Many of you may have heard about actress Mia Farrows fast for Darfur. Everyday of her hunger strike she posted a summary of her day on her blog. In the beginning she talks about her hunger pains and the headaches she gets as a result, yet she never forgets to mention how many of the citizens of Darfur, Sudan have dealt with the same hunger for days, months, and even years. She urges her readers to go forth and complain to President Obama and other leaders who could actually bring a difference to the region. Farrow talks about the children she meets in the refugee camps and their own individual stories of how they came to be at the refugee camp and about their families. Towards the middle of her fast she alludes to the waining of her hunger pains and how she no longer thinks about how she hasn't eaten. After twelve days she was advised to stop her fast due to health reasons. She mentioned in her last post of the fast that she is the only one who actually has a choice, the Sudanese people have no choice at all.
Others have also joined in the fight, many of them are on this website; Darfur Fast for Life. On the left side of their site they name many people of high standing that are fasting in solidarity; Mia Farrow, Congressman Donald Payne, and Sir Richard Branson. They include a calendar of people who are fasting and when they began their individual fasts. The site also talks about how 500 people from 33 countries are fasting for this cause.
For more information about Fasting for Darfur visit these websites; miafarrow.org/ and fastdarfur.org/
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