Remember CHAD

~ Compassion is Love's passion ~

To remember is to delicately preserve the memory of someone or a situation in our minds. The act of remembering is a precious tribute to the lives of the people we are remembering. An honorable homage to those who have touched our lives in profound ways.

The people in Sudan are still suffering tremendously. The unimaginable genocide that is happening there has aroused the international community to make stands against the Sudanese government. Diplomacy and tough love from other countries presently seem to no avail. Dedicated humanitarian activists like Gabriel Stauring of StopGenocideNow.org recently made peaceful demonstrations against genocide. The chaos in Sudan is now insidiously seeping into CHAD and CAR (Central Africa Republic). The refugees and humanitarian workers in the camps are now left even more vulnerable as the rescue organizations are not able to provide adequate security because of unfathomably dangerous, inordinate risks.

Now a colleague who works with the International Rescue Committee and had worked with MSF, is in the midst of all this havoc in CHAD. As the last vehicles from UNHCR left the refugee camp in Oure Cassoni, I can only imagine how it must be for this spirited and honorable physician to take on the responsibility of health care for 26,000 refugees. Each day, he lives with the uncertainties of potential violence towards him, the refugees and the other humanitarian workers. His soul cries out to the world for us to remember CHAD. For us not to look away. For us not to abandon them. Here is Dr. Ashis Brahma's weblog: Http://www.bahaibeach.blogspot.com.

My heart aches for him, the refugees and all the workers there who are now in a precarious predicament. For now, advocacy is most important. I promised him that I will spread the word to remember CHAD. For to remember CHAD, is to remember Sudan, CAR, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Uganda and all the other places in this world with refugees and evacuees who suffered from and still suffer the devastation of man-made and natural disasters.

To remember CHAD is to remember those who have been traumatized, tortured, abandoned, oppressed. To remember CHAD is to remember those who are dying, who are ill, and who were killed. To remember CHAD is to remember the kindest depths of our souls, our ability to love with utmost compassion and to remember the people who are one with us in spirit. To remember CHAD is to remember those who have been forgotten and can easily be forgotten if we turn a blind eye. I remember CHAD. Let us all make a stand. Spread the message. Remember CHAD.