Educating Darfur Refugees
A Jesuit's Efforts in Chad
Samway, Patrick
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
As a result of the genocide in Darfur, tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee Sudan and seek refuge in overcrowded, desolate desert camps along the Chadian border. Educating Darfur Refugees is the unforgettable journal of a Jesuit priest who spent nine months in 2004 and 2005 working in three of those refugee camps. Samways diaries, deeply informed by his perspective as a religious scholar but as engrossing as any page-turner, are an unflinching eyewitness account of one of the greatest tragedies of our time.
Charged with the considerable task of setting up schools for refugee children, Samway recounts his experiences with scarce food and water, nonexistent educational resources, and the remarkable people he encounters along the way. The life-changing story that unfolds, an engaged personal narrative capacious enough to embrace both George Bernanos and Walker Percy, is necessary reading for anyone concerned about Sudanese refugees and those who share their plight all over the world.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1589661575
ISBN(13-digit): 9781589661578
Dewey Decimal: 362.87096743
Library of Congress: 2007033027
Book Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 293
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