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Blog Posts in Darfur Dream Team
As I begin my journey to visit the schools in the Darfuri refugee camps Djabal and Goz Amer, what I am looking forward to most is reconnecting with old friends, making news ones, playing games with the school children, and sharing in their infectious laughter. During the trip I will be documenting the impact of the Darfur Dream Team’s support for education in the refugee camps in eastern Chad.
Worldwide, 61 million children are not in school, and over 40 percent of those children live in poor, conflict-affected countries, according to new research slated for release in a new report by UNESCO on October 16. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is therefore using the power of his office and the United Nations to make education for all children and youth a priority.
While significant progress has been made toward increasing enrollment in primary education globally, the number of children out of school in sub-Saharan Africa has risen over the past three years. Education inequality is particularly high among populations who have suffered from conflict and humanitarian crises, such as those living in refugee camps—the communities we are targeting through the activities of the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program.
Two years since a U.S. law put the spotlight on the issue of conflict minerals from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which American electronics companies are making strides to clean up their supply chains and which are lagging behind—or doing nothing at all?
From June 20 through July 31, the Enough Project’s Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program is featuring I’m Not Leaving, by Carl Wilkens, as a suggested reading in our Summer Service Challenge. The Summer Service Challenge is an opportunity for students, teachers, and community members in the United States to learn about, raise awareness of, and take action in honor of refugees worldwide. The Enough Project interviewed Carl Wilkens about his new book and his continued global efforts to encourage activism, particularly among youth, for human rights.
