i-ACT #16, coincides with the 10th anniversary of the start of the genocide in Darfur and the more recent influx of 300,000 new refugees into the region. When Abdulaziz told me that the refugees were going to celebrate my 15th trip to the camps in Eastern Chad, I thought he was being polite and that they were happy that I was coming. After a few other communi

i-ACT’s Gabriel Stuaring and James Thacher are in eastern Chad documenting the stories of Darfuri refugees. This trip, i-ACT #16, coincides with the 10th anniversary of the start of the genocide in Darfur and the more recent influx of 300,000 new refugees into the region. i-ACT and the Enough Project land in refugee camp Djabal. Quickly they are surrounded by old friends. [galleryview id=13] [divider_2] Support i-ACT i-ACT is supporting programs in the camps that are importan

i-ACT’s Gabriel Stuaring and James Thacher are in eastern Chad documenting the stories of Darfuri refugees. This trip, i-ACT #16, coincides with the 10th anniversary of the start of the genocide in Darfur and the more recent influx of 300,000 new refugees into the region. What have your last ten years been like? How has your life changed? And your family, how have your family’s hopes and dreams materialized and evolved over the last decade? What will the next ten years bring?

i-ACT’s Gabriel Stuaring and James Thacher are in eastern Chad documenting the stories of Darfuri refugees. This trip, i-ACT #16, coincides with the 10th anniversary of the start of the genocide in Darfur and the more recent influx of 300,000 new refugees into the region. This is not Southern California. As soon as we step out of the airplane, the 90-degree heat hits you, and it’s 9pm. The days leading up to departure are always hectic, but there were many more unknowns for g

[info] In 2004, when our founder Gabriel Stauring learned of the mass atrocities in Darfur, he boarded a plane and went to the Sudan-Chad border to carry the word back to the world. He did not wait for money, red tape to clear, or the perfect plan. Soon other ordinary people joined his efforts, and a dedicated team of volunteers learned first hand the best way to respond to humanitarian emergencies as global citizens. The foundation of our work is based on a willingness to ac

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