Posts Tagged ‘refugees’
Posted on July 21, 2008 - by Frank
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 better.
Jonathan Read from Filmguide alerted The Humanitarian Chronicle to one geared at helping people better understand the Darfur situation - Darfur is Dying. Check it out.
Posted on July 12, 2008 - by Frank
Darfur - A Summary
The crisis in Darfur is a problem many have heard of but have failed to grasp. This article is designed to be a quick summary rather than an exhaustive explanation. It is designed to give people a quick understanding of the crisis.
To see a visual/video summary, go to the end of the post.
To understand the history that feeds into the situation and to see the most organised current humanitarian efforts see the Wikipedia article on the situation and visit www.savedarfur.org, an alliance of over 100 faith based, humanitarian and human rights organisations.










