Posts under Tag: darfur
Uplink:15 – Marty Pritchard on Afghanistan

Former TEAR Fund Programmes Officer Marty Pritchard talks about his experiences in Afghanistan and Darfur.

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Pact Signed in Darfur

A first step has been made towards peace in Darfur with an agreement of “good intention” being signed between the government of Sudan and the main rebel group from the western Darfur region.
The agreement comes after negotiations hosted by Qatar and jointly sponsored by Qatar, the United Nations, African Union and Arab League and they hold the hope that this will [...]

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Understanding Humanitarian Problems Through Games

Allow us to introduce you to two great games.
Most sites aimed at helping people to understand different humanitarian problems are very heavily geared towards readers (including this one). They present information that needs to be read. Not all people learn in this way though. For that reason, there are various online games you can now play to understand such situations [...]

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Rape as a Method of Warfare

Often in war times, woman, children and the elderly are abused and mistreated. Seen as the weakest in society, they make easy targets and the crimes committed against them amount to crimes against humanity.
Sexual violence against females, both young and old, is a dark and often unspoken method used in many current war situations. Darfur has helped to highlight this [...]

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Darfur: A Call to Action – Video

This is a challenge to faith groups, to act in the Darfur crisis.

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