About DAN
What Can I Do?
There are many ways you can take action to show your support and help protect the people of Darfur from further crimes against humanity. You can be informed; use your knowledge to raise awareness and write or visit the decision makers at home and abroad. You can also donate your dollars and volunteer your time. How?
Be Informed
Regularly check the DAN current situation and publications pages. You can also join our mailing list to receive regular updates by email.
More information:
UN situation reports: www.humanitarianinfo.org/darfur
International Crisis Group: http://www.crisisgroup.org/
IRIN: http://www.irinnews.org/
BBC Online: www.bbc.co.uk/sudan
or visit our resources page.
Raise Awareness
Organise an event and educate your friends and family about the situation in Darfur. The more people who are aware, the better our ability to get the governments of the world to respond.
For help organising events or awareness raising activities contact us at contact@darfuraustralia.org with your idea.
contact the decision makers
Write or visit the Chinese Ambassador to Australia:
Her Excellency Madam Fu Ying
Embassy of the People's Republic of China to Australia
15 Coronation Drive
Yarralumla ACT 2600,
Australia
Email: chinaemb_au@mfa.gov.cn
Write to the Sudanese Ambassador to Australia:
His Excellency Mr Siddig Yousif ABU-AGLA
Mayapada Tower,
7th Floor Suite
01 Jl Jend. Sudirman Kav. 28
Jakarta 12910 Indonesia
Fax: (62 21) 5212077
Email : sudanind@centrin.net.id
Web : http://www.sudanindu.net/
Write or visit the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith (copy it to the Shadow Minister, Andrew Robb). Please include a contact name, address and phone number.
Send letters to:
The Hon Stephen Smith, MP
Minister for Foreign Affairs
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Stephen.Smith.MP@aph.gov.au
The Hon Andrew Robb AO, MP
Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Andrew.Robb.MP@aph.gov.au
Write or visit local councils, state government and federal government members from your area. Contact your local members from all levels of government and advise them of your views on the situation in Darfur, meet them to discuss the issues.
Write a letter to the editor of your national or local newspaper urging your support for increased international engagement in Darfur.
Donate
Donate funds to humanitarian aid agencies working in Darfur, such as:
Oxfam Sudan Appeal
CARE Sudan Appeal
Action Churches Together/Caritas Darfur Emergency Appeal
Donate funds to support the awareness raising and refugee assistance work of DAN here
Donate computers to DAN for distribution to the Darfur community. The youth of the Darfur community urgently require computers to aid in their educational development as they face new challenges in the Australian school system. Contact steph@darfuraustralia.org to arrange your computer equpment donation.
Volunteer your time
Use your skills and contacts to help the Darfur Australia Network. See the Sydney or Melbourne pages for further details or email: volunteer@darfuraustralia.org
We have volunteer opportunities in the following areas:
- Refugee Working Group
- Events
- School awareness raising projects
- Community capacity building support for the Darfur community
- Running campaigns
- Research
- Administration
“What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you’ve received. If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you have a lot of giving to do.” (Johnnetta B. Cole)
Become a member
Membership of DAN is open to all DAN volunteers and supporters and is valid for a period of one year. To apply for membership, please download a membership form and return it to us with a voluntary $5 membership fee.
Form available here.