{"id":268214,"date":"2010-02-02T23:16:37","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T04:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anthonyclarkarend.com\/?p=2020"},"modified":"2010-02-02T23:16:37","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T04:16:37","slug":"video-georgetown-and-duke-team-up-for-darfur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/268214","title":{"rendered":"Video: Georgetown and Duke Team Up for Darfur"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rachel Pugh of the Georgetown University Office of Communications writes<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Georgetown basketball team may have won against Duke on Jan. 30 in front of a capacity crowd that included President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, but students from both schools have put aside rivalry to become partners for a common cause — Darfur refugees.<\/p>\n

Through the Darfur Dream Team\u2019s Sister Schools Program, students from the two universities are raising money for two schools located among the 12 refugee camps in nearby eastern Chad.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccess to education will give refugee kids the tools they need to move out of the camps and support themselves,\u201d said Carolyn Shanahan (C\u201912), president of Georgetown STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur). \u201cMany of the children have also expressed a desire to return to Sudan and rebuild the Darfur region. They need education in order to help stabilize their country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sister\u2019s a Father, Too<\/p>\n

<\/strong>Nearly 3 million people have been forced to flee their homes as a result of the ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan. There are now 250,000 refugees from Darfur in eastern Chad. Children account for more than 60 percent of the population of Darfuri refugee camps and face major educational challenges from lack of infrastructure and funding.<\/p>\n

Georgetown\u2019s sister school, Aboutalib — which means father of scholars in Arabic is located in the Goz Amer refugee camp; Duke is raising money for another refugee school.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuke and Georgetown are fierce rivals on the court, but they\u2019ve decided to partner off the court to provide a quality education to kids from Darfur who otherwise would have no opportunities,\u201d said John Prendergast, co-founder of Enough.<\/p>\n

Enough, a Center for American Progress project to end genocide and crimes against humanity, joins students from Georgetown STAND and the Duke for Darfur Coalition, NBA stars Tracy McGrady and Dikembe Mutombo (I\u201991) and former Georgetown Law Center Dean Alexander Aleinikoff, in effort to assist the refugees of Darfur. Aleinikoff is the newly appointed United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees.<\/p>\n

The goal for both universities is to each raise $57,500 to operate and supply the schools. Ted Leonsis (C\u201977), owner of the Washington Capitals and Mystics and a member of the university\u2019s board, offered to match the amount raised during the game. Before Saturday afternoon\u2019s Georgetown-Duke matchup the \u201cGeorgetown — John Prendergast\u201d team had raised more than $14,000.<\/p>\n

The student groups also shared their mission with game-day spectators by showing a one-minute public service announcement on the Verizon Center\u2019s Jumbotron.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope that, in viewing the video, President Obama took to heart the necessity of active U.S. involvement in pressuring Sudan for reform,\u201d said Daniel Solomon (SFS\u201913) of Georgetown STAND.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Darfur Dream Team or to make a donation to support Georgetown\u2019s sister school, visit the Web site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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