Current Fundraisers
Dimes
for Darfur is an initiative founded by NC Hillel in the summer
of 2005. Its two-fold mission is to raise money for the children who
live in refugee camps in the Sudan and Chad while also keeping the
memory of the victims of the Holocaust alive. Each dime collected
represents one child; 1.5 million Jewish children were murdered in
the Holocaust, and 1.5 million dimes is $150,000. Therefore, Dimes
for Darfur is aiming to raise $150,000 by Yom Ha'Shoah, Holocaust
Remembrance Day, in April 2007.
STAND: A
Student Anti-Genocide Coalition is an umbrella organization of
over 600 high school and college chapters dedicated to putting an
end to genocide, specifically the ongoing genocide in Darfur. STAND
formed out of the rapidly growing student movement to protect Darfur
and works to unify this anti-genocide movement under one message by
providing students with informational, educational and organizing
resources, empowering them through an extensive network of impassioned
student activists and advocating for a change in the world’s
mentality towards genocide.
Past Fundraisers
To help with the humanitarian effort
in Darfur, SUDAN has worked with the the non-profit organization,
Darfur Peace and
Development Organization (DPDO). In addition to raising funds,
SUDAN collected school supplies for children who have not been to
school in over two years, or whose classes lack even basic materials
like books and pencils. The supplies were sent directly to refugee
and displaced persons camps via DPDO.
The Genocide
Intervention Fund (GIF) is non-profit organization that has combined
fundraising for the UN-supported African Union peacekeepers with advocacy
efforts demanding government policies designed to improve security
and civilian protection in Darfur. Developed and led by students at
Swarthmore University, the GIF is supported by campuses and community
groups across the United States and in Canada. The GIF offers donors
an unprecedented opportunity to contribute to a peacekeeping force
with the potential of protecting civilians threatened by genocide
and ameliorating the humanitarian aid effort.
For more information on fundraising
efforts, contact the SUDAN Treasurer.
