Man walks from NYC to DC to bring attention to Darfur crisis

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http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-03222006-630135.html

Simon Deng wept silently as he walked.

He walked miles and miles along Bucks County highways Tuesday in the vain hope someone would take notice — someone would care about mass murder and starvation on the other side of the world.

Speaking of the mass genocide in Sudan and millions of uprooted souls in the Darfur, Deng began to cry against the cold wind and the roar of traffic on New Falls Road.

Sold into slavery at age 9 and witness to extreme poverty, Deng has found his journey up to this point to be horrific and frustrating. After such a life, the 224-mile walk from his home in New York City to Washington, D.C., is hardly a struggle, he said.

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1. Manute Bol is on board!

go Manute! :bounce:


http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/politics/14170646.htm

PHILADELPHIA - Former NBA star Manute Bol and others rallied near Independence Hall on Thursday to push for intervention in the humanitarian crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.

The rally was part of a 300-mile trek being made by a former Sudanese slave, Simon Deng, who is marching from United Nations headquarters in New York to Washington, D.C., in an attempt to bring attention to the violence in Darfur.

Bol, a 7-foot-7 native of Sudan who played for several NBA teams including the Philadelphia 76ers, said his homeland needs more assistance than just food and money. The people there need protection from the ongoing violence and help from the United States and United Nations, he said.

"You cannot send food to Darfur without protection," Bol said. "Those people are in trouble."

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