Peacekeeping Deferred

Sky News Reports, April, 2007:

Last Spring, US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte visited Sudan. His reponse to the state of Sudan was not a positive one. He states, "The denial of visas, the harassment of aid workers and other measures have created the impression that the government of Sudan is engaged in a deliberate campaign of intimidation." From this it definitely seems that several levels of the eight of genocide are present. Oxfam says that it is "the world's greatest humanitarian crisis." The Sudanese government is also denying was also resisting any peacekeeping officials to enter the country. Here's the link: http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1260697,00.html.

"Saving" Darfur

here is a really interesting article about fundraising.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/67923

Overhelping?

I guess one of the challenges of providing aid to other nations is making sure you're actually HELPING. And not, uh, kidnapping their children.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/world/africa/02chad.html?ref=africa

Raising Money and Awareness at Millbrook

After reflecting on the film I think it would be a great thing if we could somehow donate money to the Lost Boys. Im not completely sure if this is possible but i would really liked to. Maybe we could do a group project where we are in charge of raising money and sending it to them. I think it would be great to help those who need it. I would be willing to do alot of organizing and even if we dont do a group project i would be willing to do some work outside of class as well. Let me know if anyone is interested.

The lost boys have a website with ways to take action and additional information and links etc. about the film and the crisis. Definetly a good thing to have as a follow up:

http://www.lostboysfilm.com/

hello

I actually found an article with fact in in!

http://www.newsweek.com/id/67326

and heres another one about a movie coming out soon.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/62115