THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN
Books
“What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng”
By Dave Eggers.
475 pp., October 2006, McSweeney’s., $26.
www.mcsweeneys.net/books/whatisthewhat.sudan.html
www.valentinoachakdeng.com
“They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan”
By Alphonsion Deng, Benson Deng, Benjamin Ajak and Judy A. Bernstein
311 pp., June 2006, PublicAffairs, $25.
www.theypouredfire.com
“The Lost Boys of Sudan: An American Story of the Refugee Experience”
By Mark Bixler
261 pp., October 2006, University of Georgia Press,$16.95.
www.lostboysbook.com
Films
“Lost Boys of Sudan” • www.lostboysfilm.com
A feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on their journey from Africa to America and the challenges they face with their new lives and country.
“God Grew Tired of Us” www.godgrewtiredofus.com
Narrated by Nicole Kidman with Brad Pitt as executive producer, this film tells the story of three Lost Boys who were settled in the United States, their transitions and their quest to locate family back in Sudan.
Assisting Organizations (Local)
Louisville Metro Government’s Office for International Affairs • www.louisvilleky.gov/international
The office acts as a clearinghouse of information for all members of the community to promote an interconnected, multicultural community.
Sudanese Refugee Education Fund • www.sudaneseinkentucky.org
The Sudanese Refugee Education Fund provides support to refugees who have settled in the Kentucky area, and honors their history and accomplishments. Applications to apply for aid are also available.
Assisting Organizations (National)
Lost Boys Education Fund • www.theirc.org/where/the_lost_boys_of_sudan.html
Administered through the International Rescue Committee, the Sudanese Assistance Fund provides funding for educational and vocational fees to support refugees in the United States.
Rebuilding Southern Sudan • www.directchange.org/sudan
A fundraising effort led by John Dau, author of “God Grew Tired of Us,” to raise funds for health care and education in Sudan.
DARFUR, SUDAN
Books
“A Long Day’s Dying: Critical Moments in the Darfur “
By Eric Reeves (Author), Michael Brassard
386 pp., May 2007, The Key Publishing House Inc., $37.99.
“Not on Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond”
By Don Cheadle and John Prendergast
252 pp., April 2007, Hyperion, $14.95.
“The Devil Came on Horseback: Bearing Witness to the Genocide in Darfur”
By Brian Steidle and Gretchen Steidle Wallace
230 pp., March 2007, PublicAffairs, $24.95.
“Darfur: The Ambiguous Genocide”
By Gerard Prunier
236 pp., February 2007, Cornell University Press, $24.
“Darfur: A Short History of a Long War”
(African Arguments)
By Julie Flint and Alex de Waal
176 pp., March 2006, Zed Books, $19.99
“Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan”
(Oxford Studies in African Affairs)
By Alex de Waal
288 pp., first publication 1989, revised December 2004, Oxford University Press, $19.95
Films
“The Devil Came on Horseback” • www.thedevilcameonhorseback.com
This film exposes the tragedies and violence of the genocide in Darfur, as seen by a lone American witness who questions why the West has not taken stronger action to end the atrocities.
“Sand and Sorrow” • www.sandandsorrow.org
Narrated and produced by George Clooney, Peabody award-winning filmmaker Paul Freedman examines the international community’s failure to respond to events in Darfur while documenting the everyday struggles of its people.
“They Turned Our Desert into Fire” • www.desertintofire.com
War photographer Mark Brecke documents the current crisis in Darfur to raise awareness among the American people.
Analysis on the conflict in Darfur
Eric Reeves • www.sudanreeves.org
Reeves has written several articles on the crisis in Sudan. The site is an informational resource for links to the writer’s research on the Sudan and news, analysis and advocacy about the genocide.
Local organizations advocating for peace in Darfur
Catholic Charities • www.cathloiccharitieslouisville.org
Catholic Charities of Louisville is a part of Catholic Charities USA, the largest private human services network in the country, and sponsors local events to raise awareness of Darfur.
Center for Interfaith Relations • www.interfaithrelations.org
This non-profit organization promotes interreligious understanding, cooperation and action by providing information about other faiths and resources.
Kentucky Refugee Ministries • www.kyrm.org
This ministry is comprised of The Episcopal Migration Ministries and Church World Service and is authorized by the U.S Department of State to assist refugees who are settling in the area.
Kentuckiana Interfaith Task Force On Darfur
Center for Interfaith Relations • www.interfaithrelations.org
The center is a non-profit, interfaith organization whose mission is to promote and support interreligious understanding, cooperation and action.
Louisville Metro Government’s Office for International Affairs • www.louisvilleky.gov/international
The office acts as a clearinghouse of information for all members of the community to promote an interconnected, multicultural community.
National and international organizations advocating for peace in Darfur
American Islamic Congress • www.aicongress.org
The American Islamic Congress is a resource for Muslim and Arab voices to organize and speak out against genocide in Darfur.
Amnesty International • www.amnestyusa.org
Amnesty International is an organization independent of any government or political ideology, economic interest or religion and focuses on the impartial protection of human rights. Visitors can learn how to join or begin a new amnesty student group in their area.
Darfur Genocide Coalition • www.darfurgenocide.org
This coalition serves as a resource for people to learn more about what they can do to help stop the genocide in Darfur, in addition to current and past information of the on-going crisis.
Darfur Scorecard • www.darfurscores.org
This project of the Genocide Intervention Network provides information about the voting records of Congressional members on the crisis in Darfur.
Dining for Darfur • www.diningfordarfur.org
Find restaurants, or register your own, to help raise funds to alleviate suffering in Darfur.
Enough Campaign • www.enoughproject.org
This project’s mission is to stop and prevent genocide and mass atrocities by promoting peace, providing protection, and punishing perpetrators. The organization aims to build an activist movement for change using field and policy analysis and policy advocacy.
Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) • www.genocideintervention.net
Launched in 2004 as the Genocide Intervention Fund, the organization seeks to empower communities and individuals with the tools they need to stop and prevent genocide.
Human Rights Watch • www.hrw.org
This independent organization funded by donations works to expose human rights violations and to hold those responsible accountable.
International Crisis Group www.icg.org
This non-profit organization spread across five continents conducts field research and issues recommendations to key decision makers on issues of deadly conflict to assist in a resolution.
Justice Africa • www.justiceafrica.org
This research and advocacy organization began in 1999 in London to campaign for social justice and human rights in Africa and is run by the African community. Justice Africa serves as a focal point for activities of other like-minded organizations on the continent.
Save Darfur Coalition • www.savedarfur.org
Formed in July 2004 after a meeting of 40 nonprofit organizations hosted by the American Jewish World Service and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, has grown to include more than 170-faithbased humanitarian and human rights organizations and to represent 130 million people.
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) • www.standnow.org
STAND is an organization of high school and college chapters dedicated to ending genocide in Darfur.
Sudan Advocacy Action Form • www.sudanadvocacy.com
This organization encourages citizens to get involved politically on behalf of Sudan.
Organizations with information about humanitarian activities in Darfur
Interaction • www.interaction.org
InterAction is the largest alliance of U.S.-based international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations
Office of the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Sudan • ochaonline.un.org
The office coordinates humanitarian response, policy development and humanitarian advocacy for major and complex emergencies. It receives its funding from contributions from UN member states and the regular UN budget.
Humanitarian organizations working in Sudan
ACTED • www.acted.org
Action Against Hunger • www.actionagainsthunger.org
Action by Churches Together • act-intl.org
Action Contre la Faim/France • www.actioncontrelafaim.org
Adventist Development and Relief Agency • www.adra.org
Africare • www.africare.org
Air Serv International • www.airserv.org
American Friends Service Committee • www.afsc.org
American Jewish World Service • www.ajws.org
American Red Cross • www.redcross.org
American Refugee Committee • www.archq.org
AmeriCares • www.americares.org
CARE • www.care.org
Catholic Relief Services • www.catholicrelief.org
Christian Children’s Fund • www.ChristianChildrensFund.org
CHF International • www.chfhq.org
Church World Service • www.churchworldservice.org
Concern • www.concernusa.org
Darfur Peace and Development • www.darfurpeaceanddevelopment.org
Direct Relief International • www.directrelief.org
Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) • www.doctorswithoutborders.org
Episcopal Relief and Development • www.er-d.org
Food for the Hungry, Inc. • www.fh.org
Friends of the World Food Program • www.friendsofwfp.org
GOAL • www.goal.ie
Global Grass Roots • www.globalgrassroots.org
Intermediate Technology Development Group • www.itdg.org
International Committee of the Red Cross • www.icrc.org
International Medical Corps • www.imcworldwide.org
International Orthodox Christian Charities • www.iocc.org
International Relief and Development, Inc. • www.ird-dc.org
International Rescue Committee • www.theirc.org
Islamic Relief • www.islamic-relief.com
Jesuit Refugee Service/USA • www.jrsusa.org
Kids for Kids • www.kidsforkids.org.uk
Lutheran World Relief • www.lwr.org
MAP International • www.map.org
Medair • www.medair.org
Médecins du Monde • www.medecinsdumonde.org
Mercy Corps • www.mercycorps.org
MERLIN • www.merlin.org.uk
Near East Foundation • www.neareast.org
Northwest Medical Teams • www.nwmedicalteams.org
Norwegian Church Aid • english.nca.no
Norwegian People’s Aid • www.npaid.org
Norwegian Refugee Council • www.flyktninghjelpen.no
Operation USA • www.opusa.org
Oxfam America • www.oxfamamerica.org
Presbyterian Disaster Relief • www.pcusa.org/pda/response/africa/sudan-index.htm
Refugees International • www.refugeesinternational.org
Relief International • www.ri.org
Samaritan’s Purse • www.samaritanspurse.org
Save the Children • www.savethechildren.org
Secours Islamique • www.secours-islamique.org
Solidarites • www.solidarites.org
Tearfund • www.tearfund.org
United Methodist Committee on Relief • www.umcor.org
USA for UNHCR • www.unrefugees.org
US Fund for UNICEF • www.unicefusa.org
Vétérinaires Sans Frontières/Belgium • www.vsf-belgium.org
World Concern • www.worldconcern.org
World Emergency Relief • www.wer-us.org
World Relief • www.worldrelief.org
World Vision • www.worldvision.org