Global Awareness Club

Two students created this program/fundraiser/challenge. I think Global Awareness Club really needs to get involved with this.

 ”The people of Darfur need our help.

In Darfur, hundreds of people a day are raped, starved and murdered by the Sudanese armed forces and a Sudanese government-backed militia known as the Janjaweed. At least 400,000 people have died and more than 2 million Darfurians have been left homeless. The United Nations Security Council authorized that peacekeepers be deployed to Darfur, but the Sudanese government has not yet allowed them entry. Meanwhile, the calculated campaign of displacement, starvation, rape, and mass slaughter continues.

We started Dollars for Darfur because we got tired of waiting for others to change the world.  Dollars for Darfur is a national high school fundraising effort to stop the ongoing genocide in Darfur. Half of the money raised will fund humanitarian efforts for Darfuri refugees and the other half will fund the advocacy efforts of the Save Darfur Coalition. We believe high school students can help end this genocide.

You can help us spread the word.  We are using Facebook and MySpace to organize fundraising events at high schools around the country.  We hope you and your friends will join us in showing the people of Darfur that we care.

Nick Anderson & Ana Slavin
Northfield Mount Hermon School“

(Information from savedarfur.org)