Principal Partners

UNHCR

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, provides protection and assistance to refugees and internally displaced people around the world. For more than six decades, the UN refugee agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. UNHCR relies exclusively on voluntary contributions from governments, private individuals, foundations, and corporations. UNHCR and its implementing partners in eastern Chad facilitate and oversee the distribution of Darfur Dream Team funds in the refugee camps. Based on an annual needs-assessment, improvements include building and rehabilitating school buildings, recruiting and training qualified teachers, and providing uniforms, school supplies, and sports equipment.
www.unhcr.org

USA for UNHCR

USA for UNHCR, the United States Association for UNHCR, supports UNHCR's humanitarian work to protect and assist refugees around the world. The organization strives to meet the needs of the world's most vulnerable people, building support and awareness in the United States for UNHCR's life-saving relief programs. USA for UNHCR provides an opportunity for American individuals, schools, corporations, and foundations to aid in supporting the education of Darfuri refugees.
www.UNrefugees.org

Enough Project

Enough Project is an advocacy and policy organization whose mission is to help people from every walk of life understand the practical actions they can take to make a difference. Enough Project is helping to build a permanent constituency to prevent crimes against humanity by energizing diverse communities, including students, religious groups, activists, business leaders, and celebrities, to ensure that their voices are heard on some of the most pressing foreign policy and moral challenges facing the world today. Enough conducts intensive field research in countries plagued by crimes against humanity, develops practical policies to address these crises, and shares sensible tools to help empower citizens and groups working for change.
www.enoughproject.org

Facing History and Ourselves

Facing History and Ourselves teaches young people to combat bigotry and nurture democracy. Facing History's resources, seminars, and public events link historical events such as the Holocaust and other examples of mass violence to the everyday issues people face in their own lives, providing opportunities for people of all ages to recognize the importance of civic participation and learn from the courage and resilience of others. More than 100 studies over the past three decades have shown that Facing History can help teachers become more effective, students more engaged, and communities more compassionate. Facing History and Ourselves provides the Darfur Dream Team with a wide array of classroom resources, such as lessons on mass atrocities and other crimes against humanity.
www.facinghistory.org

i-ACT

i-ACT seeks to empower individuals within communities, institutions, and governments to take personal responsibility to act on behalf of those affected by crimes against humanity. i-ACT is a global team dedicated to putting a face on the numbers of dead, dying and displaced while creating mutually enriching relationships between those in danger and those willing and able to act, fostering a new culture of participation. i-ACT built the Sister Schools social netowork and facilitates the direct connection between American students and Darfuri refugee students. i-ACT also does on-the-ground reporting and monitoring and evaluation of distributed Darfur Dream Team funds.
www.iactivism.org

Affiliated Organizations

Jewish World Watch

Jewish World Watch works to mobilize synagogues, their schools, their members and the community to combat egregious violations of human rights around the world through education, advocacy, and refugee relief. Jewish World Watch is an affiliated organization supporting the Sister Schools Program by working directly with Los Angeles schools that will be linked to schools in Darfuri refugee camps. JWW has already supported the Darfur Dream Team by raising $115,000 to support Ali Dinar B and Sultan Djedid schools in Djabal Refugee Camp.
www.jewishworldwatch.org

Campus Progress

Campus Progress, part of the Center for American Progress, works to help young people -- advocates, activists, journalists, artists -- make their voices heard on issues that matter. Campus Progress acts to empower new progressive leaders nationwide as they develop fresh ideas, communicate in new ways, push policy outcomes in a progressive direction, and build a strong progressive movement.
www.campusprogress.org