A Commitment To Humanity

Published: June 26, 2007, 7:28 pm

by Jamal Munnerlyn, TV-One Access co-host I've recently had the pleasure of becoming involved with an amazing organization called The Tiziano Project. Please log on to www.TizianoProject.org and see the great work that is being done in Rwanda. The organization is running a pilot program that is helping the youth of Rwanda get the tools they need to tell their stories to the world. The tools I'm talking about are cameras and Internet access, two things most people take for granted everyday. The "media" may not always tell all sides of a story and it is critical that during times of crisis everyone is heard. Once interest is lost the cries for help should not be forgotten. By now most people have heard something about the Rwandan genocide of 1994. An estimated one million people were killed in one hundred days. It frightens and flat out scares me to think about having to experience something like this. I couldn't imagine having to endure such an atrocity and then just moving on

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