It's Getting to Everyone

At the first blog I wrote for, Restless Mania, we joined a group called the Coalition for Darfur. Basically, it was another blog that provided regular updates and advocacy for the situation in Darfur. Every week we agreed to post a message from them on our blog. Restless Mania has since gone idle, but Coalition for Darfur has kept chugging. When I went back to it today though, my heart sank. Apparently the author feels the same way I do:

Having posted here on an almost daily basis for nearly three years, I have to admit that the entire crisis is wearing me down and I am finding it harder and harder to keep reading and posting articles about the daily ins-and-outs of what is happening.

On top of that, I am getting increasingly busy with work and other things - so I am going to put this blog on hiatus for the time being.

But for those of you still seeking daily updates on what is happening in the region, please visit Passion of the Present, which has consistently posted a vast array of coverage, and the ENOUGH Project.

Best,
KM

I don't want to actually put myself in the same boat though with the author of Coalition for Darfur. This blog has posted daily about Darfur, while I certainly have not. I can't even imagine the stamina it must have taken to have posted for this long about it. But the crisis will wear you down eventually. For three years there has been no real progress and no real outrage. At some point, it is going to seem hopeless and it is natural to want to step away from it. So although I am sad to see such a good site come to an end, I am even sadder because I think I know, at least in part, how the author's heart feels.

There are still sources of regular information on Darfur in case you want to know what is going on. Eric Reeves seems to be active and Darfur Daily News also has information. And the author mentioned two sites I don't know; the Enough Project and Passion of the Present.