Food cut off to 2 million people in Darfur!
I am a guest writer from another Darfur group, my name is Nik. This month has been a very rough month in Darfur. 22 trucks caring food to Darfur residents have been attacked and stolen. This might cut off food to 2 million people in Darfur. The UN says that their big contracting companies are refusing to send in food to Darfur. There are still 18 drivers missing. This serge of violence has started at the same time that the UN took control over Western Darfur.
In my opinion this is no coincidence that all this violence has started at the same time that the UN took control over Darfur. The people doing this really did not want the UN to take control and they are trying to stop it. Almost 2 times as many World Food Program (WFP) trucks have been hijacked this month than the previous four months put together. Keep in mind that the month is not over yet. Right now the rate is about one hijacked truck a day, so by the end of the month there will be 31 hijacked trucks. Hopefully, the UN will find a way to get food to the Darfur citizens but it is not looking good.
Answer to one of the comments
First I would like to thank everyone that commented on my post, second i am going to answer one of the questions asked to me. The question was: How would you change the delivery system of food to Darfur residents to make it more effective? This is a very difficult question and i am not sure that i can give a great answer right away, so I will continue to answer this as time passes. I would have people deliver the food that are well armed and protected. Unfortunately, they do not have enough troops or equipment. Noureddine Mezni, the spokesman for the U.N. mission said “we are still lacking the aircraft, equipment and troops that are crucial for us to be present everywhere in Darfur and improve the situation,”. I think that the U.N. needs to send all of its force and those countries that are fortunate enough not to have this going on, such as the United States, need to send more troops and equipment. There is no point sending a little amount of troops because as you can see you end up losing even more.
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Nik: Good summary. Let’s ask what we call in my classroom a “thick question” (as opposed to a thin, easy question). How would you change the delivery system of food to Darfur residents to make it more effective?
Looking forward to a response.
– Dina (7th grade E/LA teacher in New York State)