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!!WARNING!!
  • !!Some people may find this information disturbing or graphically unsuitable for younger viewers!!
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Darfur
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What’s Happening
  • In Darfur genocide is happening.
  • Between 200,000 and 500,000 people are dead and 2,500,000 refugees.
  • The conflict started in 2003-present.
  • The conflict has many interwoven causes.
  • It includes the Sudanese government, the Janjaweed and black Christians




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What’s Happening cont.
  • The refugee camps are packed and there is little food.
  • The Janjaweed attacks villages and farms.
  • The villagers burn the farms and animals so that the janjaweed can’t take them for themselves.
  • The rebels fight back but they can’t maintain an army because they are untrained, under armed and unsupported.
  • The Janjaweed is supported by the government even though it denies this.
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The Janjaweed
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Pictures
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Map of Darfur
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People’s Lives
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People’s Lives cont.
  • People starve everyday.
  • The children in Darfur don’t have toys and games to play with like most kids in America.
  • They don’t even have the security of a home.
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People’s Lives cont.
  • The refugee camps are the only thing the people have for security.
  • The food is scarce. Some of the food is contaminated and inedible.
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Comparison of Darfur to America
  • Poverty in America is greatly different from poverty in Darfur because the poor in America have a home decent clothes, food, all of the basic needs for American life.
  • The people of Darfur have nothing but their families.
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Refugee Camps
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Refugee Camps cont.
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Pictures
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Incomes Sources
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Mortality Rate
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Key Events
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Deaths
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Political Cartoons
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What will you tell your grandchildren
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Political
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Fundraising
  • This year we’ll be trying to get a fundraiser going.
  • These fund will go toward buying or building a solar oven. (whichever is cheaper)
  • The funds will also go toward food for the refugee camps in Darfur.
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Miscellaneous
  • The global classes are trying to get the word out to the community by letting other schools know what's going on.
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Web Sites
  • www.GenocideIntervention.net
  • www.USHMM.org
  •   www.savedarfur.org
  • www.darfurgenocide.org
  • http://www.darfurisdying.com/takeaction.html


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The End
  • You too can make a difference. Help save Darfur