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Day 2784: Africa Month and the 42-Year Illegal Occupation of the Western Sahara

“I dream of an Africa which is in peace with itself.” – Nelson Mandela

It’s 12 : 44 PM on day 2784 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Exodus 23:25, have breakfast and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – raised $14 409 only $4 341 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to reach my new goal of helping 75 kids with Clubfoot by June 17, 2018.

The month of May is Africa Month and while I’m proud to be African and we have much to celebrate I would like to call attention once again to the illegal occupation of the Western Sahara by Morocco (can you imagine fleeing from war to what you thought would be a temporary refugee camp only to still be there 42 YEARS LATER?) the United Nations recognizes the Western Sahara as a country separate from Morocco but the referendum the UN promised in 1991 is yet to take place and why because Morocco has powerful allies at the UN. To the UN: I know for a fact that it does not take 27 YEARS to organize a referendum please I BEG of you put your selfish interests aside and think of the Saharawi children who are growing up in the blistering heat on the borders of Algeria with less than the basics.

Catherine Constantinides at the Saharawi Refugee Camp

A Week in Saharawi Refugee Camps | Michael Cost

Day 2767: Western Saharan refugee women use film in liberation struggle

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“Better to die fighting for freedom then be a prisoner all the days of your life.” ― Bob Marley

It’s 2: 28 PM on day 2767 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, have breakfast, read Proverbs 5, promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet –raised $13 584 only $5 166 more to raise by June 17, 2018 to reach my new goal of helping 75 kids with Clubfoot by June 17, 2018 – participate in the Global Social Media Conference for International Solidarity (organized by the Norwegian government )- I learned so much (we need to do away with otherism because truly we are only human together).

Recently I watched a short documentary about the Western Sahara, the last colony in Africa, that I think everybody should see the struggle of the Saharawi people continues to move me. Watch “Western Saharan refugee women use film in liberation struggle” below:

Day 2471: World Refugee Day and the #WesternSahara

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Nobody chooses to be a refugee – that’s what I want the world to know.

It’s 11 : 44 AM on day 2471 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Revelation 3: 17 have breakfast and promote my 50 New Feet Campaign benefiting MiracleFeet – Anonymous donated $25 yesterday and Beverly and Anonymous donated $50 each today (thanks to them all) which brings the total raised to $410 only $12 090 more to raise in 362 days to help 50 kids with clubfoot (it won’t be easy but we can do this i know it).

Today is World Refugee Day and in honour of that I would like to take a moment to think about the people of the Western Sahara some of whom are currently living in refugee camps on the borders of Algeria because Morocco has been illegally occupying the Western Sahara for the past 41 YEARS which to me is SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE there shouldn’t be a colony in Africa in the 21^st century. To the UN: A promise was made that a referendum would be held in 1991 to deal with the issue of the Western Sahara and 26 years later still no referendum I mean really does it take you guys 26 YEARS to organize a referendum show some teeth for crying out loud use your voices to speak for the unheard (I did).