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“One thing I know…. The World has forgotten us.” -Amos Aguny Kur. Every day in the Sudan. In the region of Darfur. Villages are being destroyed. As many as 2.5 million have fled their homes. Becoming refugees in their own country. 400,000 have been killed. As the Janjaweed militia.
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“One thing I know… The World has forgotten us.” -Amos Aguny Kur
As the Janjaweed militia rapes and murders its own people
Darfur Ryan Spencer Reed - Photojournalist is crying out
Darfur in perspective… Population of St. Louis, Missouri: 352, 572 Total deaths to date in Darfur: 450,000
Imagine the city of St. Louis being wiped out… …and no one saying anything
Population of the State of Kansas: 2.6 million Number of people displaced in Darfur: 2.5 million
Imagine the entire population of Kansas… …with no safe haven
Every day, fear paralyzes the people…
The severity of the consequences… “when good men do nothing”
Former President Clinton on Rwanda: "All over the world there were people like me sitting in offices who did not fully appreciate the depth and speed with which you were being engulfed by this unimaginable terror… Never Again.”
From the U.N., to the U.S., to the grassroots public… …we must show Darfur that we will not be bystanders.
“Speak up for the poor and helpless and see that they get justice.” Proverbs 31:9
“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people, but the silence over that by the good people.” Martin Luther King Jr.
“You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi
“Sudan has become today’s world capital of human pain, suffering and agony. What is at stake is our humanity.” - Elie Wiesel
10,000 civilians a month are still dying in Darfur