How You Can Help Stop The Darfur Genocide Right Now

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As many of you probably know, there has been an ongoing genocide occuring in Darfur. It is as complex as it is horrific – though with one thing for certain: it must be stopped.

The above film was put together by an advocacy group Stop Genocide Now, who are also documenting the journey of humanitarian workers as they navigate the people and region.

I highly recommend checking out their website and joining the movement. As well, Amnesty International has a dedicated campign for Darfur with further information and action guidelines.

Coincidentally, the question “How do we get beyond empty promises for Darfur?” was asked at the recent Youtube debates to the upcoming presidential candidates. Here’s what they said:

Why do you think the Darfur conflict has been largely ignored by the West? What do you think is the best course of action to stop the genocide?


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Ian MacKenzie is the founder and editor of Brave New Traveler. He is currently editing the One Week Job documentary. Aside from writing, he spends his time exploring the fundamental nature of existence and wishing he did more backpacking.

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  • Eric replied on July 26, 2007

    Tough questions. I think Western countries’ reluctance to intervene in Darfur in any meaningful way is underscored to some extent by domestic pressure. How popular would it be to enter into Darfur and fight?

    And then there’s the question: How will invading Darfur benefit us? Certain Western leaders appear more inclined to forcibly intervene in another country’s domestic affairs when there’s $$$ to gain…

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  • Mark replied on July 27, 2007

    Ian –

    Thanks for your important post on the Darfur crisis.

    I hold a Masters Degree in International Development and I am [seriously] thinking about developing an online humanitarian aid site. The project would start off with a small pilot project to try and raise funds for refuge orphans that have been displaced by the crisis in Sudan. All funds that are raised would go towards helping the people in need. If successful, I have a long-term, sustainable project that would be created from the pilot project.

    I will most likely create the site using WordPress but if there are any programmers out there that would like to assist me with some end user functionality they can email me at mark_w_hayward[at]yahoo[dot]com.

    Kind regards,
    Mark

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