In addition to making regular appearances on television, the actress Mia Farrow is documenting the hunger strike she began 10 days ago to draw attention to Darfur in a series of posts on her blog and YouTube channel.
In a video blog post made on Tuesday from her home in Connecticut (embedded above), Ms. Farrow said: “I’m feeling okay…. I really don’t leave my bedroom now at all, just to conserve energy. Mostly I stay in bed.” She also held up a sign with a phone number for the White House and asked viewers to join her in urging President Barack Obama to press Sudan to readmit the humanitarian aid agencies that were expelled from the country in March, when Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir was indicted on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court.
Ms. Farrow announced her plan to fast for three weeks on the Huffington Post last month but she has been filing daily updates on her condition and the progress of her attempt to force media outlets to discuss Darfur on her own blog. In a blog post on the third day of her fast, Ms. Farrow wrote:
Day one was crammed with radio and TV interviews. Good Morning America’s Chris Cuomo began the segment with “Darfur is back in the news — ” And at the end he read out the staggering realities. This is what I hoped for, to bring focus to Darfur.
She also noted that she was getting advice from another celebrity:
Before I began this fast David Blaine (magician and endurance artist) called me. So kind of him. He told me a little about how to prepare and what to expect. He said after 6 days I wont feel hunger. He told me to drink 4 liters of water.In addition to making regular appearances on television, the actress Mia Farrow is... more
Mia Farrow plans to begin a hunger strike next week in solidarity with the people of Darfur.
The 64-year-old actress and humanitarian says she will begin a “fast of only water” on Monday “as a personal expression of outrage at a world that is somehow able to stand by and watch innocent men, women and children needlessly die of starvation, thirst and disease.”
Farrow was moved to begin the hunger strike after the Sudanese government expelled international aid agencies from the country last month. Farrow says she is calling on world leaders to “help build a credible peace process” to end the violence in Darfur. Her protest is part of Genocide Prevention Month, a campaign to stop genocide worldwide...Mia Farrow plans to begin a hunger strike next week in solidarity with the people of... more
Lark Previn, adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and internationally acclaimed pianist Andre Previn, has died of an undisclosed illness on December 25. She is survived by daughters Sara, 13, and Christine, 12.Lark Previn, adopted daughter of actress Mia Farrow and internationally acclaimed... more
A husband and wife (2 American civilians) tell the Sudanese genocidaires that their days of freedom are over. He is in Darfur now. You must check out the 11 video communiqués they posted on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/peacepiperepairman
There is hope for Darfur, Sudan. Kitten and the Peace Pipe Repairman describe the peace process they propose in the 11 communiqués they recorded while in the Chad/Sudan border region earlier this month.
This isn't just about ending the crisis in Darfur and Eastern Chad. It is about reforming how the international community reacts to mass human suffering.
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kitten A husband and wife (2 American civilians) tell the Sudanese genocidaires that their... more
Actress Mia Farrow launched a fund to support survivors of the fighting in Sudan's Darfur region Sunday, and said that the jailing of a British teacher in the African nation showed the cruelty of its leadership.
"This is the first genocide of the 21st century and the one genocide that is ongoing as we speak," said Farrow, a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF who has visited Darfur seven times since 2004. "We have a regime that launched a military campaign on an unarmed population for no other reason than that they are not Arab."Actress Mia Farrow launched a fund to support survivors of the fighting in... more
