As you might already know, the situation in Darfur, Sudan is not getting any better. Genocide is not to be tolerated and so, by signing this petition, you are urging leaders in helping resolve or, at least, stabilize this problem.
- It is between the Arab Sudanese (backed by the Sudanese president, Omar Al-Bashir, Sudanese government and its militia called the Janjaweed) and the African Sudanese (Sudanese Liberation Movement, Justice & Equality Movement and its civilians). It's not about religion, it's about ethnicity.
- Cause: The stated political aim of the rebels SLM and JEM has been to compel the government of Sudan to address underdevelopment and the political marginalization of the region.
- Estimated 400,000 killed since Feb. 2003
- Estimated 2.5 million displaced since Feb. 2003
- Estimated 3,200 villages destroyed since Feb. 2003
- Not since the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of displacement, starvation, rape and mass slaughter.
- Approximately 10,000 people die every month.
Thank you. :-)
P.S: Please do share this and don't be afraid to post on your own homepage. :-)
- I hope this informational video about the conflict in Darfur will inspire you to spread the awareness.
Let's start off with my life story:
I was born in Bosnia and lived there until I was about 6.
Then my family and I moved off to the United Arab Emirates where I have been schooled.
Now I'm in Canada attempting to overtake the world. :-P
Now as for me:
I'm a very strange person. At times I'm happy-go-lucky, funny, clumsy, energetic and caring, and at other times, I'm aggressive, sarcastic, straight-forward, stubborn. You can say I got a bit of everything in me, sometimes to the point of being a walking contradiction.
I'm on the constant search for knowledge and for that, I love to travel but have had few opportunities as of yet.
My life revolves around aiding animals and people.
I like to collect odd things, such as feline fetuses and tarantulas exoskeletons. :D
My Philosophy
The truth, through knowledge and wisdom, will set you free.
What Gives Me Hope
The normal, every day people who are out to make a positive difference in the world. The fact that I can one day make a difference like them gives me hope.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
What/who changed my life and why
I had a best friend ruin my life at 13, and then I found 2 new best friends who have showed me how to live. I owe it all to them.
- The stranger who tells our stories when we cannot speak, not only awakens our spirits and hearts but also shows our humanity - which others want to forget - and in doing so, becomes family. - Mende Proverb (tribe in Sierra Leone)
- A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
- I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man should witness: Gas chambers built by learned engineers, children poisoned by educated physicians, infants killed by trained nurses, women and babies shot and buried by High School and College Graduates. So I am suspicious of education.
My request is: Help your students to become human. Your efforts must never produce learned monsters, skilled psychopaths, educated Eichmanns. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are important only if they serve to make our children human. - Chaim Ginott, 1972
- To laugh often and much, to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others, to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have SUCCEEDED! - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Testimonial on Dec 6, 2006
Hello, my name is Sheldon Johnson, I have 2 Petitions posted on my home page concerning corruption & abuse against innocent children & their parents. Please review my Petitions. Sorry for the testimonial, I ran out of Introductions.
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