Fundraising for projects in Darfur:
Herts and Essex School sold handmade bracelets to raise money for the Fund4Darfur Stoves Project, providing women in Darfur with solar-powered stoves to protect them from rape.
Kilgraston School held a concert with local band 'The Big Hand' in aid of the Fund4Darfur Textbooks Project, providing textbooks for Darfuri children in refugee camps in Eastern Chad.
Hounslow Manor School held a Refugee Awareness Day and sold handmade crafts to support our projects helping destitute Darfuri refugees in the UK.
- If you would like to hold an event at your school to raise awareness about Darfur or raise money for Fund4Darfur, email us and we will do our best to help.
Raising awareness about Darfur:
SOAS and LSE Aegis Student societies showed 'The Devil Came on Horseback' to raise awareness about Darfur and sold refreshments and handmade cards to raise money.
- If you would like to show the film at your school or university click here.
Do your bit:
Skydive for Fund4Darfur – Fly through the air with the Red Devils and Click and Jump skydiving team and raise money for Fund4Darfur! Follow the link or email for more info.
Bungee jump for Aegis Trust - Raise money for Aegis projects in Rwanda and Darfur by bungee jumping for charity! Email for more info.
FUNDRAISING TIP: Create an online sponsorship page with bmycharity.com/aegis and select 'Fund4Darfur' as your chosen appeal, then send the link to friends & family so they can donate.
- Julian Smilg did a sponsored Walk4Darfur and used bmycharity.com to increase fundraising total - he raised over £4,500 for Fund4Darfur!
FOR MORE IDEAS on raising money and for tools to help you get started click here.
24 Mar 09 – Warning as humanitarian crisis deepens in Darfur. More...
11 Mar 09 – US urges protest of Darfur aid group expulsions. More…
11 Mar 09 – Darfur faces meningitis crisis, ousted aid worker says. More…
09 Mar 09 – Justice for Darfur. More…
06 Mar 09 – Fears grow for Darfur over aid agency expulsion. More…
05 Mar 09 – Omar al-Bashir expels aid agencies. More…
05 Mar 09 – Braced for the aftershock. More…
ICC arrest warrant against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir: special
04 Mar 09 – Darfur survivors welcome ICC arrest warrant for al-Bashir. More…
04 Mar 09 – Q&A: The charges Bashir faces over Darfur. More…
04 Mar 09 – Omar al-Bashir charged with Darfur war crimes. More…
04 Mar 09 – ‘Rape the women, kill the children: ex-Sudanese soldier recalls Darfur raid. More…
FUND4DARFUR FILMS AND CAMPAIGNS
11 Feb 09 - Aegis Trust film: 'DARFUR DESTROYED - Sudan's perpetrators break silence'.
Defectors from the Sudanese regime talk about their role and implicate members of Sudan's government including the President. Watch the film here.
11 Dec 08 - Aegis Students helped prevent the deportation of Darfuri asylum seeker Adbdulmajid Ismail back to Khartoum, where he may have faced torture.
GET INVOLVED! Write to your MP protesting against the removal of Darfuri refugees to Khartoum. For details and information on how to contact your MP, click here.
31 Oct 08 – Darfur survivors demonstrate at the Hague to support ICC case against Bashir. More…
PLUS: A journalist's personal account: A Rupture From Reality by Megha Mogan.
20 Sept 08 – UNHCR and Aegis call for Darfur action at Labour Conference.
Watch Aegis's campaign film here.
04 June 08 – Eyewitness film by Aegis Trust supports ICC indictments of wanted war crimals Ali Kushayb and Ahmad Haroun. Watch the film here.
GET INVOLVED! Create a petition and collect signatures for Aegis Trust's Wanted for War Crimes campaign, demanding the immediate arrest of war criminals in Darfur.
