3 & 6 (report 1)

How has the genocide affected women and children, the economy, and the continent of Africa?

• women and children are being gang raped.

• women and children are separated from their families.

• many women fled to Eastern Chad to refugee camps where they believed they would be safe. They continued to be raped and assaulted.

• weren’t given jobs

• a women reported she tried to hide, but was found, and was raped by four to six men. She said she lost count. She was 8 months pregnant. The baby died at birth.

            • after the rape her husband divorced her

• they are beaten on their arms and legs severely (so that they cannot use them while they are being raped).

           

• treated as slaves

            • each time the women leave the camps to collect firewood or visit the local market, they are raped.

How can Indiana University students get involved?

• UNICEF

·         provision of essential drugs and medicines to women and children;

·         nutritional screening and therapeutic feeding for children and pregnant women;

·         hygiene training and emergency water supplies;

·         and reunification of children with their families.

•43 % of all children who were treated for malnutrition received support as a direct result of UNICEF

• Help Darfur Now (HDN)

**Note**: It was difficult to find information in regards to how IU students can directly help Darfur. We will need to research this further.