1. Bystanders to the Holocaust

3. What would you do?

4. Understanding the genocide and what you can do to stop it…
Darfur Today!
Understanding the genocide and what you can do to stop it…

5. Darfur, Sudan

6. They look the same size; but they’re not!

7. Remember the world is round!

9. The Sahara Desert

10. Genocide in Darfur

11. What is happening?
In the Darfur region of the African nation of Sudan, the government has organized a program of ethnic cleansing, or the elimination of a racial group from an area.

12. Since 2004, over 400,000 Sudanese men, women and children have been brutally murdered, with thousands raped, and over two million forced to flee their villages. ..

13. The dictator of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir
This violence has been perpetrated by a government militia known as janjaweed—which means “devil on horseback”, and their President Omar al-Bashir.
The dictator of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir
The janjaweed killers
Their leader

14. THE JANJAWEED

15. It has been labeled a genocide, or the mass killing of a group because of their reace, religion , politics or identity.

16. 1-2 million are now living in refugee camps

17. Where the camps are at…

18. Many of the camps are the size of the small cities in the middle of the Sahara…

19. Why is this happening? Discrimination:
The government of Sudan is run by Arab-Africans, who consider themselves better than the “black” Africans of Darfur…
President Bashir, an Arab African
A black African from Darfur

20. Arabization

21. 2) Resources: The government of Sudan is also interested in the vast amount of oil and water that exists under Darfur…

22. Power:
The government in Sudan is a dictatorship that doesn’t want to give any power to the people of Darfur.

23. Why isn’t this being stopped?
Many countries in the world—most notably China--get their oil from Sudan. Because of this, these nations hesitate to get involved against the Sudanese. government.

24. 2. Sudan is also a vast desert nation the size of Europe with very few roads. Because of this distance, it is an easy place to get away with murder.

25. #3. This distance has also made relief efforts for the refugees difficult, all because Sudan’s President Bashir has made strict rules that keep people from Darfur.

26. The Human Cost

27. Children’s Pictures

29. The Problem of Firewood