Hi,

I am the president of STAND Canada, University of Victoria chapter, and I have told all of my members as well as the members of STAND UBC to watch your documentary this week.

Here is our group's website:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5072112542

If you are ever coming to the University of Victoria, please let me know. Thanks.

Mark Moraes

Can you please show this either at the beginning of the documentary or afterwards? It is Mia Farrow's plea regarding Darfur and I am certain, phrasing June Colwood, that we must become the participants we are, going beyond spectators, when we see an injustice happening in this world, such as Darfur.

http://www.24hoursfordarfur.org/watch.php?videoname=Mia%20Farrow

If it cannot be shown during the airing of the documentary, I hope this gets posted. We can't change the channel, turn off our tv's regarding Darfur. We are turning off our conscious, our moralities when we do so.

Thank-you.

Mark

I just finished watching your documentary. Thank you so much for taking the time to put this important story to air.

Please, tell me how to order this video online so I can share it with people that can help the cause! I believe that sharing this documentary with others is the greatest way to move people into action.

Well done documentary. It's about time that the truth was told about Darfur. It has had so little attention. We saw a lot about other governments doing nothing, but what about our own? Do we not own part of the shame? Why has Canada not had a stronger voice and influence?

I talked with a local MP about this almost 9 months ago. The response was less than heartwarming. I was informed about the amount of available troops Canada has to dispense and their current committments. I was told that the countries attention was more focused on the "Go Green" movement. I was thanked for putting together some information on the situation and bringing it to his attention. Don't get me wrong, he's a nice guy. But if "going green" is the political impetus in Canada, it's not hard to understand why the UN is so tied up with their issues.

We have no excuse. Canada is a multi-cultural country known for its peaceful nature and its peacekeepers. We have a responsiblity to do more than gently rattle our sabre and then wash the ensuing dust from our hands. It is time to tell our government that if they will not pay attention to mass murder and rape, if they can't act without the permission of the US, if they choose to ignore the plight of thousands of innocent people...then we will choose a government that can.

This is a powerful documentary that I wish more people would watch.

I also wish that there were easy answers to the questions that arise...How can this happen; how can we let history repeat itself? Why are people so apathetic when it comes to Darfur? What will it take for real action? When will we realize that we will not, we should not, and we cannot allow this to happen on our watch?

Spreading awareness is a start, taking a stand is even better, but real change begins by making a move.

I would like to know how to help out in these countries. We are world vision supporters but I want more, I want to bring that young blind man and his family help. And not just him but anyone that I can. How can a common citizen move mountains?

What a shocking documentary. Kofi Anan should be tried as a "crime against humanity". Not committed, but "is" a crime against humanity.

On a recent trip to Vicria I met this couple from America and he says about corruptiom and graft: "I had an uncle in mayor Daly (Chicago 68) administration and when you get there he said the opportunity for bribery etc. is a daily temptation."

Is it of any consequence to "peace and stability in the Burma region, this "uprising"? (the initial official Chimese statement that because stabilyiy in the region was not affected then no need to do anything.) Is it of any consequence to those murdered by Burmas generals? Who, like the Darfour regime are BANK ROLLED BY CHINA, for their natural resources.

This world is seriously sick and unless people like you strive to expose the evil in mens minds, we have no hope.

Robert Driscoll / Musician / Designer

This man who has been blinded: can he receive transplants.? If so, lets start a fund to restore his sight. I am a low income senior but I would help to organize such a thing. Anyone else? Or could an existing organization set up a fund? He needs to be be helped!!!

It was wonderful. I hope Charlie Rose at PBS has been sent a copy. Thank you. I heard about it first on The Current on CBC Radio, but the pictures were astounding.

I'm sorry you had to make it, but thank you for doing it.

How can these acts of genocide continue to happen while the political world does nothing? I was completely shocked & disturbed how the inter world of the UN works. Does this world only react when a superpower has an invested interest$$. Your Doc was amazing and very eye opening, when will this world get anything right!

Best filmed documentary i have seen in a long time. Very moving. I say we take our troops out of afganistan, and bring them to darfur and help these victims.

Our best bet is to defy the un, 4 years have passed, and still they abandon these people. I say if they do not do something soon, that we will send their family members to live in the refugee camps in darfur. I'll tell you they would make those camps safe in a heart beat.

Firsts on my list as a guest at the refugee camp, The sudan council that meets at the un, the Ambassador to China, mr. pendergrast, kofie - past sec. gen. There has to be something that us caring canadian can do to help these people. Everyone must boycot the genocide olympics to start!If someone knows how i could help in any way, i would be willing. Sitting in our heated houses with luxury items just doesn't cut it after watching last nights documentary.

This was a very good and emotional documentary to watch. I am appalled that the world humanities has digressed and we have learned nothing from the genocied in Germany. What is the role of the UN if all resolutions are just lip service !! Life to this day has no value, as we see this time and again. We,as caring people have to get on our politicians do something and hold them accountable,we need to send a strong message to the worlds leaders that these atrocities will no longer be tolerated.

A great video that was has been needed for so long. I am a high school teacher and for the last two years the Darfur situation has been at the heart of my teachings and a huge part of our afterschool committee the "United Nations".

There are a number of things that can be done to help the situation, but most important is awareness. Because the more people who know about it the more pressure there will be on our government to act. Local community awareness events are a great place to start. In your school, workplace, or place of worship. Use every opportunity you have to educate, even just one person, about this atrocity. And don't shy aware from the details; give them the facts, tell them the story of the blind man, and remind them that this is only one person out of thousands who are in desperate need of our help.

I am teaching an upper-year university class on International Law and would like a copy of this documentary and also a copy of the interview that is posted on your website between Brian Stewart and Neil Doherty for class viewing and discussion purposes. Would you please advise how I could arrange access?

Thank you for producing this documentary that so clearly shows the deficiencies of the UN system.

While listening to CBC Radio, I was ecstatic to hear of the documentary Darfur - On Our Watch to be aired that evening on CBC TV. I have been following this genocide closely since reading an article by Canadian Photo-Journalist, Levon Sevunts "Clinging to Life in Darfur". In 2004, Mr. Sevunts, along with combat photo-journalist, Richard Butler, chronicled the horrors of one particular family as they faced starvation, while attempting to hide from their own government forces; their village of Bashimi bombed, looted and burned in 2003.

Your documentary was excellent, very informative, exposing the world powers for the frauds they are. Anyone who watched your documentary must question the purpose of the United Nations as they are rendered impotent by politics and greed. Do not allow your viewers to forget the Darfur people. You have a responsibility to continue to expose the politics of the cruel indifference to human life that has resulted in years of torture and hardship to innocent men, women and children who have so far managed to survive. Especially for the children...return their hope.

We have a responsibility to do something as well. As a Canadian I ask; where are the lessons learned from Romeo Dallaire and why is his vast knowledge, expertise and resolve not fully exploited to prevent these inhumane acts from ever happening? More politics?.....election day is a great opportunity to do something.

The world's in a sad state when journalists, refugee relief organizations and celebrities such as Mia Farrow are required to fill the huge void left by our world's leaders. Bravo to them! Shame on our world's leaders!

If you would like to purchase a copy of Darfur: On Our Watch for school boards/districts, universities, colleges, government/community agencies and businesses please send your order to cbclearning@cbc.ca (www.cbclearning.ca)

Producer, Darfur: On Our Watch

In response to viewers who wanted to know how to help the people of Darfur I would suggest that you look in the “Resources on Darfur” section of our website, http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/darfur/resources.html, under NGO groups. Here you will find links for organizations doing work on the Darfur issue. Many of their websites have sections called "what you can do" or “take action”.

For viewers who are specifically interested in helping Abdulla Idris Zaid, the 27-year-old blind man who is interviewed at the end of the documentary, he is living in Gouroukoum IDP (internally displaced persons) camp near Goz Beida in Chad. This particular IDP camp is run by Oxfam. I would recommend that you contact Oxfam directly. Other organizations accepting donations for Darfur include: Médecins Sans Frontières, Genocide Intervention Network, UNICEF, UN World Food Programme.

Lisa is the producer of Darfur: On Our Watch

Shocking. To think that after the holocaust, world leaders pledged "never again." But what if it happened again, as it is now in Darfur? World leaders turn the blind eye and deaf ear, and must be persuaded by us, the people, to open the eyes and ears, and begin action to help the Darfurian people.