Updates (Stories / Events / Petition)

La Chaîne de l’Espoir lance un appel pour Keon, 4 ans

Il y a quelques semaines La Chaîne de l’Espoir lançait un appel pour Keon, 4 ans, qui est en grand danger : le petit garçon souffre en effet d’une terrible maladie de naissance, la maladie de Hirschprung. On peut lire sur le site que cette maladie de naissance qui touche le...

Sudan: Illegal migration, Religious oppression, Removal of sanctions and the ICC

Here’s a news roundup of the recent news regarding Sudan. We selected four articles we consider worth the read, on topics we regularly evoke on the MagkaSama Project. Let’s start with this article from Sudan Tribune: Sudan vows continued cooperation with EU to combat illegal...

Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Multimillion-dollar UN fund blocked

As you may already know, the cholera outbreak was introduced to Haiti by Nepalese troops who were part of a U.N. peacekeeping mission. It had spread across the country from October 2010 to May 2017, and it was the first modern large scale outbreak of cholera. Last month, in this article...

Jacqueline Fall, A psychologist alongside traumatized children in Kavumu (DRC)

Last week during our Human Rights Week, we published a series of posts and one of them was about Congo. We shared with you an article by Darcy Ataman, founder and CEO of Make Music Matter, music producer and guest lecturer at the University of Winnipeg. In The Art of Resilience in the...

Aid Workers Under Pressure in Calais – Human Rights Watch

The life of migrants is not easy when they arrive in a country after their long journey, and it is particularly true for Calais, France. But the situation of aid workers is not easy either according to an article by Helen Griffiths, coordinator in the Children’s Rights Division of Human...

Celebrate Human Rights Day and #StandUp4HumanRights!

This week has been a very busy week, and we’re glad many of you could celebrate Human Rights Week with us. We published articles related to Human Rights: Celebrate Human Rights Week with The MagkaSama Project! Orange Day 2017 : Unissons-nous contre les violences dans l’espace...

Darfur: ethnically-targeted violence continues on a wide scale – By Eric Reeves

Max Dana founded The MagkaSama Project in 2003, during the mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women, and children in Western Sudan. It has been recognized as the first genocide in the 21st century. Since then, our goal is to raise awareness about what is going on in Sudan and its...

Photojournalist Shawkan turns 30 facing death behind bars in Egypt

During this Human Rights Week, we had to dedicate a post to freedom of speech and freedom of the press. As you already know if you are following us on Twitter @MagkaSama and if you read our website, Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid (known as Shawkan) was arrested in 2013 while...

The Art of Resilience in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – By Darcy Ataman

This week we celebrate Human Rights Week on The MagkaSama Project and it’s the occasion to highlight the work and events by organizations, foundations and partners we support for a long time. We already mentioned ONU Femmes France and Ornage Day, and also Lighting the Way for Human...

Soirée caritative : Représentation de l’Or de Blaise Cendrars le 11 décembre à Paris

Voici une soirée à ne pas manquer si vous habitez Paris ou plus largement en Ile de France ! La Chaîne de l’Espoir que vous connaissez bien puisque nous soutenons et évoquons régulièrement l’actualité de l’association sur le MagkaSama Project (lire notre news du mois...