I don't know how I've missed your posts, but welcome to JoeUser! You are a very welcome voice here! This is a wonderful and insightful article!

Thankyou WiseFawn.....very nice to make your aquaintence! I have just been reading your articles and I can say the same thing!
You certainly give one something to think about.....I have a few things to think about before I go back to your posts and write a little further........Love the way you express yourself!
I'm actually about to take a little break after becoming frustratingly enraged over some peter maxwells writings.....my curiosity had to get the better of me , didn't it!?

I really look forward to exchanging ideals and experiences and will be searching you out at the forums! C.

I think your idea is a very noble one. I do have some suggestions to make, however.

First and foremost, you should acquaint yourself with the politics of the region. Often there is more than ample aid going to an area; much of it goes to feed the war machine or rots in ports, and the foreign aid societies that are most effective need to allocate a certain amount of their resources to bribes, in order to get the food to the people for whom it is intended. I do not know if this is the case in Sudan, but this is something you must know in order to be effective in the area.

Secondly, what are other aid organizations doing in the area? You may have a slightly different focus, but it might be in your best interests to work together in areas where your organizations overlap in order to decrease administration/distribution costs and use more resources towards the people who need them. Lower administration costs are also attractive elements for benefactors; if they care about a cause they want to know the money's going to the cause.

Third, is your organization faith based? If it is, you need to know and respect the laws and customs in the area. You can actually do more harm than good if you go in with the best intents but offend or break the law in your efforts. If it is not faith based, you still need to know the same laws and customs, as you want to be careful about offending those you are trying to help.

Best of luck! I will be watching your blogs to see how things progress

Gideon,
Thankyou for your advice it is much appreciated. I have done a lot of researh on the area and I do have a post....somewhere....with all the vital statistics of Sudan if you are interested.
With the refugee crisis I would say that a lot of bribes would be soaking up much needed money and supplies as aid workers (Mercy Corps, Red Cross, Amnesty International, CARE are on site in Darfur or trying to) have the Militia who continue to terrorize th population and the Sudanese Government to contend with.
Sudan is 52% black, 39% Arab, 6% Beja and there is a remaining 1% of foreigners.
The Government is a authoritarian regime. Ruling military junta took power in 1989; the government is run by an alliance of the military and the National Congress Party (formerly the National Islamic front which espouses an Islamic platform.
The situation in Sudan was engineered by their government to protect its power. The aim of this is to eliminate a black population that may become an effective political force, like in the South, and ultimately demand a share of the oil revenues that fund the government, it's leaders and their economic allies.
Engineered social collapse is the method of genocide being used by the Sudanese government in Darfur.
Three steps are necessary to accomplich this crime, each of which is clearly displayed in Darfur:

1. Mobilize racial and ethnic hatred against the target victims, and promote violent, terrorizing attacks against the population to be eliminated. In Sudan this has been accomplished through the military in combination with Arab militias.

2. Destroy the ecological, social and economic base of the target population. This requires a few months. In the genocide against the black population of Darfur, active destruction of livelihood started in earnest last winter.

3. Allow starvation and disease to take its toll, usually over a period of many months. Genocidal leaders know that once the conditins of mass mortality are set in place there is little that can be done to stop the main thrust of the genocide.

It is a huge task at hand. I must clear up a misconception, Gideon, I am not part of an organization. I am one person. But that is the important part as I am also trying to correct the misconception that 'One person can't make a difference', not to take it on myself but to show others that as ordinary, average citizens of whatever country we hail from we can change the wrongs that have been created in the past. We, the general public, do have to have our say in life changing world desicions. We, the suburbanites, cannot leave it up to our leaders as they continue to travel the same path over and over. We, the everyday folk, must give the signal to detour.
And do you know what, Gideon, I think the time is right. It can be done.
And I value highly any guidance you can give me. And you can not imagine the hope I have gained having met, through JU, people as yourself, WiseFawn, Ravenblack, Texas Wahine, Little Whip, Manopeace, FreeMark....and well most all of you.
Thankyou for caring, Gideon, and I hope to catch you around soon.