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MEDIA INQUIRIES

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Katie-Jay Scott Stauring
Director of Community Programming
ktj@iactivism.org
Phone: 310.738.0285

PRESS RELEASES

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RECENT PRESS

A Fresh Appeal for International Relief Efforts in Sudan, Coffee & Markets, 3 Nov 2011
Local couple tries to help African refugees through Internet videos, The Beach Reporter, 6 April 2011
Q&A: Encouraging talking in class by connecting refugee and US school children, UNHCR, 20 Jan 2011

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  • The Life of Darfuri Women (2/21/2012) - Dear Gabriel, here is the report about the women’s rights in my community. Women in my community suffer discrimination, negligence and injustice, although she is the most productive part of this community. From the first day of her birth to the family, some families have not celebrate as they do for the baby boys. After [...]
  • Making Ovens in Camp Kounoungo (2/21/2012) - There is very little firewood around some of the camps. There are barely any jobs at all in any of the camps. When an NGO decided to tackle the problem of the firewood in Camp Kounoungo, they decided to employ refugees to make iron ovens. These iron ovens use firewood, but they use less than [...]
  • Refugee Student’s Advice to US Students (2/17/2012) - One of the new students for Pazocalo and the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools program came up to us on our last day in Camp Djabal and asked us if he could please record a video message to fellow students in the United States. This is what he shared with us. Thanks, Bardin!
  • The Dilemma (2/17/2012) - Eight years in the refugee camps in Chad. The refugees are from an Arabic and English speaking nation. Chad is a French speaking country. The communications between UNHCR and the refugees is only through the interpreters. Refugees education is the Sudan education system. The refugees thought that their children must study Sudan education hopping that [...]
  • It Takes a Team (2/16/2012) - On i-ACT 11 this past fall, I quickly learned that shooting video in a refugee camp is a whole new ballgame when it comes to being behind a camera. The most difficult aspect is that the kids are all so excited about what we’re doing and all want a chance to smile and wave at [...]
  • US-Based Activists Depart for Expedition to Darfuri Refugee Camps (11/16/2011) - 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 [...]