We are coming to the last days of the 100-Day Fast for Darfur. By participating in the fast and helping the World Food Program (WFP) in their efforts to feed the Darfuri people that have been brutally displaced, you are standing with the victims at a crucial time. There has been recent escalation of fighting and violence in Darfur, Khartoum, Abeyi (South Sudan), and in Chad. The victims, as usual, end up being regular, innocent civilians.

For the final days of the fast, we are requesting that you join for one or more days and get others in your community to join also. Your donation to the World Food Program will make double the difference. Humanity United, an organization committed to building a world where modern-day slavery and mass atrocities are no longer possible, will be matching dollar-for-dollar all 100-Day Fast for Darfur pledges to the World Food Program.

To join the fast, e-mail us at fast@stopgenocidenow.org with your name, city, and amount pledged to the WFP (instructions for sending in donation below).

Posted on behalf of Chann Noun, a survivor of the Cambodian genocide.

Hi everyone,

After having gone through an extremely terrible starvation during the Cambodian genocide era (especially in 1975) and a somewhat mild one in the refugee camps in the mid 80’s, I vowed never to experience any hungry feelings ever again after I had arrived in America. Anyhow, after several years of eating all the fatty American foods, I barely gained any weight. One doctor in Minnesota said the starvation that hit me was so severe that it completely destroyed all my fat cells and it would take a long while for them to rebuild. However, for this very important cause and my absolutely personal experiences, I will break my vow.

I choose May 25th and July 13th to fast. Let’s stand with the people of Darfur and fast in solidarity w ith me on this date.

If you can participate, please send your response to fast@stopgenocidenow.org and let them know that you’re doing it with me.

Peace,
Chann Noun

Fasting has been used effectively to bring about social justice peace. Two leaders that used fasting as a way to bring about change are Mahatma Gandhi and Cesar Chavez. They changed the world that we now live in, by maintaining hope, staying positive, and, at the same time, being serious and dedicated in their activism. Share your fasting experience. Let other fasters know your thoughts, as you connect with the victims of Darfur. Let us know how it feels to not do what we are accustomed to do every day, many times a day. Click on the link “Share your experience” at the bottom of the post for your fasting day.

If you are fasting with us, it more than likely means that your commitment to not being a bystander goes beyond what most people are willing to give of themselves. We are going to ask you to do more, though. Now is the time for the world’s actions to match the urgency of the situation on the ground in Darfur and the surrounding areas. Here are some suggestions, and we need you to gives us more:

1. Get friends, family, and community to join the 100-Day Fast for Darfur.
2. Sign Legacy Letter to President Bush and get others to sign. Call the White House (1-800 GENOCIDE) and tell them that you are part of the 100-Day Tag Team Fast for Darfur and that Bush needs to be doing more to “immediately protect innocent civilians of Darfur.”
3. Call 1 800 GENOCIDE and tell your own congress people to make Darfur a priority.
4. Contact media: tell about your fast; use refugee pictures and stories to talk about the urgency of the situation in Darfur.
5. Be a part of a conversation to create strategy to raise urgency and effectiveness of movement.

To learn a lot more about what needs to happen to bring Peace, Protection, and Punishment to Darfur, go to ENOUGH!

We need your ideas! This genocide has been going for over five years. We need to do more. We need to do different. As we fast over then next 100 days, let’s have a conversation that is focused on and leads to action. Click on “write a comment” and let’s start talking and doing!

Please send in your donation to World Food Program (WFP)!  They are in great need of assistance, and the area of Darfur is one of the most dangerous places for the WFP drivers.

For online credit card donation, go to Friends of WFP.  Make sure you select “Darfur/Sudan Emergency Operations.

To donate using check, make check to: Friends of WFP.

On memo line, write: 100 Day Fast- Darfur.

Mail to:

Friends of the World Food Program
1819 L Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC  20036

We allow multiple fasters for each day, so if you would like to fast for Darfur send us an email at fast@stopgenocidenow.org to be added!