i-ACT Expedition 11

i-ACT 11 will be partnering with Washington D.C.-based Darfur Dream Team to further school improvements and follow up with students in the Sister Schools program. i-ACT will also be delivering a mobile library in partnership with the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force. The library consists of a donkey saddled with learning materials focused on human rights and the English language, and will travel from school to school within camp Djabal.

In addition to the education-based projects, i-ACT will begin forming Darfur United – an all-refugee soccer team set to attempt to compete in the 2012 Viva World Cup in Iraqi Kurdistan. The story of Darfur United is a living documentary being told via social media.

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22 November

Darfur United: Coach Talk

by James Thacher

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Darfur United coaches Mark Hodson And Dean Ward (not shown in video) give their advice as the i-ACT Team departs to Darfuri refugee camps in Eastern Chad, for the first steps in creating the all-refugee soccer team.

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17 November

Influence to Act

by Jeremiah

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Jeremiah is a social entrepreneur whose vision is a socially conscious business model designed to engage employees and clients in global causes and make a significant difference in the world. He authored a book on the subject and consults with companies to create a work environment where the employees are empowered to make a difference.

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I come along quotes on a daily basis. Most are worth quoting and I see the inspiration behind each of them, but rarely does a quote stick out to me like the following quote by Steve Jobs,

“Once you discover one simple fact; and that is everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”

Steve Jobs

We all know what Steve Jobs has done and the marks he has made in the computer, music and phone industries. He has been revolutionary and I love how he breaks down this success by simplifying it into one simple fact. Steve Jobs wasn’t just speaking about iPhones and iMacs either. He was speaking about life, all of it. All that is around us and in every way the world is today. Look around you, everything.

At times when I look at life and as I have visited these refugee camps I am overwhelmed by the complexity, the tragedy and all that goes along with it. But when I apply this quote to my life and the work that is done here, I see opportunity. I am empowered by possibilities.

Around the world there are millions of refugees, billions affected by poverty and war. As overwhelming as it may seem, trust me when I say, these problems were not and are not created by people smarter than you. As Steve Jobs says, “you can change it, you can influence it.”

The world is ready for leaders to step up and realize that they have the power to change this. We invite you to find and discover your passion and to realize you are powerful inside of that passion. If our work inspires you, when invite you to stand beside us, join us, and apply your greatness to these causes. We invite you to know that you are smarter than the ones who created these problems. Once you discover this and as you apply it to your life’s passion, you (and the world) will never be the same again!

In addition, we invite you to be a part of our journey, by checking in for daily reports from the field starting November 22 – right here at iactivism.org

16 November

US-Based Activists Depart for Expedition to Darfuri Refugee Camps

by James Thacher

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 16, 2011 - California-based i-ACT is departing on its eleventh expedition to Eastern Chad to bring technology, educational materials, and sports equipment to Darfuri refugees living in camps along the Chad-Darfur border.

With tensions rising and rumors of looming civil war between Sudan and newly seceded South Sudan, the team faces an uncertain level of danger. i-ACT founder Gabriel Stauring, who will be leading the expedition, says “A trip to the Chad-Sudan border always has a degree of danger at every corner. With the possibility of North-South war, plus Darfuri rebels organizing, the instability of the whole region is affected.”

The group will be partnering with Washington D.C.-based Darfur Dream Team to further school improvements and follow up with students in the Sister Schools program. i-ACT will also be delivering a mobile library in partnership with the Human Rights Watch Student Task Force. The library consists of a donkey saddled with learning materials focused on human rights and the English language, and will travel from school to school within camp Djabal.

The expedition team of Stauring plus i-ACT representatives Jeremiah Forest and Jordan Rae Lake, and Darfur Dream Team representative Meghan Higginbotham, will be in the field from November 21 until December 7, 2011. The team will be visiting refugee camps Goz Amer, Djabal, Kounoungo, and Mile.

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i-ACT is a 501(c)(3) non-profit seeking to empower individuals within communities, institutions, and governments to take personal responsibility to act on behalf of those affected by genocide, mass atrocities, and crimes against humanity. For more information visit http://iactivism.org

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