Kids for Darfur

I have recently gotten back from my annual family vacation to Camp MiVoden. During my delightful stay, I had the privilege of meeting Carl Wilkens, The only American to stay in Rwanda during the genocide. He is literally the man responsible for saving hundreds of lives. Wow. During the Genocide in Rwanda, in the span of just 100 days, 800,000 to 1,000,000 people were murdered. That is twice the rate of people who died during the Holocaust. 300,000 of them were thought to be children, while another 95,000 children lost one or both parents.

 It has been said that when one person dies it is a tragedy, and when 1,000 people die, it is a statistic. To think that every one of those thousand people had a story. Just like the one.

Right now, as I type, a genocide is happening in Darfur. I believe that everyone of those thousands of stories should be told, and should be heard.

So basically, the gist of it is: I am a kid with a voice, who wants to be heard... because I care!